[Peace-discuss] Exciting new TV series

[John W.]

I hear ya.  From the way they're advertising it, though, it appears that
"Homeland Security USA" will be a lot more like "24 Hours" than like "The
Shield".

JW


On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Neil Parthun <lennybrucefan at gmail.com>wrote:

While it is tempting to say that the showing of abuses in a new police show
> is more of the same, I think it is also important to look at the tenor of
> the "liberties" being taken by the authorities in the show.
> For instance, one of the shows that has grown on me before the series ended
> was "The Shield".  Yes, there was rampant corruption, murders being
> undertaken by the police and brutal illegalities.  However, the show also
> showed the realities as to why certain officers would do things -- for
> instance, one officer stole money to help pay for his child's autism
> treatments and provide retirement/legacy for their children.
>
> The show was not about heroification but all the brutal shades of gray that
> are involved in the situations.  Hell, if this show was out to glorify state
> authority, they wouldn't have had one of the ignoble cops about to be busted
> for the corruption commit a double murder suicide (his child, wife and
> himself) as the police were about to arrest him for corruption.
>
> While there certainly are pro-torture idiocy propaganda shows out there
> **cough 24 cough**, not every show depicting cops is a rah-rah show
> promoting the positives of state authority.  We should take these shows on
> an individual basis and their own merits rather than trying to lump them all
> together.
>
> Just my .02
>
> Live without dead time,
>      Neil
>
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