>
> In a message dated 4/26/02 5:38:22 AM,
buildsnburns@yahoo.com writes:
>
> << My Comment on "the Shiled." The producers
and
> writers seem to be trying to do for dirty
cops
> what HBO does for organized crime, and I
don't
> think it works.
>
> It's hard to sympathize with cops who: kill
other
> cops and try to stash drugs to "seed" their
crime
> fighting. >>
>
> It works for me.
>
> John Lau
Me too. And I haven't seen it yet - although I'm sure I'll
get deja vu when I do see it. Sounds like an ordinary day of
policing in my home town (Sydney) when I was growing up.
Which is not to say that corruption has been stamped out in
the police here, just that when I was young Sydney was a
classic wide-open port city, a la Chicago, Marseille &
Hong Kong in their corrupt heydays. Maybe I'm a freak (well,
probably) but I often like stories about people with no
redeeming features - even ones who aren't sexy & totally
lack charisma, etc. I love the Parker books, Jim Thompson
& THE SOPRANOS (I wish that was back on the telly again -
there's nothing to look forward to except BUFFY & ANGEL
these days. & maybe THE SHIELD if it makes out here). Can
anybody put me on to any other "uninteresting" bad people to
read about or watch on the big or little screen? Redeeming
virtues are OK but certainly not compulsory.
Rene
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