This is a term that captures the attention of curmudgeons everywhere. Recently, under the guise of doing research for the Curmudgeon Society Generalé, I took advantage of a free 30 days of Amazon Prime.
Free. What could go wrong? Well, actually, nothing. A nice window into what Amazon offers. Regrettably, not much different than what Netflix or Hulu offers.
But, since I had a 30-day free trial, I looked about their offerings and came upon a movie series long lost. For good reasons. Called the "Mr. Wong" series, it starred Boris Karloff as a Chinese sleuth.
Yes, you read that right. As if Sidney Toler, that most Chinese of WASP actors playing Charlie Chan wasn't enough, Monogram Pictures recruited Frankenstein's monster for their sleuth.
I'm a curmudgeon. 30 days of free anything is a call to all curmudgeons. 30 days of Mr. Wong turns out to be a penal sentence.
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