Creating a ’30s-Era Skid Row for a New Season of ‘Perry Mason’

When production designer Keith Cunningham joined the second season of HBO’s “Perry Mason,” he was excited to lean into the depiction of economic inequity in ’30s Los Angeles that the series introduced in its first season.

“A lot of this season is about really exploring the world of the haves and the have-nots,” Cunningham told IndieWire.

“It was an incredibly diverse city in terms of the different cultures and economic levels, and it was growing and changing so fast that it was almost reinventing itself as it went along.”Read More: How ‘Perry Mason’ Tweaks Its Cinematography for a New Season of Noirish MysteriesIn the headings for his lookbook, Cunningham found himself using antonyms to describe the opposing worlds in which the series takes place — power and vulnerability, abundance and desperation, romance and danger, grit and glamour – and Season 2 beautifully conveyed these dichotomies within its production design.

Even

Read full article