Peter Lake
2009-03-02 10:53:05
One of Hollywood’s conventions re crime-fighters is that the hero isn’t afraid to draw outside the lines. (Serpico, Dirty Harry, 24, Bullitt etc.) The message being that the system is so corrupt that the only way the toughest criminals/spies/traitors can be caught is to ignore the conventional methods.
Of course, when it comes to real-life situations, unconventional water-boarding gets you into trouble, even if it’s just alleged (Guantanimo, Abu Ghraib).
We’re a schizoid audience.
