today we finished watching "hollywood: behind the badge" and so i shall jot down a summary of notes.. (check book for full list)
- early 20th century crime was due to poverty
- 1920s based in new york, busy streets etc
- 1930s had gangs etc, and also asian detectives
- 1940s hardboiled cop and sherlock holmes, different story but same time
- 1950s after WWII, heaps of international enemies, and all-american heroes
- 1960s first car chase, new kinds of cops including black and female
- 1970s heaps of police TV shows, instead of movies, also shows that were more real
- 1980s people started questioning cops.. shows about personal lives
- 1990s included international terrorism, action-heroes and reality, real crimes which scared people
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