“Among all the complaints you hear these days about the crimes of the media, it seems to me the critics miss the big one. It is that especially TV, but also we of the print press, tend to reduce mess and complexity and ambiguity to a simple story line that doesn't reflect reality so much as it distorts it. ... What bothers me about the journalistic tendency to reduce unmanageable reality to self-contained, movielike little dramas is not just that we falsify when we do this. It is also that we really miss the good story.” LittlesSelfStoriesBigsRealitySeemsLinesSimpleMediaMissingCrimeTelevisionTvsDramaPressesCriticsTendenciesJournalismMessThese DaysBotherComplexityPrintComplaintsAmbiguityGood StoryJournalisticSelf Contained Author:Meg Greenfield
“If centralism is ultimately to prevail; if our entire system of free Institutions as established by our common ancestors is to be subverted, and an Empire is to be established in their stead; if that is to be the last scene of the great tragic drama now being enacted: then, be assured, that we of the South will be acquitted, not only in our own consciences, but in the judgment of mankind, of all responsibility for so terrible a catastrophe, and from all guilt of so great a crime against humanity.” IfsLastsHumanityCommonResponsibilityMankindCrimeTerribleDramaSceneJudgmentConscienceInstitutionsGuiltSouthEmpiresTragicAncestorCatastropheAssuredConfederateCrimes Against Humanity Author:Alexander H. Stephens
“Crime dramas will never go away as long as people turn to television for, among other things, reassurance and comfort.” PeopleLongTurnsCrimeTelevisionComfortDramaGoing AwayReassurance Author:Tom Shales
“I think people are tired of the CSI/SVU style of lurid and gory crime dramas. I believe there's a craving for lighter shows featuring detective characters who are fun to watch. I think people would welcome that kind of show.” PeopleThinkingBelieveKindCharacterShowsFunI BelieveWatchesStyleCrimeDramaTiredWelcomeCravingDetectivesLightersCsi Author:Carol Higgins Clark
“Basically, if I ever went and worked on a crime drama or something, it was usually just for the work.” IfsCrimeDrama Author:Brady Corbet
“I have different interests, and what happens with making a film is that you're going to live with it for a long time, so it better be something that has some staying power. I'm usually inspired by - it could be anything. In one instance, one of the things I was inspired by was something that was happening in my family - the drama that happens in a family, or an unsolvable crime, like Senorita Extraviada.” LongDifferentFilmInterestCrimeDramaMy FamilyInspired Author:Lourdes Portillo
“I don't have personal experience and knowledge about anything but theater. I've been tutored very well on the subject, but ultimately I'm going back to the rules of drama. There are genres that I like as an audience member that I can't write as a writer. I can't write crime, and I like a good thriller as much as anybody.” WritingAudienceCrimeDrama Author:Aaron Sorkin
“I love all kinds of movies. I'd especially like to make some, you know, violent crime drama.” KnowsKindCrimeDramaViolentAll KindsViolent Crimes Author:Rob Zombie