The "mystery" seems only to serve as the platform for social preaching. Certainly a female P.I. during this era, if one existed, would have had substantial challenges - many of them insurmountable enough to explain why there actually weren't any of note. We expected to see these struggles as a part of the story. But we get the full social justice gospel according to Ms. New in almost every major scene, and to the point of distraction. Then Miss Scarlet is a Marvel character, able to leap over social norms, escape impossibly tight situations, produce the resources to pay off anyone in her way while being on the verge of eviction. Reminds one of the TV program Wild, Wild, West, and just as credible.
Review of Miss Scarlet & the Duke
