Skip IntroCops are in the news and American society is rethinking its relationship to the police. But where does our image of what the police are come from? How did early TV create the template for "copaganda?"
How Did We Get Copaganda? | Copaganda: Episode 1Skip Intro2020-07-12 | Cops are in the news and American society is rethinking its relationship to the police. But where does our image of what the police are come from? How did early TV create the template for "copaganda?"
00:00: What is Copaganda? 04:47: Police v Hollywood 07:54 “The Story You’re About to See is True” 13:51: The Weight of Authority
#copaganda #tv #policethat time To Catch A Predator kinda killed a guy.Skip Intro2024-09-11 | //Tahara is now streaming on MUBI in the US and Canada// //Get a whole month of great cinema FREE: mubi.com/skipintro/
🔹🔹To Catch a Predator gave us our public conception of a certain kind of "predator". But was that accurate? How wrong was it? And how much damage has that misrepresentation caused?
♦️♦️Content Note: this video discusses CSA and su*ic*de. Please watch with care.
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0:00 - Introduction 5:56 - Trying to do good? 30:32 - Police? Entertainment? Sure! 42:40 - Watch this guy D*e 57:14 - Cops can do crimes too! 1:15:22 - Where does this leave us?
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The Bear was the rare TV scripted series that focused on and respected an underrepresented and underappreciated group of people — ordinary kitchen workers. This was a decidedly working class story that I think resonated with a lot of people because it embodied the anxiety and burnout that hit a breaking point during the pandemic. Now, that neighborhood sandwich shop is a fine dining restaurant chasing a Michelin star. It's a change portrayed as rags to riches, but it's something uglier. Carmy hasn't saved The Beef, he gentrified it.
—— Copaganda sources: tinyurl.com/mt8tpysx ——Cops wasnt Canceled, it just MutatedSkip Intro2024-05-31 | //Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris is now streaming on MUBI in the US// //Get a whole month of great cinema FREE: mubi.com/skipintro/
🔹🔹Much was made about Cops getting canceled in 2020, but it never died. Cops is currently airing its 36th season and the latest iteration of the genre—"On Patrol: Live"—is a ratings juggernaut. Do these shows provide a check on the police? Or are they just glorified PR reps? And are some cops performing for the camera?
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0:00 - Introduction 9:20 - Bad Boys, Bad Boys 19:47 - F*ck it, We’ll do it Live 37:55 - Less Safe, For Profit 57:29 - Ghoul Feedback Loop
—— Copaganda sources: tinyurl.com/mt8tpysx —— #cops #copaganda #livepd3 More Rights Law & Order HATESSkip Intro2024-02-24 | //RED HOLLYWOOD is now streaming on MUBI in the US// //Get a whole month of great cinema FREE: mubi.com/skipintro/
In the second part of this Law & Order episode, we look at how the franchise distorts even more of your rights, including the way the show handles exculpatory evidence, the Fourth Amendment, and that pesky thing called "free speech."
0:00 - Introduction/Recap 6:49 - We Don't Care if You Didn't Do it (Brady) 25:34 - We Own Your Stuff Now (Fourth Amendment) 46:25 - Play Stupid Games Win Stupid Prizes (First Amendment) 59:34 - please stop watching.
Law & Order has come under a decent amount of scrutiny for its pro-police propaganda, but we're still missing the big part of the puzzle. Police officers might be cruel and ruthless, but that's because the legal system assumes you're already guilty.
You see, when a police officer harasses you or arrests you or beats you, that’s just the beginning. Because then they hand you over to the real piggies — the prosecutors and court system, which are designed to skirt your rights.
You might think you know how your rights work from watching a show like Law & Order, but you don't. The show is lying to you.
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0:00 - Copaganda without Cops 10:08 - Law, Order, and Dicks 23:30 - Guilty Until Proven Innocent 34:35 - Right to Remain Arrested 53:31 - I Want to Speak to a Manager
—— Copaganda sources: tinyurl.com/mt8tpysx ——How Veronica Mars tackles The PoliceSkip Intro2023-10-29 | //RED HOLLYWOOD is now streaming on MUBI in the US// //Get a whole month of great cinema FREE: mubi.com/skipintro/
Veronica Mars is a show that has no patience for the terrible cops that patrol its episodes. It's also very nuanced in the ways it approaches the law as a social construct. Where does the show get this perspective and could it be a template for creating a cop show that is not copaganda?
