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It's true that television is an escapist medium for many audiences, who turn to the likes of sitcoms and light-hearted, low-stakes dramas to remove themselves from the struggles of their daily life or simply just relax. However, television can also highlight the difficulties of normal life, or explore the darker side of imagined worlds.
Throughout The Shield, the worsening police brutality from Mackey becomes more and more difficult to watch, as he commits terrible acts of murder and violence against his peers, as well as an array of other crimes, and attempts to justify his actions as doing what is required in the bigger picture of law enforcement and the strike team he leads. Witnessing those who are supposed to protect the general population instead cause harm, with little remorse, will never not be incredibly dark.
Release Date June 2, 2002 Cast Dominic West , Lance Reddick , Wood Harris , Wendell Pierce , Clarke Peters , Michael K. Williams , Deirdre Lovejoy , J.D. Williams 7 'True Detective' Created by Nic Pizzolatto The anthology series True Detective has divided audiences during its four-season run, with season one coming out on top for many viewers, and yet anyone who watches just an episode of the crime drama is instantly overcome by the overall hopelessness and pessimism of the narrative.
Not only does the series depict some truly harrowing situations, from accidental death and murder to cannibalism and stillbirth, but all of this happens to teenage girls who are in no way equipped to deal with any of it. When their stories pick up twenty years later, it is awful to see how none of the women are able to escape the horrors of their past, and how their formative years and development were altered by their survival experiences.
While his story and his quest to secure his family's financial future gain the viewer's sympathies, Walter White becomes a hellishly toxic character and human being, who is increasingly difficult to watch on screen, as the bleakness and hopelessness of his situation consumes all sense of his humanity.*Availability in US
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