I've developed a fascination for Perry Mason. Not those TV movies from the 1980s and 90s, but the original series from 1957-1966. Mason, as you may or may not know, was the creation of novelist Erle Stanley Gardner who first wrote about him in 1933. Since then the character has appeared in many forms, including a recent reboot prequel. But it is Raymond Burr and that first tv series that people remember. On the surface, there's a host of reasons not to watch. The show is sexist and overwhelmingly white. When minorities appear, the portrayals are racist AF. There's hardly a scene without...