By Megan Lehmann
The Weekend Australian Magazine
May 7,2016
They laughed when they went dancing in 1929. They kicked up their heels in smoky haunts and howling glamour dens and everyone dressed with impeccable taste and everything was a riot. In the midst of it all, in between-the-wars Melbourne, a sexually adventurous, independently wealthy lady detective flung herself about, catching villains, taking lovers and tossing back gin like water. Phryne Fisher, the strong, complicated heroine of the ABC’s hit period drama Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, may personify joie de vivre but she’s no flibbertigibbet. She is a substantial woman and, in bringing her to life, Essie Davis has created a new, very welcome pop culture archetype.
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