Tag: b99

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ok ok listen i know a lot of people have been bringing up the fact that they dont like brooklyn nine nine because they feel like it’s a “pro-cop show” and it’s “idolizing a gross system” but like?? please try to understand that that is not the point of this show at all?? they have explicitly stated the problem with the police system in one of the episodes, where amy lists real concerns and holt puts up a poster that says “tell us how we can be better.” this is one of the very few shows who i see actually addressing real problems like gun control issues, homophobia, racism, and transphobia (it was just a mention, but still way more than any other show), while still being lighthearted and hilarious. just because this show is set in a cop setting does not mean they are praising anything?? please don’t diss an genuinely funny, good show so quickly because of that. it’s not perfect but it’s trying so much more than anything else on tv right now.

It should also be noted that outside of the squad itself, there are many, many policy officers that are depicted as corrupt, racist, and otherwise not at all praised or glorified. Both narratively and explicitly through character dialogue, the world of the police force that the characters exist in is criticized and challenged – not romanticized. And the point of the show, at the end of the day, is not the great acts of heroism these cops do. It’s about the deeper bonds between the characters and their completely zany quirks; cop stuff is just like, On The Side. So idk just … i completely understand aversion to any cop rhetoric in media that isn’t obviously negative, but maybe before you write off b99 as inherently disgusting or condescend any of its viewers who dare to praise it, maybe actually become familiar with the show itself?

this is important and also just to add on, this is one very small squad (one captain, one sergeant, and like 6 detectives) in one precinct, in one city in the us. it’s known by the characters that, by and large, cops are not like them, and they kind of acknowledge that while they can’t change that, they can themselves be “good cops”. notice how they hate the vulture and wuntch who are portrayed as bad people but also seen as being the kind of cops/captains that the 99 squad wants nothing to do with. notice how in coral palms the cop they run into is all the negative stereotypes of a cop and it truly bothers jake and holt. they know they are not the standard and the show, i think, makes that very clear.

#not that I have anyone to convince because everyone that follows me watches this show#but it’s like how parks and rec handles government operations#hyperaware of how corrupt the system actually is–just trying to be different (via @feministperalta)

that’s it that’s the show in a nutshell

It’s a pretty good visualization of ‘not all cops are bad, but the police system is corrupt’

Literally, like, almost all of the actual villains in the show are corrupt cops. Most of the criminals aren’t actually plot-related villains, and the ones that are villains tend to be, like, mafia bosses. You know, people who are also corrupt and exploit others for personal gain. 

The point of the show isn’t “hey look at these good cops”, it’s “hey look at these cops doing their best to maintain their moral integrity within a system that they know is poisoned.”

The writers spend so much time calling out the problems in America’s law enforcement/criminal justice system, and they do so explicitly and in no uncertain terms. It’s not just one or two episodes that call out the problems, it’s most of them.

The show also acknowledges the racism, homophobia, & sexism the cops in the squad face. It’s brought up on a regular basis.