February 2023 Patreon Update/Newsletter
Added 2023-02-03 04:23:32 +0000 UTCHey Skip Introthusiasts!
If you’re reading this, that’s because you are a patron! This channel would not be possible without your amazing support, and it certainly wouldn’t be as well-researched and in-depth. Thank you from the bottom of my cold, empty heart.
Every month I try to put out a newsletter like this one, just to give you a heads up for what to expect and remind you if you missed anything!
First things first, I hope everyone had a great New Year! I took January off from mailbags and roundups because there was so much extra stuff in December for the end of the year. I know, it’s sad, but sometimes we must take breaks. That’s what my therapist tells me anyways. What a quack!
But there are two videos on the channel since I last did one of these and I’m very proud of both of them! How The White Lotus does Satire has been one of the channel’s most successful videos and it was an absolute blast to make. We Own This City & The Reality of Reform wasn’t quite the same blast (because of obvious real-world reasons), but I’m really proud of how that turned out as well. We even got onto the Hasanabi stream, which was pretty cool considering his audience size in the space of progressive politics online.
If you haven’t checked out the conversation I had with Tim Tolka that was clipped in the We Own This City video, you should check it out! I learned a lot and you can too.
My next video is scheduled for 2/18, although I’m still a bit undecided on the topic. I’m leaning towards doing a video about apocalypse TV shows like The Last of Us, Chernobyl, and Station 11 currently.
I’ve got some other collaborations on bigger projects stewing but they’re still far too early along to announce yet, just know that I have big ideas!
The Live Mailbag for February is going to be this Sunday (2/5) at 5pm Pacific, as always there will be another thread for questions.
Attached is a list of every single thing I’ve read for copaganda so far, broken down by episode. I don’t recommend reading all of them (trust me on this one) but there are lots of good pieces. Some of these are also pieces that I think are written by braindead morons (looking at you Matt Yglesias), but I found them illuminating for understanding where police defenders are coming from.
Schedule (dates tentative)
February
- 2/5 Mailbag
- 2/18 Video — How to make an Apocalypse Show
Further into the future:
- Copaganda Episodes
- Cop Shows vs. Fentanyl
- How TV Whitewashes Child Protective Services
- How Cop Shows Tackle Mental Health - Criminal Minds, Hannibal, and various others
- How Law & Order Shaped the Status Quo
- Private Investigators - Veronica Mars
- Women on Cop Shows
- Sex Workers and Sexual Assault in police cop shows
- Other Videos
- Yellowjackets and the Art of Genre-Bending
- Can We Talk About Schmidt from New Girl?
- A Passionate Defense of Lost
- Better Call Saul & Breaking Bad Retrospective
- The Rise and Fall of Heroes
Please, please, please reach out to me if you have any comments, questions, concerns, thoughts, prayers, or even if you just want to say hi either here or at bumtugglies@gmail.com.
Best,
Jackson
Comments
As a comic book fan I feel like i have to jump in real quick. I've been avoiding that book because I've heard it basically regressed Renee Montoya as a character. I loved her as the Question after she quit being a cop, and Ridley's portrayal of her has been subject to a lot of criticism online. With that said I'm all for idea of reexamining the portrayal of the GCPD as it is portrayed in DC comics. "Batman Year One" shows just how rotten the cops in Gotham really are. That whole book is basically Batman vs the GCPD and the rich assholes that bankroll the GCPD. But DC always writes the Batman books in such a way that as soon as Gordon is Commissioner the department becomes Batman's allies and basically becomes a force for good. I feel like you could get mileage out of Gordon questioning just how much he can do as Commissioner and realizing that he might be enabling a problematic system of power, but it seems like that's not what DC wants to write about or what they think readers want to see.
RedX2099
2023-02-04 08:47:14 +0000 UTCYou reading GCPD: Blue Wall right now at DC comics? It’s their attempt at a more political look at Copoganda. Finale’s not for a week or two so I’m still out on how I feel about it, but I find it interesting that DC is taking a closer look at the politics of one of the most famous police forces in fiction, and wonder how much of this will seep into the TV and films going forward.
Andrew J. Eisenman
2023-02-03 14:20:12 +0000 UTCwhen you get to private investigators, you've got to include my all-time favorite: Jim Rockford (leave a message at the beep)
An Oni Moose
2023-02-03 05:58:15 +0000 UTC
