Yeah, agreed. I hate it, but cops have access to things/info that a storyteller needs, they have access to people, places, evidence, they come and go and are tolerated like you said. We’d still be making cop movies under communism cause cops have access. Like, wasnt The Departed based on a Chinese cop trilogy?
“Stop revisionist scum! I’ve been temporarily appointed via sortition by the People’s Committee for Investigation. Come with me and my subject-matter expert assistants, where we will something something communism jokes gulag.”
Sorry. I’d do better but it’s 4am, I spent 3 hours worrying over another post and now can barely spell.
Yeah, agreed. I hate it, but cops have access to things/info that a storyteller needs, they have access to people, places, evidence, they come and go and are tolerated like you said. We’d still be making cop movies under communism cause cops have access. Like, wasnt The Departed based on a Chinese cop trilogy?
Infernal Affairs from HK.
You do get a lot of crime/cop movies from the mainland too. The cops are required to always win.
There are lots with corrupt cops who lose, so at least there’s that
“Stop revisionist scum! I’ve been temporarily appointed via sortition by the People’s Committee for Investigation. Come with me and my subject-matter expert assistants, where we will something something communism jokes gulag.”
Sorry. I’d do better but it’s 4am, I spent 3 hours worrying over another post and now can barely spell.