--- Bludis Jack <
buildsnburns@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I see Yuri's point about police procedurals
being
> more Leftist than Faschist because *most*
> procedural cops follow rules or bend them
> occasionally.
>
> Jim Doherty gives us a list of cops who
> definitely do not fit the leftist mold, but
I
> think Jim tries to equate the writer's
politics
> with his books.
>
> Wambaugh is definitly anti-facist in his
> approach. He seems to hate dirty cops--at
least
> through the few books that I remember.
>
> Dirty Harry and Bullit are cops, but
their
> stories are *not* police procedurals but
about
> the renegade cops and they follow the PI
formula
> more than the general police procedural.
>
> I compare Dirty Harry to Matthew
Scudder--the
> main diference is that in his stories,
Dirty
> Harry still had his badge. Their approach
is
> virtually identical.
>
> Now, using the visual medium again, the
lead
> Character in "The Sheild," is not just
Facist,
> but a downright Nazi.
>
> Yuri explained that police procedurals
are
> leftist in that the follow, for the most
part,
> the rules of society.
>
> Where do I stand on this?
>
> Most often, on topics like this, I agree with
Jim
> D. But with this one, I agree with Yuri.
>
> Jack Bludis
>
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