Never watched it but I do think the whole "beat up suspects without consequences" also wouldn't fly now for audiences who might find it unrealistic. It certainly could be done with impunity in the past (think the interrogation scene in Serpico) but I feel like the reality now is it really can catch up with cops in the long run (Derek Chauvin is a great example). In terms of drama I think The Wire really nailed it with Herc who follows the "Split heads the Western District way" theory of the job and it ultimately costs him after he roughs up a politically connected black minister (and breaks a lot of other rules). Likewise The Wire did a great job of showing the other costs of this approach to law enforcement: nobody is willing to talk to you in the long run and the whole department becomes less effective at it's core functions, that might have been easier to gloss over in an era of falling crime everywhere but it's a real problem now.
(The way that your humble correspondent would sum up this entire nonsense given the chance to speak to Jon Hamm would be "You said that fame was a reality-warping force field and you were right".)
"Maybe he's accentuated the positive in his life, and hopefully eliminated some of the negative." she says, having forgotten only one word. (By the time Hamm gave that interview for Alan Sepinwall to wrap up "Mad Men" for "The Revolution Was Televised" he knew everything the character was not, and has resorted since to "Well, he was good at his job.")
"In some alternate universe, Schwimmer’s career is filled with arresting portrayals of weak villains."
Might be this one - Herbert Sobel in "Band of Brothers"
I submit that Ross is the weakest villain ever
Heh, I could see Sipowicz agreeing with the "We salute the rank, not the man" theory.
Never watched it but I do think the whole "beat up suspects without consequences" also wouldn't fly now for audiences who might find it unrealistic. It certainly could be done with impunity in the past (think the interrogation scene in Serpico) but I feel like the reality now is it really can catch up with cops in the long run (Derek Chauvin is a great example). In terms of drama I think The Wire really nailed it with Herc who follows the "Split heads the Western District way" theory of the job and it ultimately costs him after he roughs up a politically connected black minister (and breaks a lot of other rules). Likewise The Wire did a great job of showing the other costs of this approach to law enforcement: nobody is willing to talk to you in the long run and the whole department becomes less effective at it's core functions, that might have been easier to gloss over in an era of falling crime everywhere but it's a real problem now.
God, I loved that show!
it was a great show for the time. And you're right about Andy Sipowicz. Great character.
Homicide came later and was even better but built on NYPD Blue.
(The way that your humble correspondent would sum up this entire nonsense given the chance to speak to Jon Hamm would be "You said that fame was a reality-warping force field and you were right".)
"Maybe he's accentuated the positive in his life, and hopefully eliminated some of the negative." she says, having forgotten only one word. (By the time Hamm gave that interview for Alan Sepinwall to wrap up "Mad Men" for "The Revolution Was Televised" he knew everything the character was not, and has resorted since to "Well, he was good at his job.")