TV in 73: Police Story

from The Occasionalists Podcast · host The Occasionalists

Our final TV in 73 episode for Boob Tube April finds us doing a mini-review for the gritty, visceral, macho cop show, Police Story. Abandoning escapist storylines for something more real and borderline cynical, Police Story broke new ground in the early 1970s with a true-to-life approach to the criminals and cops that make up the Los Angeles crime world. There are few happy endings in Joseph Wambaugh's vision of policing in LA. Let's get to it!

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