0:00 - Introduction 9:24 - Good cops vs Bad cops 18:53 - ACAB...but especially sheriffs 28:02 - It's not a cop show 38:45 - Nancy "Karl Marx" Drew 46:37 - The Hero is the one who stays
#police #veronicamars #copagandahow to watch tvs most interesting showSkip Intro2023-08-31 | Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any Trade subscription at drinktrade.com/skipintro.
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The Rookie is an ABC cop show that spends a lot of time talking about the problems with policing and putting forth an aspirational vision of the police. Their solution? Body cameras, and lots of them. But is that a good idea or is the show just lying?
0:00 - Introduction 4:43 - Divorced Dad Energy 17:46 - Daddy Cop is Watching You 29:20 - Source: Trust Me Bro
#police #therookieWhy Black Mirror Had to ChangeSkip Intro2023-06-30 | Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any Trade subscription at drinktrade.com/skipintro.
Black Mirror returned this year for a 6th season, and it's hard to overstate how different the show feels. It's more focused on the past than the future, and has stripped out most of it's most dystopian technology. But, while this feels like a radical departure, it isn't. Black Mirror has never been just about technology or the future, but instead about media.
The 2007 Writers Strike signaled the beginning of a profound shift in content and the way we consume that content. Today, as the WGA goes on strike again, we find ourselves on the verge of another massive turning point, centered around streaming and artificial intelligence.
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I watched 22 episodes of Broadcast TV that had a storyline about fentanyl, and boy are my arms tired! What do these massively popular shows get right about the fentanyl crisis, what myths do they perpetuate, and why does it matter?
0:00 - Introduction 5:12 - 1. What is Fentanyl? 6:34 - 2. Will you die if you touch it? 13:59 - 3. How are people overdosing? 18:15 - 4. Mask up for Fentanyl? 23:29 - 5. Who is overdosing? 30:48 - Fentanyl Frenzy 37:13 - Why fear matters 44:48 - Is it a housing problem or a drug problem?
#warondrugs #policeHow Abbott Elementary Teaches Us about SchoolSkip Intro2023-03-25 | Abbott Elementary might be the most progressive network sitcom ever. What does it teach us about public education in America and why is it the perfect vehicle for affecting change? And why does Donald Glover love it so much?
#hbo #skipintro #copagandaThe Empty Apocalyptic Horror of THE LAST OF USSkip Intro2023-02-18 | Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: go.nebula.tv/skipintro
How do we imagine the post-apocalyptic genre in 2023 after we've been through the wringer ourselves? Let's look at The Last of Us and how it fits into the modern entries in the genre, like The Leftovers, Station Eleven, and Chernobyl.
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20 years after The Wire, David Simon has returned to Baltimore with another TV show critical of the police: WE OWN THIS CITY. It follows the true story of the incredibly corrupt cop Wayne Jenkins and, more importantly, the attempts to reform the Baltimore Police. What are his critiques and what are his solutions? And what the hell is a consent decree??
I talked to Tim Tolka, author of Blue Mafia: Police Brutality and Consent Decrees in Ohio, the true story of a civil rights lawyer's 20-year battle against two brutal police departments and the federal investigations that followed: amzn.to/3DEShku
0:00 - The Wire was a good show and other intro stuff 4:51 - Consent (decrees) be sexy 20:02 - Police can't stop lying, it's just so fun 29:24 - David Simon doesn't like twitter abolitionistsHow The White Lotus does SatireSkip Intro2022-12-17 | How does The White Lotus cover so much ground and how does it tie it all together?
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The White Lotus on HBO is one of the best satires on TV, commenting on all sorts of -isms like imperialism, colonialism, sexism, and more!
