Murderville's Big Change From The UK Original Made It TOO Perfect
Netflix's comedy crime spoof Murdervilleadapts the UK's Murder in Successville with one big change that makes it much slicker and too perfect. Created by British actor and comedian Tom Davis, Murder in Successville pairs a celebrity guest with gruff detective Detective Inspector Sleet (played by Davis) to investigate a high-profile murder case. The guest is given no prior knowledge of the case and has to improvise their way through a scenario created by Davis and his fellow writers.
It's this central premise that the U.S. remake, Murderville, and its actors have adopted, replacing Davis with a suitably grizzled Will Arnett as Detective Terry Seattle. Where the UK original featured reality stars, TV presenters and former pop stars, Netflix's new TV show features the likes of Sharon Stone and Eternals' Kumail Nanjiani. The biggest change to the original version, however, is the setting, which dramatically impacts the tone. Murderville, the city, is a generic cop show location where elaborate murders take place practically every day. The Successville of the original series was more stylized and ridiculous. It was a city uniquely populated by absurd, fictionalized versions of well-known celebrities, played by a cast of comedy actors and impersonators. The chief of police is shouty celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and the crimes include the kidnapping of Simon Cowell and the murder of Ed Sheeran.
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It was this setting that made Murder in Successville unique, and in dropping it for the Netflix remake, Murderville loses the original's absurdist edge. That's not to say that Murderville is without absurdity. It parodies the elaborate murders and oddly jovial tone of series
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