I'm afraid of Americans

[trinityofone]

Trailer for ABC's Life on Mars remake

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I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

There goes my strategy of remaining cautiously optimistic! Reality: 1, Optimism: 0

Also, I think it's worth noting that I finally hit my limit with American Voice Over Guy. I miss the calm, soothing voices of the BBC. I can be ex-pat now?

Picture it:

Some Guy in a Pub, 5 Years From Now: So what finally drove you away? Was it political?
Me: Nope. They remade Life on Mars.

Comments

[ms-maree.livejournal.com]

And I bet they take out all the casual racism.

That crossed my mind when I saw that there was a black cop on the US trailer. I do believe (I don't know) but I'm prepared to believe there were black police officers in the US at that time, in a minority (as I've just recently read a book on the FBI at that time, and they had a black agent).

But I have doubts that there is going to be that 'casual racism' which would have been part of the culture then. How will 'Gene' interact with the black officer? Etc.

And then, am I suppose to think that everything was hunky dory in race relations in the LAPD in the early 70s as opposed to the UK? (but maybe I'm jumping to conclusions too early...I don't know).

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping they keep it in. that and the sexism, because the whole point is to show how different the 70s are - the ugly stuff as well as the fun stuff. Also see me turn to mum at one point after they said something to/about Annie and she pointed out that how they were treating Annie was mild.

[ms-maree.livejournal.com]

Annie and she pointed out that how they were treating Annie was mild.

Yeah, that thought also crossed my mind. Maybe they are getting confused with shows like 'Cagney and Lacey' or that one back around that time with a policewomen, and it pretended everything was fine, or almost fine with easily resolved prejudices.

Because it's one thing to watch a show in that period, where actual history is being retconned to rosie 'everyone held hands and it was all super nice' and then doing a show now set in that period today.

If it's a serious drama about the times, it's the responsibility of the TPTB to no sugarcoat the prejudices of the era.