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Washington Compost: Shut down all police movies and TV shows. Now.
Washington Compost ^ | June 4, 2020 | Alyssa Rosenberg

Posted on 06/04/2020 7:48:09 PM PDT by EdnaMode

Like many other industries, entertainment companies have issued statements of support for the protests against racism and police brutality now filling America’s streets. But there’s something Hollywood can do to put its money where its social media posts are: immediately halt production on cop shows and movies and rethink the stories it tells about policing in America.

For a century, Hollywood has been collaborating with police departments, telling stories that whitewash police shootings and valorizing an action-hero style of policing over the harder, less dramatic work of building relationships with the communities cops are meant to serve and protect. There’s a reason for that beyond a reactionary streak hiding below the industry’s surface liberalism. Purely from a dramatic perspective, crime makes a story seem consequential, investigating crime generates action, and solving crime provides for a morally and emotionally satisfying conclusion.

The result is an addiction to stories that portray police departments as more effective than they actually are; crime as more prevalent than it actually is; and police use of force as consistently justified. There are always gaps between reality and fiction, but given what policing in America has too often become, Hollywood’s version of it looks less like fantasy and more like complicity.

There’s no question that it would be costly for networks and studios to walk away from the police genre entirely. Canceling Dick Wolf’s “Chicago” franchise of shows would wipe out an entire night of NBC’s prime-time programming; dropping “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and a planned spinoff would cut even further into the lineup.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: alyssarosenberg; crimeshows; tv; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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Alyssa Rosenberg wants to put thousands of actors and crews including most of the CBS lineup out of work.
1 posted on 06/04/2020 7:48:09 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

Shut down Amazon...

No wait.. just shut down the WaPo.


2 posted on 06/04/2020 7:49:07 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: EdnaMode

Uh...what about gangster rap?


3 posted on 06/04/2020 7:49:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Save Lucifer !!


4 posted on 06/04/2020 7:50:57 PM PDT by algore
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To: EdnaMode

Somebody who has not been mugged enough.

5 posted on 06/04/2020 7:51:52 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: EdnaMode

That’s okay, I there are enough reruns of Adam-12, The Rockford Files and Dragnet to keep me going for a while.


6 posted on 06/04/2020 7:52:51 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Paladin2
Somebody who has not been mugged enough.

She was never a hockey goalie.
7 posted on 06/04/2020 7:53:30 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: EdnaMode
Virtue signaling.

On the right, it's about being accepted.

On the left, it's one-upmanship.

-PJ

8 posted on 06/04/2020 7:54:07 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: Paladin2

Yeesh, maybe panti-fa can knock a few of those extra teeth out.


9 posted on 06/04/2020 7:54:48 PM PDT by dynachrome (The panic will end, the tyranny will not)
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To: EdnaMode

The better 45 looks to independent voters the worse these riots will get...rioters will most likely harass millions of voters election night folks


10 posted on 06/04/2020 7:55:55 PM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: Paladin2
Tucker calls The Washington Post Jeff Bezo's blog And then there is this:

Elon Musk ✔ @elonmusk Time to break up Amazon. Monopolies are wrong! 27.2K 2:01 PM - Jun 4, 2020

11 posted on 06/04/2020 7:56:16 PM PDT by CaptainK ('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
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To: EdnaMode

but she will be the first to beg for help from 911 if the looters come her way

I hate these people


12 posted on 06/04/2020 7:56:45 PM PDT by RummyChick ( Yeah, it's Daily Mail. So what. AND I AM NOT FACT CHECKING POSTS. I AM NOT TWITTER)
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To: EdnaMode

Fascist Censorship is the Democrat answer to all things they cannot control. Hitler and Stalin both burned books, and now the Lefty wants to as well.


13 posted on 06/04/2020 7:56:51 PM PDT by Cyclops08
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To: EdnaMode

“immediately halt production on cop shows and movies and rethink the stories it tells about policing in America.“

Go ahead, MAKE my day


14 posted on 06/04/2020 7:57:16 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Leave me alone, I have no incriminating evidence on the Clintons)
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To: Paladin2

She looks like Mr. Ed’s sister?


15 posted on 06/04/2020 7:58:03 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: EdnaMode

All part of their revolution


16 posted on 06/04/2020 7:58:24 PM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: EdnaMode
Simpletons are incapable of deep thinking.
17 posted on 06/04/2020 7:58:27 PM PDT by crazyhorse691 (Who knew that an elected official is a demi-god waiting to happen?)
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To: Paladin2

Normally, I don't go for criticizing someone's looks, but these aren't normal times, so what the hell....

18 posted on 06/04/2020 7:59:04 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: EdnaMode

“On tonights’ SVU, a tranny breaks a nail. A bad orange man was seen fleeing the scene.”


19 posted on 06/04/2020 8:01:42 PM PDT by dynachrome (The panic will end, the tyranny will not)
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To: EdnaMode

There’s always Hallmark.


20 posted on 06/04/2020 8:02:06 PM PDT by Baldwin77 (They hated Reagan too ! TRUMP TOUGH - AMERICA STRONG)
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