Police officers put their lives on the line, protecting the rights of you and me to feel safe and then there's these guys.. Who doesn’t enjoy a show where police are portrayed as undereducated buffoons? Comedy Central's television series, Reno 911 ran a mostly improvised parody of law enforcement shows from 2003 to 2009. The series was constructed a with limited storyline constantly jumping between the various officers and giving the show a sketch comedy feel. Reno 911!'s episodes commonly depicts scenes where criminal are frequently escaping and undermining enforcement. Throughout the series, these deputies use racy humor, directly address the camera, and their improvised technique overall shows a lack of education. Which also further comments …show more content…
Often, the criminals they are trying to control end up outsmarting the officers which leads into their escape. During every episode deputies use dialoge that is constructed with politically incorrect and racy humor. Which is especially exageraged due to the lack of script. Their improvised technigue allows them to say whatever comes to mind that takes a large accountability for the amount of cuss words and racial slurs used. During in their morning breifings is usually where the beginning of every episode takes place. One of my favorite episodes that portrays their improvised technique is in "The tanning booth accident", during one of their morning meetings that day the lottery had misprinted the tickets to where basically the card read that everyone had won money. Each deputy that purchased a fake winner enters the office exclaming how they each had won and they no further need employment from the Sherrif's Office. While Deputy Jones is the last one to arrive. He enters the office saying "Awwwww ya baby! Suck it. Suck it. Guess who won the lotto? Guess! Ahahaha Fuck you, motherfuckers *kicks chair* Fuck you". Lutentent Dangle then proceeds to hold up the daily news paper, with the front page stating, "Lotto Card misprint". Jones' facial expression turns sour and Deputy Junior adds in "For the record, you're the second person that came in and told us to suck …show more content…
Hollis Griffin from Northwestern University states in her article Queerness, the Quality Audience and Comedy Central's Reno 911!, "Unlike the police officers on Cops, the fictional Reno Sheriff's department comically botches investigations and fails to restore order when called to crime scenes." While agreeing with her statement, Reno 911! takes an alternate direction to comedy. Whereas their plotline is similar to a documentary show called Cops they take a different approach making the officers out to be buffoons, instead of the criminals committing crimes. In the "Pilot" episode, Deputies Garica and Jones are checking out a specific area with heavy prosititution advertisement. When the deputies walk up trying to contract a group of girls on the corner, they realize their Lutent Dangle is undercover as a prositute. Dangle pulls the other deputies aside to reasure them he's okay and that he doesn’t need backup. Garcia and Jones leave the spot confused, and Garcia points out, "Doesn't he have Friday off". Lutenent Dangle wasn't arresting them for advertisement, he was more likely giving them tips on how to do prostiution
In 102 Minutes, Chapter 7, authors Dwyer and Flynn use ethos, logos, and pathos to appeal to the readers’ consciences, minds and hearts regarding what happened to the people inside the Twin Towers on 9/11. Of particular interest are the following uses of the three appeals.
The chapter, Church, has the troop hold up in a church for a few days. In the church, the monks take an immediately likely to the troop help with food and weapon cleaning. A few of the soldiers discuss what they wanted to do before the war. The troops learn more about each other and insight into what faith can be to them.
In the movie Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore uses rhetoric in a very successful way by how he carried himself as your typical everyday American guy. Moore was effectively able to use the appeal to ethos, logos, and pathos by the way he conveyed his message and dressed when interviewing such individuals. Throughout the movie he gives his audience several connections back to the Columbine shooting and how guns were the main target. Moore is able to push several interviews in the direction of which he wants too get the exact answer or close to what he wanted out of them. He effectively puts himself as the main shot throughout the film to give the audience more understanding and allowing a better connection to the topic.
“People who had incurred the displeasure of the party simply disappeared and were never heard of again.
Media such as movies, video games and television, in general, are all created to support some form of social context. This helps with generating popularity because people are able to relate to the form of media. In Greg Smith’s book What Media Classes Really Want to Discuss, he describes 6 different representational strategies that justifies people’s way of thinking. The trope that I will be amplifying is the white savior tactic. In addition, I will connect this strategy to the movie The Blind Side. There are clear examples throughout the film where racism and low-income cultures exist in which the white family is there to help. The Tuohy family from the movie “The Blind Side” serves as the white savior for the progression of Michael
A town, a team, a dream. Friday Night lights document the 1988 football season of Permian High School in Odessa, Texas. Bissinger explores the various themes of the novel and uses conceit to colorfully describe the contrasting attitudes towards sports and academics. In the small town of Odessa bases Fridays nights in the fall are dedicated to Permian football. As a result of the obsessive attitude towards football a ridiculous amount of pressure is thrusted upon the coaches and players. Bissinger tackled the many problems in the town such as extreme pressure to perform, racism, and the relationship between parent and child. While Bissinger had several preconceived notions, he was ultimately proven wrong and through analysis of themes and incorporation of comparisons in the form of conceits he was able to develop his understanding of the town and accurately depict the events that transpired.
