What’s Aged the Worst?
Fake newspapers and heroic celebrity cops lead, with violence editing and gratuitous nudity discussed.
In the discussion (6)
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- Fake LA Chronicle headlines are overused for transitions; an opposing joke wishes for one after every scene.
- Tweets, websites or TikToks are imagined replacing newspaper exposition today.
- Superstar heroic LAPD cops are located near the end of that era, with Colors as a comparison.
- Research attributes quick violence cuts to avoiding an X rating after Cobra’s rating problems.
- A pre-show producer observation calls the random nudity unnecessary; the garage and club are examples.
- Rodney King footage and Derrick Gates context are linked to the early-1990s shift in depictions; hero cops and newspapers are the final top two.