is this going to be like that show The Slap
Could anything be as goofy as this?
It could be like American Crime or just bomb horribly.
You understand the problem in America is that black men are shot at a disproportionately higher rate than white men because of some grotesque racism on display from police officers, not that no white men are shot by the police or that the number is hilariously low, right?
Could be interesting...but I don't really see how the show would work beyond one season...also don't Fox shows normally have 22 episode seasons? I don't feel like this will work well on this channel. If it was something like cable show in the realm of True Detective(S1) or American Horror Story where they do something like this each season, it could be good...actually that just reminds that American Crime Story is coming out next year...this show won't work on Fox I think.
Reminds me of White man's Burden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37U_vQOKooE
I think i'm the only one to have seen this at the movie theatre.
edit:arg beaten!
I think my issue with it is that, if they want to talk about police brutality in general that's one thing. But the fact that they've explicitly chosen it to be a black cop and a white victim means that they want to add a racial angle. Now I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure black cops killing white people because they're racist isn't something that happens a lot. Creating a show based on this particular dynamic misses the mark completely and only imo will only further serve to further muddle and taint perceptions about the situations as a whole.
You have to make this shit up.
I think my issue with it is that, if they want to talk about police brutality in general that's one thing. But the fact that they've explicitly chosen it to be a black cop and a white victim means that they want to add a racial angle. Now I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure black cops killing white people because they're racist isn't something that happens a lot. Creating a show based on this particular dynamic misses the mark completely and only imo will only further serve to further muddle and taint perceptions about the situations as a whole.
Exactly, if they were just exploring police brutality then that would be cool. But they want to open up a discussion on race, then their agenda is apparent from jump.
Agreed in full. I don't know nearly enough about the show writers or anyone attached, so I'll just give the benefit of the doubt and assume the show will be expertly written and handle the actual subjects (police brutality, police violence, racism from the police in policing black men specifically, etc.) in a thoughtful, discussion-provoking manner. That all sounds fine for a TV show.
What I feel confident in assuming is that, despite all the above possibly happening, any sort of evaluation and critique about the racial dynamics of police departments (predominantly white but we've seen blue is the ultimately problematic color here) handling situations with black men will get lost among those who damn well need to hear the message under a sea of "see they can be racist too." And then the data points on whites getting gunned down in higher overall numbers (proportionately less than blacks) get tossed out there not to advocate for police reform because it could happen to them too, but instead its to say "there's no problem black people stop crying."
My hunch is the show needs to be more on-the-nose and flipping the roles adds too much nuance that, as you said, muddles and taints the issue..
Could anything be as goofy as this?
It could be like American Crime or just bomb horribly.
If "The Slap" can be a show, then I don't see why this cannot be one.
Yup.
Sadly this is exactly what I think will happen. Like I was saying earlier, if they want to make this particular dynamic (Black cop, white Victim) work. Then they'd need to do what White man's Burden did and have black people be Dominant social class and have white people as the minority. That way they can still at least convey the effects of what happens when you have a dominant class and an underclass divided by race. Outside of that I really don't see how they can make it work in a way that isn't totally disparaging.
Never heard of this show so I looked it up and the premise at least, does seem very interesting as it actually studies a real world social dynamic (which this show does not).
Could anything be as goofy as this?
It could be like American Crime or just bomb horribly.