Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihuxb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihuxb!mcal From: mcal@ihuxb.UUCP (Mike Clifford) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.tv Subject: Re: Cagney and Lacey Message-ID: <930@ihuxb.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Feb-85 14:20:54 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxb.930 Posted: Thu Feb 7 14:20:54 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Feb-85 04:41:44 EST References: <402@ssc-vax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 32 Xref: watmath net.politics:7421 net.tv:2429 > Did you see Cagney and Lacey last night(2/4)? It had a rather unusual > moral for a Hollywood story. > > Detective Chris Cagney and victim Joe Citizen are the only witnesses willing > to testify against bad guy Moe Mugger. Joe, who is prohibited by New York > law from carrying a sidearm, is murdered in the street. Chris, with her > .357, is safe. But when her purse is stolen, leaving her helpless, Moe moves > in for the kill. > > Were the Hollywood political commisars caught napping? Or is CBS just trying > to pacify Jesse Helms? > Michael Esco > Boeing Aerospace Let's clear up a couple of things here: Joe Citizen was not killed on the street, he was mugged and stabbed by Moe Mugger. Chris probably saved his life by her quick reaction to the screaming of some spectators. Joe Citizen was willing to testify against Moe, until Moe threatened him. Joe was terrified and fled the hospital, his apartment, and the state, probably! I thought the moral was pretty clear...the public wants to be protected but they are not willing to do their part (ie, testify against criminals) and then complain because there are so many criminals on the street. The story showed more of Cagney's character, too. She was acting tough and was trying to hide the fact that she was scared by this lunatic and resented what he was doing to her life. I don't understand what this has to do with "Hollywood political commisars" or "Jesse Helms". Mike Clifford AT&T Bell Labs