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Towards Zero: a hot mess of wonky accents and dubious furs
Summary
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59% Informative
BBC 's latest Agatha Christie update, Towards Zero , is unfulfilled.
The writer has mucked about with the novel’s plot to no great effect.
Not even Matthew Rhys , Jack Farthing and Anjelica Huston can save this hot mess of wonky accents and dubious furs.
Towards Zero BBC One [See also: London ’s season of sexed-up Shakespeare ].
VR Score
42
Informative language
30
Neutral language
33
Article tone
informal
Language
English
Language complexity
37
Offensive language
likely offensive
Hate speech
possibly hateful
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not detected
Known propaganda techniques
not detected
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medium-lived
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