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To Blackpool, with Love

In a drama filled with compelling characters, fantasy song and dance routines, and bewildering plot turns and twists, Blackpool the English seaside resort becomes the only constant.
An ever-changing constant for the viewer, of course, as each human character embarks on a Fairy Tale transformative journey to unlock the secrets of his own grotesque reflection in the amusement arcade Hall of Mirrors that is Blackpool.
I hate this place, says one of the personages, whose investigations hardly bear scrutiny. I hate its phoney glitter.
In fact, he's telling more about himself than about the city, which is as phoney and glittery as you want it to be.

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Introduction:—
Blackpool, A Fairy Tale for Adults (with Myth thrown in for Tragic Relief).
Episode 1A:—
First Telling of the Fairy Tale, to a Latin beat that becomes Elvis Presley singing Viva Las Vegas as the Ripley Holden family prepares for the grand opening of Ripley's new refurbished amusement arcade in Blackpool.
Episode 1B:—
You Can Get It, If You Really Want — We attend the whirlwind opening all the way to its climax, when wife and mother Nathalie Holden slips away to her other life, and we discover the dirtiness of own minds.
Episode 1C:—
She's Not You ... The Fairy Tale continues as daughter Shayanne brings home her new boyfriend Steve, who turns out to be Ripley's age.
Episode 1D:—
These Boots Are Made For Walkin' — A Body in the Arcade. Not only a body, but also visiting Detective Inspector Peter Carlisle, who describes himself as Helping out the local police ... like an emergency plumber, but not as well paid.
Episode 2A:—
The Gambler, The Fairy Tale Continues, Badly.
Episode 2B:—
Cupid, Draw Back Your Bow
Episode 2C:—
Should I Stay
Episode 2D:—
I Second That Emotion
Pictures-7:—
Pictures-7, Blackpool

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