Shea Whigham, Chris Chalk, and Gayle Rankin say HBO's new adaptation isn't your nana's Perry Mason
In the Perry Mason of the ‘50s and ‘60s—and in most “classic TV,” for that matter—audiences rarely, if ever, saw a sympathetic person of color in any sort of role of substance. It’s something Perry Mason’s Chris Chalk said made him not connect with the show growing up, and something he says he’s particularly glad has…