If all you know about The Singing Detective is the (reportedly) awful Downey, Jr. movie, then listen up. If you want to settle into a miniseries that is imaginative, heartbreaking, strange, and genre-defying, rent it right away.
Creator Dennis Potter reshaped television with this series, which mixes a pulp noir fiction with childhood memories with musical numbers with Michael Gambon as a charming, diseased bastard. Truly unique and worthy of all of its praise, if you have any interest in filmmaking and storytelling, this is must see.
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