![]() I like the book very much (I like Ariadne Oliver) but the ITV/Suchet adaptation, where they rewrote the ending for their own purposes, is pretty appalling and a low point in an otherwise excellent series of films. Major Despard appears to be upstanding and honourable, and Mrs Lorrimer is a master of the game with a good memory for detail. ![]() Ann Meredith lacks confidence, but her scoring manner shows she has had to practice economy in life. We learn that Dr Roberts is outgoing and confident, a risk taker. Poirot uses the score cards and asks questions of people about their style of play simply as a way of eliciting information with regards to the general character/mindset/psychology/demeanor of the person in question, helping him determine if he feels the crime was in their nature or not. In a modern adaptation I think you could use something like 'Trivial Pursuit' to the same effect. It could have been Snap! or Happy Families they were playing, the game itself is of no importance other than as a reason to get all the characters together. I don't think that having any knowledge of how to play Bridge is at all important to the enjoyment of the book, and I don't think Bridge players have an advantage over non-Bridge players in solving the crime. ![]()
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