The show that comes to mind for me is Brooklyn 99; specifically during the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. Apparently, they scrapped four completed?wprov=sfti1#Production) episodes in light of the George Floyd protests.
The show always tried to be progressive, which I can appreciate. But at the end of the day it did fall under the category of copaganda. I wonder how much the BLM protests influenced the creator's decision to end the show since it ended soon after in 2021.
I think it was the entire reason they ended the show when they did. The last season made it clear they wanted to address some issues, but you can only make that entertaining for so long, after which they had to end the show. Judicial warrants and lengthy trials aren't sexy.
ETA: I've also read that Stephanie Beatriz (Rosa) specifically requested that her character quit the NYPD, because of ethical concerns following the George Floyd protests.
I feel like B99 was among the least copaganda of cop shows. They don't do the "breaking the law to catch bad guys" thing and is usually very aware of laws regarding policing.
Shame they were affected by the wider police controversies though.
lol they constantly violate constitutional rights in that show, wtf are you talking about? they never get warrants and just go in places with no exigent circumstances and almost every episode they arrest the very first person they see with no actual evidence
What constitutional rights? When did they ever enter without warrant? It's mostly a sitcom comedy dressed as a cop show lol are we even watching the same thing?
And that arrest without evidence is my point: Jake eat shit because of it. They at no point saying it was the right thing to do.
since you clearly didn't read my comment, i won't read past your first sentence either. once you've read the ones i ALREADY listed, you can let me know and I'll read the rest.
you've literally brushed off the one others listed with but "they got the bad guy" why would I bother, you clearly just like the taste of boot. Jake's actions in the 48 hour episode should have resulted in him being fired and sued at a minimum. he faced no consequences besides "hey you need to cover this up"
Also, practically every cop character outside of the main cast is horribly corrupt and/or bigoted. In total I think there were probably more dirty cops than clean ones in that show.
Which wouldn’t matter because, as I said earlier, parody isn’t bankruptcy. You can’t just declare it. A trope played straight isn’t subverting the trope. It’s just the trope. Yelling that it’s sarcasm doesn’t change the fact they just played it straight.
Terry and Jake and Amy and Rosa doing wedding prep with Terry and Jake loving it whilst Amy and Rosa chases down a criminal in her wedding dress is subverting a trope.
Jake arresting a dude because of a joke and not letting up until he finds evidence is just playing it straight.
Jake bragging about things to try and trick a suspect into incriminating himself only to screw himself over until he turns things around isn’t subverting a trope.
Terry saying “give me five minutes with him. I’ll get the truth out of him” and then the scene cutting to him crying and the suspect giving him the evidence he needs because he wants Terry to be there for the birth of his child IS subverting a trope. It goes from classic police brutality to “Terry is a sweet person who loves his wife and his love makes people want to help him.”
Jake arming himself and going rogue to help Rosa is a trope. Jake realizing that staying at the precinct and talking to his coworkers and helping them cope through an ungodly stressful situation is a subversion.
Jake wasnt bragging about being able to lie, he brought it up as strategy to which Captain Holt said it was a bad idea. Jake does it out of desperation and it immediately backfires showing that it was never the right option.
Jake admits to fucking that up and letting emotions get the better of him and he is then scolded by Captain Holt.
Jake did not start the series with a bet to fuck Amy. It was bet about more arrests. When Jake won, he took Amy on a purposefully terrible date. There was never any sex involved and he wasn’t gonna rape her to end the night.
I agree, they should’ve done better about that
Rosa talked a tough game and her character grew over the show. When exactly did she actually commit police brutality?
Yes he was. He said he used it as permission to brag about stuff all the time. He even brags that he uses that permission all the time before he goes in there. And he isn’t told not to lie because it’s wrong or that he may be pressuring an innocent man into a confession but that he may mess up an investigation.
People were angry he ruined their weekend. Not that he arrested someone innocent. Oh no. He arrested someone over a joke but he got scolded so that’s ok? He’s a grown ass man. Why should he need to be scolded.
The bet was that if he won he would take amy out on a date. A date he said would end in sex. It’s literally in the first episode.
The fact that she was joking about police brutality means she considered police abuse funny, does it not?
I have seen all of the show except for the last season.
That doesn’t change the fact that the series was introduced with the bet that he confirmed would end in sex. It’s not even ten minutes into the first episode.
So? Most of these are sitcom shenanigans or jokes, not actually glorifying cops.
And the 48 hours thing proves my point: Jake fucked up and had to deal with its consequence. They certainly didn't try to argue keeping them any longer.
And why were they angry? Because they have to obey the law and release the suspect if evidence is not found, as well as being at risk of a wrongful arrest lawsuit. The 48 hour thing is a law problem more than a cop problem.
It definitely felt like they started writing like that because public perceptions had changed. Up till then the characters did shady, borderline illegal, and excessive things all the time. Then suddenly the very actions they partook in their against. If it had built to that it would have been fine but it kind of came out of the blue.
They handled it terribly too. It was like someone getting caught by HR and having to give a presentation. Just soulless and by the numbers.
The worst part was having Rosa be the one who quits on moral ground. They removed her since she was, by far, the most problematic officer but they justified it in universe by having her quit on moral grounds. That doesn't jive. It's like having Trump resign because of White House corruption. You are the corruption.
Terry should have been the one to resign. He's always had the biggest heart and having Terry quit due to Rosa's constant rights violations would have meant something.
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u/sillypotatoes564 18h ago
The show that comes to mind for me is Brooklyn 99; specifically during the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. Apparently, they scrapped four completed?wprov=sfti1#Production) episodes in light of the George Floyd protests.
The show always tried to be progressive, which I can appreciate. But at the end of the day it did fall under the category of copaganda. I wonder how much the BLM protests influenced the creator's decision to end the show since it ended soon after in 2021.