In the book Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer wrote about Christopher McCandless, a nature lover in search for independence, in a mysterious and hopeful experience. Even though Krakauer tells us McCandless was going to die from the beginning, he still gave him a chance for survival. As a reader I wanted McCandless to survive. In Into the Wild, Krakauer gave McCandless a unique perspective. He was a smart and unique person that wanted to be completely free from society. Krakauer included comments from people that said McCandless was crazy, and his death was his own mistake. However, Krakauer is able to make him seem like a brave person. The connections between other hikers and himself helped in the explanation of McCandless’s rational actions. Krakauer is able to make McCandless look like a normal person, but unique from this generation. In order for Krakauer to make Christopher McCandless not look like a crazy person, but a special person, I will analyze the persuading style that Krakauer used in Into the Wild that made us believe McCandless was a regular young adult.
To begin with police officers faces more dangers than the average American citizen, “generally police are about three times as likely to be killed on the job as the average American” (Blako). “Some of the most important hazards police face are assaults, vehicle crashes, being struck by vehicles, stress, overexertion, and falls” (LaTourrette). Traffic stops make up a majority of the police deaths, but most of those deaths do not have to do with responding to the scene of a crime or the pursuit of a criminal suspect. Most would believe police have the most dangerous jobs in the world, yet many do not die in the line of duty. Police shows like Cops give the American population a false sense of danger when it comes day to day work of an officer. They only show the action to keep viewers interested because if you watching the normal stopping of a citizen to get a speeding ticket or to tell them a lights out the show would not be on anymore. If you do see an everyday traffic stop it is because something bad is about to happen like an oncoming vehicle probably not paying attention resul...
By teaching police officers alternatives to shooting to kill, they experience higher risks with their lives. Police Commissioner, Ray Kelly, said, “It would be "very difficult" to train officers to shoot to wound” (Jacobo, 2016). Police officers are viewed as “predators” and “an occupying army” rather than allies (Valey, 2016). This is a perception that needs to change because it counteracts the mission of police officers
Once the motel manager confirmed that a Summer Twilligear had rented room 114, Deputy Shanks, Sergeant Walls, Deputy Galloway, Deputy Phifer, and Deputy Timms went to the hotel to see whether this “Gunner Crapser” was the wanted man, and to attempt a “knock and talk” as a way to gain consent to search the room and look for signs of methamphetamine activity (FindLaw, 2007, Factual and Procedural Background section, para. 4). All of the officers were in uniform with their guns visible besides Deputy Timms who was in plain clothes with a concealed weapon.
Human beings are assaulted on a daily basis. Some are attacked with bombs and guns while others may be attacked with harsh words and/or degrading tweets. Although these methods are on opposite ends of the spectrum, they both carry serious implications. This is evident by the attacks recently made on Comedy Central’s host of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert. This program has been a part of the Comedy Central network for over nine years. In this segment called “Who’s Attacking Me Now,” there is one main rhetorical device that is used to prove that the show had no need to be canceled.
Imagine that you are going to the movie theatre on a Saturday night with a group of friends; you finally have the chance to see that new police movie that everyone has been raving about. You buy your tickets, get some popcorn, and go into the theatre just in time for the movie to start. Two hours pass by in what seems like seconds, and the movie has come to its end. Suddenly, you have all become movie critics: You praise the “crime-fighter” police officers in the fast-action scenes but criticize all of the appalling police corruption that seemingly goes unnoticed.
For years police corruption has been a major problem in American society but where is the line between moral and unethical police corruption, many modern movies address this vary issue. Some films portray how types of police corruption can have a positive influence on society, while others show the dark side of police corruption. Many law enforcement agents join the criminal justice with the basic idea of “justice for all,” however, most of them do not realize that the nice guy doesn’t always win. Even though there are vast amounts of movies which specifically address police corruption we will use three main movies for our argument today, mostly LA Confidential, however, also Training Day.
As we cruised around the community, he pointed out countless minor traffic violations, both moving and non-moving, but opted not to make any stops. At this point he stated his main concern was to spot any impaired drivers and get them off the road. Eventually, as we came up behind an older civic (the Civic had a broken brake light) on Centreville Road, the officer stated that he detected the scent of marijuana coming from the Civic. The driver of the Civic noticed Crutchman’s police cruiser behind him and dropped his speed to 5 mph under the posted limit. Officer Crutchman began tailing the vehicle which immediately turned off on the next available road. We proceeded to follow the Civic for a couple of miles. I could tell that Officer Crutchman wanted to make the stop, and I inquired why he hadn’t done so already on account of the Civic’s faulty brake light. He responded that he is cautious about making such stops because he does not want a “new law named after him” on account of the controversy surrounding pretextual stops. It is possible that this careful attitude has developed as a result of the rising public outcry against police and
Officer Wren unfortunately made plans to be corrupt before ever joining the police force. He met Mardjaee through a mutual acquaintance while working at a Discount Tire on 32nd Street and Cactus Road in 2008. Once Wren became an officer, he and Mardjaee set up meetings with each other on two separate occasions. In the first meeting, Wren dressed in street clothes and met Mardjaee at a Home Depot in ord...