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So…there’s an article in this week’s Sunday New York Times about the trials and tribulations of filming the upcoming No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency film. Now, we know: it’s hard out here for an internationally famous movie director. No, the overweight African woman doesn’t fit the average American’s stereotype of an effective detective. And yes, filming in Botswana is both adventurous and anomalous in today’s culture of “Canada! Cheap, and it looks like everywhere!”. We at CH are cool with that. But, having read the article, we’re not sure director Anthony Minghella–as much as we like his movies–knows exactly what he’s dealing with.

Whether or not Minghella’s been keeping an eye on the Times’s bestseller list in the last few years, the CH staff has been known to browse the menu now and then. Stereotypical detective or not, we’re pretty sure that at least a couple of people have been reading the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series. And while Alexander McCall Smith’s heroine may spend half of her work time under an acacia tree, we’re guessing that Minghella isn’t going to be bribing his friends and family into seeing it, just so it’ll break a $200 gross, or something. What we’re saying is that we think he can calm down a little.

Call us crazy. It’s just a hunch. Also: Go, Jill Scott! The more we know you, the more we like you.

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