ext1 (1113) - behind the badge

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

ext1 (1103) - detectives

talking about different kinds of detectives.. should read the stories and go through questions ont he thingo.

but the story that ms sproule read to us, it was surprising to find out that the detective was a woman and not a dude.

coz she full got up hangover style in a crappy apartment and all.. so as a result of this shock.. our homework is to make a 1page intro for a detective for monday

today was just talking about diff kinds of detectives, qualities of detectives, like the pro office guy or the hobby modern lady thing.

read stories it'll make more sense