Submitted by Bushgjl t3_10izah0 in television
Bushgjl OP t1_j5homie wrote
Reply to comment by Dirtytarget in I like The Wire but it's seriously flawed by Bushgjl
They frame it in the show as a joke.
Like in season 1 they detain one of the goons and assault him in the interrogation room. And then Omar says "He really knows how to bring it out of people", and then the scene ends like it is an actual fucking joke.
I don't get it, I just don't. I have to believe police lost a lot of respect in society after this show ended to even think about putting that in there.
Dirtytarget t1_j5hoy84 wrote
Do you not understand story telling or is this rage bait?
bernsteinschroeder t1_j5i20kx wrote
It's rage bait. Or the OP needs attention. I can't decide which yet.
Bushgjl OP t1_j5hp76j wrote
It's not storytellings thats the issue.
They horrifically beat a guy during interrogation, made a joke, and then that just gets dropped from the show. It is like even the writers forget they are actually police.
bloodyturtle t1_j5hpm9n wrote
police do that shit all the time dog
Bushgjl OP t1_j5hq68x wrote
Yeah but I'm not gonna watch an HBO series sympathizing with Derek Chauvin, am I?
If you want to make a police show where the3 police are that shitty and have them as main characters, it needs to be an almost lawless setting like Deadwood or Justified.
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DougieJackpots t1_j5hrjhl wrote
For the most part bunk and mcnutty are “real police”… there are much bigger assholes in the show. They’re chasing monsters
Edit: also there are a lot of shows with shitty awful characters that are wildly entertaining
Bushgjl OP t1_j5hsdvp wrote
I found the characters to be too wooden so that their bad attributes were the only things that stood out.
There was no heart to them.
DougieJackpots t1_j5hvmdq wrote
Yeah that’s weird. Sorry. This is a you thing.
visionaryredditor t1_j5j067m wrote
> They frame it in the show as a joke.
how?
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