Well, compared to dragnet, it's pretty lefty, but what isn't?
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This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]
erikaj - Apr 30, 2008 9:46:03 am PDT #1158 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
beekaytee - Apr 30, 2008 10:39:33 am PDT #1159 of 11831
Compassionately intolerant
Was Dragnet rightie?
I ask because I listen to the ye olde timme radio Dragnet shows on npr each weekend. There is one episode that gets replayed regularly that is, hands down, the most compassionate, thoughtful treatment of heroin addiction I've ever encountered in pop media.
I'll have to go do some Jack Webb wikipedia-ing.
eta: I love this Webb trivia from imdb:
At the height of "Dragnet's" popularity, people would actually call the LAPD wanting to speak to Webb's character, Sgt. Joe Friday.
The Department eventually came up with a stock answer to the large volume of calls: "Sorry, it's Joe's day off."
erikaj - Apr 30, 2008 10:53:07 am PDT #1160 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, I thought so, the few times I'd seen one, but I am from a different time and to the left of most Americans, even so. I should keep that in mind. I didn't know that Perry Mason had such humble origins(the character, not the...brand, or whatever.)
Connie Neil - Apr 30, 2008 11:26:57 am PDT #1161 of 11831
brillig
Perry's been playing on local PBS in the evenings around here. Is it at all accurate that he'd do criminal law as well as consulting on contracts and all that?
And he strikes me as just a touch sleazy anymore. I do like Della, though, she had a lot more to do than I remember.
Fred Pete - Apr 30, 2008 11:42:37 am PDT #1162 of 11831
Ann, that's a ferret.
connie, depends on where he is. Big city, more likely to specialize.
The first Perry Mason novels came out during the '30s, Dragnet during the early '50s (or maybe slightly earlier?). Reflected their times.
I remember some of the Dragnet eps from the late '60s. Definitely rightie in the law-n-order, police are always right, damn those dirty hippies because they're all crooks anyway sense. Might have some sensitivity toward at least some of the drug addicted, as long as they weren't committing other crimes to support their addictions.
Connie Neil - Apr 30, 2008 1:00:57 pm PDT #1163 of 11831
brillig
It's a subject that could bear interesting scrutiny, popular entertainment as commentary on current culture. As I'm sure someone probably has already done.
Connie Neil - Apr 30, 2008 1:03:56 pm PDT #1164 of 11831
brillig
DXMachina - Apr 30, 2008 5:10:57 pm PDT #1165 of 11831
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Might have some sensitivity toward at least some of the drug addicted, as long as they weren't committing other crimes to support their addictions.
Of course, if you leave your toddler to drown in the bathtub while you smoke a joint, don't expect much sympathy from Sgt. Friday.
Dragnet in the 50's was much less obviously conservative than the sixties version, but then the sixties were a very different time.
sumi - May 01, 2008 4:43:22 am PDT #1166 of 11831
Art Crawl!!!
Awww, those LOL cat twins remind me of my fluffy cat.
Is Women's Murder Club a procedural?
Vortex - May 01, 2008 5:58:42 am PDT #1167 of 11831
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I think so.