#thewhitelotus #whitelotus #hbomaxThe Politics of Nostalgia & TOP GUN: MAVERICK | Copaganda 11Skip Intro2022-11-26 | ///Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: mubi.com/skipintro//
Top Gun: Maverick's nostalgia isn't just a sweet treat for fans of the franchise. The nostalgia is the whole point, one that has something powerful to say.
0:00 - Introduction 5:43 - Propa—What Now? 17:36 - Modernizing Maverick 32:20 - The Politics of NostalgiaWhy The Haunting of Hill House is a MasterpieceSkip Intro2022-10-29 | //Go to nordvpn.com/skipintro to get a 2-year plan plus 4 additional months. Thanks again to NordVPN for sponsoring this video!//
The Haunting of Hill House is a masterpiece of TV horror, and has turned its creator Mike Flanagan into a Netflix industry unto himself, churning out one beloved horror series after another: The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, and The Midnight Club. But what makes these shows so special?
0:00 - Who is Mike Flanagan? 3:16 - TV vs Film (Horror Edition) 7:59 - Editing Ghosts 13:34 - Midnight Mass 17:20 - Striking a BalanceA Portrait of Anxiety — Nathan FielderSkip Intro2022-10-08 | ///Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: mubi.com/skipintro//
Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal on HBO is one of the greatest pieces of art I've seen on TV, because of the way it paints a portrait of social anxiety on multiple levels.
Follow me on Social Media: Twitter: twitter.com/SkipIntroYTPAW Patrols Dark Secret, ExplainedSkip Intro2022-09-10 | PAW Patrol is a TV show for kids. It's very popular, so we might as well ask: "What vision of policing does it suggest?" PAW Patrol is also a very bad TV show.
0:00 - Introduction 9:52 - List of Grievances 24:32 - Chase is on the Case - Police Dogs 41:38 - Yelp for Help - Police as First Responders 55:13 - Paw Patrol is a Bad TV Show. 1:01:55 - Capitalist HellscapeSEVERANCE is Lost meets r/AntiworkSkip Intro2022-06-06 | Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: mubi.com/skipintro
Severance (AppleTV+) is not so subtly about capitalism, but it leaves a lot of its most powerful critiques to an unlikely source — set design.
#severance #appletvplusHow BARRY Writes Men | Video EssaySkip Intro2022-05-10 | Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: mubi.com/skipintro
HBO's Barry has a funny premise: a hitman is bored from killing people and just wants to settle down. It's a riff on the Difficult Men era of TV, defined by central middle-aged men behaving badly in shows like The Sopranos, Mad Men, and Breaking Bad. But is this premise just for laughs or is the show trying to say something deeper about masculinity?
The Problem with Jon Stewart talks about a lot of issues, but the one thing the show keeps bumping up against is its unwillingness to grapple with the bedrocks of American policy: capitalism and neoliberalism.
#theproblemwithjonstewart #capitalism #jonstewartWhat Happened to Jon Stewart? — A RetrospectiveSkip Intro2022-03-02 | Support me on Patreon: http://bit.ly/2d46QD6 Subscribe for more video essays: http://bit.ly/2cxs4Z3
Jon Stewart is one of the most influential political commentators of the 21st Century, a champion for liberals, and one of the most dominant presences on TV ever (10 straight Emmys!). He's returned to TV with The Problem with Jon Stewart, and it got me wondering: What the hell happened to Jon Stewart?
00:00 - Introduction 05:22 - Where'd Jon Stewart Come From? 19:16 - Just a Comedian 27:24 - Appeal to Rationality 39:04 - The Need to Believe is Bulls#%tWhy does EUPHORIA take place in high school? [No Spoilers]Skip Intro2022-02-07 | //Get 26% of Curiosity Stream: curiositystream.com/skipintro/
Euphoria has a lot of graphic drugs, sex, and nudity in it which has raised the question, "Why does this show take place in high school?" Why not college? Or the prison from Oz? Well buckle in buckos, because we're about to travel on an emotional time machine!
It's true! Succession is about a lot of things, from family to money to power to the best way to enjoy a glass of wine. But at its core, Succession is about the end of the American Century, about an impending collapse, and—well—climate change.
