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The Residence review – this joyful murder mystery is eight hours of gorgeous, gleeful escapism

Orange is the New Black’s Uzo Aduba is funny to her marrow in this wild, witty whodunnit set in the White House. It’s a very happy experience indeed right down to the cameo from Kylie! Like a locked-room mystery, do you? How about a 132-locked-rooms mystery, with more than 150 murder suspects? Settle in for some uber-Christie with comic knobs on, courtesy of Shondaland’s latest production: The Residence, a bonkers whodunnit written by Paul William Davies (who worked with Shonda Rhimes on her most famous creation, Scandal) and starring the magnificently inimitable Uzo Aduba, who appears to be having almost as much fun as her audience. The Residence is a very happy experience all round – moreish, bingeable, a complete tonic.Aduba, known for her portrayal of Crazy Eyes in Orange Is the New Black, is more than capable of inducing emotional devastation in the viewer, but she is also funny to her marrow, as we see here. She plays Cordelia Cupp, a brilliant detective (and keen birdwatcher ...



"The Residence" is a joyful, gleeful, and bingeable murder mystery set in the White House, starring Uzo Aduba as a brilliant detective investigating the death of the chief usher. The show, from Shondaland, is described as a "bonkers whodunnit" with comic elements, written by Paul William Davies.

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