----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Robison" <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> To: <
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com>
> I read A WHITE ARREST about a year ago and loved
it.
> And as you mentioned but I failed to include,
his
> books are short and fast. Since reading the book,
I
> discovered the television series The Shield, and
have
> been working my way through the seasons thanks
to
> Netflix. The relationship between Mackey and
his
> senior officer in The Shield reminds me of Roberts
and
> Brant in WHITE ARREST.
Miker, funnily enough, I found myself making a similar
comparison between those two series myself not so long ago.
There's an element of hostility between Roberts and Brant,
for sure, but I think it's largely front. In BLITZ all the
bullshit's stripped away. Roberts is left in a pretty raw
state by a family tragedy and Brant's the guy he turns to for
help (I can't really imagine Aceveda turning to Mackie in a
similar situation, although the writers of that series are
capable of making me believe anything). But whatever their
relationships with their immediate superiors, Brant, like
Mackie, is the focus of all the stories. And Brant, like
Mackie, is a benign thug, capable of doing what it takes,
whatever the cost. Bottom line, there's corruption aplenty in
both these intense, punchy, dark-themed, morally grey police
procedurals where sometimes nobody wins.
Al
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