00:00 - Intro 03:14 - Money Wins 08:11 - Existential Dread, Health, and Climate 13:49 - Why We Relate 17:05 - TV Class Consciousness in 2021 #succession #capitalism #climatechangePolice Reform in Brooklyn Nine-Nines Final Season | Copaganda Episode 9Skip Intro2021-09-27 | Sign up for Curiosity Stream and Nebula: http://curiositystream.com/skipintro Watch the uncut episode on Nebula: https://nebula.app/skipintro
Brooklyn Nine-Nine made a big deal about how the show would address the police protests of 2020 in its final season. How did the show do?
00:00 Lucifer and its Lucifans 06:19 The Devil's In the Details 14:12 Revenge is Good, Actually! 21:37 What is Justice Anyway?
#lucifer #copagandaSpooky Cops: From Buffy to The X-Files | Copaganda Episode 7Skip Intro2021-06-29 | Sign up for Curiosity Stream: http://CuriosityStream.com/SkipIntro
The Spooky Cop Show™ genre used to be all about outsider heroes like on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The X-Files, but nowadays, uniformed police officers patrol the supernatural like on Fringe, Grimm, and The Outsider. What happened?
In 1999, The Sopranos changed the course of TV history with it's fifth episode "College," an episode that would come to define the next two decades of TV storytelling
#thesopranos #antiheroes #difficultmenTeam America World Police: MCU | Copaganda Episode 6Skip Intro2021-03-12 | Download Likewise: on.likewise.com/skipintro
The MCU is the biggest franchise in TV/Movie history. What kind of ideas about America's role as global police does it send? And what can we learn about the American approach to policing by looking at this attitude?
00:00 - Introduction 04:57 - American Exceptionalism (Captain America) 09:08 - Winter Soldier 16:42 - Military Industrial Complex (Iron Man) 21:36 - Privatized World Peace (Iron Man 2) 25:54 - Iron Man 3 28:14 - Police Oversight (Civil War) 37:00 - Spider-man 43:53 - Captain Marvel 46:26 - Black Panther 49:23 - Conclusion
#mcu #copaganda #americanexceptionalismWANDAVISIONs Tour Through TV History | Deep DiveSkip Intro2021-02-15 | WandaVision is very META but does that mean it's good?
#wandavision #mcu #wandavisionsitcomsCan TV Critique the Police? Difficult Men & THE SHIELD | Copaganda Episode 5.2Skip Intro2021-01-24 | Part 1: youtu.be/RlpHGi7wUu4
How can TV and media critique the police? Is it possible? Do antiheroes do anything more than just glorify monstrosity?
0:00 - Introduction 2:49 - Al Capone with a Badge 12:30 - So You Could Go To Sleep Believing It 18:01 - Good Cop, Bad Cop, Different Kind of Cop
#copaganda #theshield #difficultmenWhats the Difference between Gangs and The Police? | Copaganda Episode 5.1: THE SHIELDSkip Intro2021-01-15 | Can you define what a gang is? What can we learn about gangs and the cops that police them through the TV show The Shield?
0:00 - Introduction 3:05 - Faustian Bargain 12:57 - What's in a Gang? 20:30 - The Other GuysThe Wire, Police Reform, and Capitalism | Copaganda Episode 4Skip Intro2020-11-12 | The Wire has long been heralded as a smarter cop show, but is it even really about the police or is it about systems, power, and money?
Introduction: 0:00 Part 1 - All The Pieces Matter: 3:21 Part 2 - Corner Boys: 9:47 Part 3 - Good Police: 18:10 Part 4 - Money Ain't Got No Owners: 22:45 Part 5 - The Dickensian Aspect: 30:34Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Michael Schur, and Incrementalism | Copaganda Episode 3Skip Intro2020-09-07 | Should we tear down the system? Nah, you've had enough to eat today.
