Week 3 blog

Hello Im back. By the way the island I was on a few weeks ago was in the San Juans. I took my bike on a huge weekend trip. It was great though.
In the first reading for this week Theories of Crime and the Media Part1: Crime films and Society, the author Rafter explores the relationship between Crime films and Society. She explores how society reacts and relates to a variety of different kinds of Crime films. She discusses how the films affect society and ultimately how society's reaction affects the moviemakers and what kinds of crime films are produced. She mentions films that she fits into a category she calls "happy hypocrisy," in which the protagonist is actually a criminal. Even though they are a criminal the viewer identifies with them and even craves to act out in such ways. This voyeurism is a form of rebellion against the system, though they are glad the system is there. She also mentions another kind called "critical crime film" where again perhaps the main character is a criminal but not a protagonist. In fact there is no protagonist. It may be a form of satire, a view of a harsh reality where everything is corrupt. There are no good guys. No heroes.
Back to my crime show. It's called The Black Donnellys. In the last episode the portrayal of the police stood out to me as interesting. There was one older cop Francis, or Franky who is Irish as well. He is from the neighborhood and is somewhat ostracized because he became a cop in a neighborhood full of crime, with a people with a history of being oppressed by the government, so nobody talks to the cops. Yet Franky still holds ties, he is a friend of the family, was good friends with their father, and watched the main characters grow up. This character is interesting. His partner is the typical negative stereotype, an outsider, newly graduated from the academy, has no respect and no knowledge of how things are done on the street.