One hallmark of crime drama is that people die, and then detectives and private detectives and forensic detectives and DAs swoop in to find and then prosecute the killer.
And every now and then, victims really matter. "Homicide: Life on the Street" never quite solved the rape/murder of little Adena Watson. The entire first season of the U.K.'s "Prime Suspect" centered on the death of prostitute Della Mornay.
But when it comes to gangster drama, people also die, but they expire in large numbers and with such rapidity and with a near-complete lack of remorse (or even much emotion at all) from the killers that they become mere punctuation marks in stories of political maneuvering, economic competition and homicidal psychosis.
Given time, a show like this can bleed out its humanity, becoming little more than violence porn.
As aired on Sunday, Sept. 8, the season-four premiere of HBO's...
And every now and then, victims really matter. "Homicide: Life on the Street" never quite solved the rape/murder of little Adena Watson. The entire first season of the U.K.'s "Prime Suspect" centered on the death of prostitute Della Mornay.
But when it comes to gangster drama, people also die, but they expire in large numbers and with such rapidity and with a near-complete lack of remorse (or even much emotion at all) from the killers that they become mere punctuation marks in stories of political maneuvering, economic competition and homicidal psychosis.
Given time, a show like this can bleed out its humanity, becoming little more than violence porn.
As aired on Sunday, Sept. 8, the season-four premiere of HBO's...
- 9/9/2013
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