0:00 - Introduction 3:23 - Why Is Brooklyn Nine-Nine a Cop Show? 7:57 - Educating Its Audience 14:02 - Michael Schur and the Arc of Justice 19:41 - And in Food News, You've Had Enough To Eat Today 23:49 - Future of the Nine-Nine
#TheOffice #Brooklyn Nine-Nine #MichaelSchurBlue Bloods is the Worst Cop Show | Copaganda: Episode 2Skip Intro2020-08-02 | 13 million people watch Blue Bloods every week. That's a bad thing.
Introduction: (0:00) Easy Solutions: (4:39) Silencing Critics: (12:41) Preaching to the Choir: (20:06) Nothing To See Here: (25:00)The Intimate Camera & Why You Should Watch NORMAL PEOPLE: [No Spoilers]Skip Intro2020-05-29 | Subscribe for more video essays: http://bit.ly/2cxs4Z3 Support me on Patreon: http://bit.ly/2d46QD6 Listen to Couch Taters: apple.co/2XkFhNf
Normal People is a show about the inner lives of two characters based on Sally Rooney's best selling novel, so how does the show use its camera to translate those inner feelings and emotions into visual language?
Facebook: facebook.com/IdeasAtPlay Twitter: twitter.com/jackapn2 Email: bumtugglies@gmail.comHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love YOU | Deep DiveSkip Intro2020-03-09 | Netflix’s You might seem like Bad TV™ until you look a little closer #You #Netflix #YouNetflix
Facebook: facebook.com/IdeasAtPlay Twitter: twitter.com/jackapn2 Email: bumtugglies@gmail.comWATCHMEN: Remixing a Classic | Why You Should Watch [No Spoilers]Skip Intro2020-01-06 | How does HBO's Watchmen "remix" the original graphic novel, and how does it appeal to newbies and diehards alike?
FOOTAGE Mindhunter - Joe Penhall & David Fincher Sharp Objects - Marti Noxon Succession - Jesse Armstrong Black Mirror - Charlie Brooker & Annabel Jones Unbelievable - Susannah Grant, Ayelet Waldman, and Michael Chabon The Act - Nick Antosca & Michelle Dean Chernobyl - Craig Mazin Law & Order: SVU - Dick Wolf True Detective - Nic Pizzolatto Mr. Robot - Sam Esmail Making a Murderer - Laura Ricciadri & Moira Demos Dateline - David Corvo & Liz Cole Conversations with a Killer - Joe Berliner
MUSIC Under Suspicion - Lee Rosevere Thought Bubbles - Lee Rosevere Pure - rare.How To Dystopia when 2019 already sucks: YEARS AND YEARS | Why You Should Watch [No Spoilers]Skip Intro2019-08-09 | Subscribe for more video essays: http://bit.ly/2cxs4Z3 Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/skipintro Listen to Couch Taters: apple.co/2XkFhNf
The BBC miniseries Years And Years isn't your standard dystopia. It builds on a long history of dystopian fiction and blends it with our current climate to create something new: a story about a dystopia that's already here and what we do next.
FOOTAGE Years And Years - Russell T Davies The Handmaid's Tale - Bruce Miller Black Mirror - Charlie Brooker Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) - dir. Michael Radford The 100 - Jason Rothenberg The Man in the High Castle - Frank Spotnitz Black-ish - Kenya Barris American Horror Story - Ryan Murphy Charlie Brooker's 2016 Wipe - Charlie Brooker The Dreaded Cats Trailer
MUSIC Balance - Luar Porto - LASERS Anchor - Luar Pure - rare.Perspective: TVs Big Advantage - FLEABAG | Deep DiveSkip Intro2019-07-18 | My video essay on season 1: youtube.com/watch?v=L24QJu1RnLg
FOOTAGE Game of Thrones - David Benioff & DB Weiss The Last Watch (2019) - Jeanie Finlay Talking Dead - Michael Davies, Jen Kelly Patton, Brandon Monk Talk the Thrones - The Ringer The Watch - The Ringer
MUSIC Separate Ways Remix - Willbe Daybreak - Electric Mantis Home Sweet Home - Willbe Way Back - Willbe Procrastination - Kenny Segal Pure - rare.I’m RebrandingSkip Intro2019-05-30 | I'm rebranding. Ideas at Play is no more! Introducing Skip Intro.