I really like how Brooklyn 99 addressed this at the end.
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B99 was a very good comedy that took place in an absolute fantasy world.
But hey, that's sitcoms for you. Nobody in Big Bang Theory has to spend a season wiggling out of date rape allegations. Nobody in 7th Heaven gets molested by a priest. Nobody in Cheers beats their spouse.
Well, yes. If you expect any TV show to be a 100% unbiased, accurate representation of reality, you're an idiot.
That doesn't mean they can't address societal issues in a meaningful way.
Addresses what? That entire series, especially the final season, is all copaganda about "Sure, there are corrupt cops out there, but there are also squads on your side that are breaking the law in order to enforce their own morals, so you shouldn't hate cops"
Final Season:
"Our bad guys, we just realized we're part of the copaganda machine so all the best characters are going to quit the force"
Some people: "Omg that makes it worse why didn't you all kill yourselves instead?"
Okay tap the brakes there. It was one character who quit the force. They addressed it in one episode. Then they never bring it up again and she just hangs out for the rest of the season and nothing changes. I like the show but you know, they weren't exactly breaking down barriers. It was a really rough Awkward episode it's probably the worst one of the entire show.
Two leave, I know what I said. Cheddar obviously was never a bastard in the first place.
Yes, they addressed that there's corruption in the LEO system beyond what I've seen any other cop show do. An extremely popular member of the cast quit the force because of the George Floyd shit. What other show even addressed it?
I'm waiting for some examples.
Also, it's a fucking sitcom. Fuck off with your negative bullshit. A fucking sitcom did what no actual procedural cop drama would.
Pretty much the worst thing about The Wire is that I can't get past cops giving a shit about anything
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I’d say daredevil does the best version of portraying police. A few good apples while most get radicalized.
What is r and why does it warrant investigation?
Rope. Marijuana. It’s often censored on social media because algorithms refuse to promote anything controversial or violent. As a result, folks online have created euphemisms for it. Rather than saying “I’m smoking rope” you’ll often find people stating “I’m king grope” to avoid AI cancelation. Hope that helps.
"got em on the ropes", "show em the ropes", "rope-a-dope", "soul on a roll but you treat it like soap on a rope cause the beats and the lines are so dope", it was right in front of our faces!
r is a slur fort mentally disabled people and it's being investigated because the police love beating up disabled people of all sorts.
To be fair, sometimes instead of beating them up they shoot them.
They need 5 to 1 at least to muster the courage for a fight.
When they don't want any cardio that day (which is most days)
Hey, it's not always like that. Now they can also report the victims to ICE, which makes the problem go away much faster.
ACAB every day but don't you dare come for Mariska Hargitay. 1) we all know SVU is fiction (that's why they say it every episode), and most of us are aware it's mostly fantasy and also 2) svu often points out the shortcomings of other non-them svu teams and the NYPD in general.
Mariska is a gem irl. Let me enjoy my fantasy cop show.
(It has to be said: this is a tongue-in-cheek comment and I understand the point that was being made in the meme, I just really love svu ok.)
Okay but, hear me out—are we not going to look back one day and feel that it was really fucking weird that we had a cop show dedicated entirely to rape? Maybe I’m thinking about it all wrong but that seems exploitative in a weirdly fetishistic way
The fans of it are the ones who are weird to me--I've never wanted to watch a single episode of that shit.
You all showed them there's a market for it, don't call them weird for giving you all what you all wanted, lol.
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That's her name??
Sounds like sea food in Spanish: mariscos
I encourage everyone to watch Skip Intro's series on Copaganda: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2ac8vr2QyTdlWwd8OQIc1it6bAfMGPPC (also available on Nebula)
And to do so on Nebula if you have a subscription.
So more like Daredevil: Born Again.
I mean, they still have the commissioner being this impossibly pure naïve good guy instead of being fully complicit in covering everything up, which is what would be (and already is) the case IRL.
Don't get me wrong - the show's clearly a step in the right direction, but it's still got too much of an "a few bad apples" vibe for me.
they leveled up