Miami vice
By: James Lyons
Series: Wiley-Blackwell studies in film and television; Wiley-Blackwell studies in film and television
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chichester, U.K; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9781405178112; 9781405178105
Description: "Miami Vice captures the glitter and glamour embodied by Crockett and Tubbs and offers students an anatomy of a ground-breaking work in the police procedural genre. The book explores Miami Vice's combination of disparate influences (MTV, film noir, soap opera, 'high concept' action films) as well as the social, cultural and industrial moments when it burst onto the network. It introduces readers to major components of televisual analysis - style, storytelling, the television show as commodity and ideological critique - that illustrate the show's unique features; and provides a model for students' own assessment of other shows, and confirms precisely how - and on what terms - Miami Vice redefined the police drama and an era."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I want my MTV cops : Miami Vice as television commodity; title: Guns, glitter, and glamor : styling the show; title: Losing the plot? : storytelling in Miami vice; title: Risky business : the cultural politics of Vice.