Wolf’s comment is typical of producers of cop shows, but it also contrasts nicely with TV shows about defense attorneys, which periodically are poplar - and connects nicely with our thread about Perry Mason, a show in which the people arrested initially by the police are almost never guilty (at least of the crime they are charged with). Mason often (not always) is defending affluent white people (maybe more often less powerful members of the family and social circles around rich and powerful men - the women, assistants, unfavored children and family members in their lives. In the 60s and 70s there were more shows about defending innocent poor and minorities unjustly charged with serious crimes. It would be great if we could cycle back into defense lawyer shows.
There have also been some very good cop shows that paid more attention to the complexities and imperfections of policing - in different ways, Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue, The Shield. On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 3:55 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > A couple of thoughts off the back of some of this thread. > > If you've not listened to it, give the podcast "Running from COPS" a > listen. There are only six episodes, but they really get into some of the > massive issues seemingly harmless shows like COPS and more recently Live PD > bring with them. In particular, running disclaimers, but then showing > people being arrested for crimes they didn't actually commit because the > shows don't bother much with the aftermath of the arrest sequence. And > they're re-run eternally. The podcast did run a brief update last week in > light of the current protests. > > The other things was a line in the ex-chief's newsletter this week: > > 'I once asked Law & Order creator Dick Wolf why there’s never a storyline > about wrongful conviction on his shows. “Usually the guy they arrest did > it,” was his response.' > > > Adam > > On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 2:56 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Thanks. Had just spotted that on Variety as well. B >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b3ac188c-f3cd-483c-beea-6ede51759d66o%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b3ac188c-f3cd-483c-beea-6ede51759d66o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGBjQT2ji-X-6hxaE%3D6Z0cMNX%3DHp1YcKuQNmXVwHQvAo%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGBjQT2ji-X-6hxaE%3D6Z0cMNX%3DHp1YcKuQNmXVwHQvAo%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BJm6qaC7eSjEgOqNk21Nps6KODn1RqOtQMJTVOMZiP-g%40mail.gmail.com.
