Instead of going for the low-hanging fruit critiques to CSI: Miami I am going to point your direction at a lesser discussed but equally insulting element of the show.
Aside from the bad acting, laughable science, predictable "good guys always get the perp" endings, & conveniently detailed exposition in every scene; this show takes the idea of praising our tax-sponsored bureaucratic police state to an all new level. And this is an issue I have with several police/law enforcement dramas today, but CSI Miami is absolutely shameless in its ridiculously elementary, black & white portrayal of crime fighting, which although intended to praise hard working civil servants in this line of work, actually makes them cardboard cutouts with no gaping flaws or character to them & ends up patronizing them in my opinion.
Now I absolutely know there is a place for authority/police, CSI type entities, etc etc and blah blah blah. My point is that in this show they go around playing the "I'm a cop card" on every single person they encounter & end up sweating tax-paying citizens we later find out are innocent. Now this might bring drama & "who done it" flair to the show, but it is very overdone in this show & shouts out the message that authority figures who are paid by OUR tax dime, can go around shouting orders/accusations at us, demanding hair samples without even a warrant while lecturing us about things that are illegal in the state; only to find out we are in fact INNOCENT of the crime being investigated. And in this show they never seem to give a rat's A about the complete abuse of power displayed here (as well as the incompetent use of it overall). Not sure about other average citizens but although I am sick of horrific crimes in my nation I am just as sick of tax-salaried employees running around in private jets in Armani suits, thinking they are above the law & taking away any freedom of ours to get a desired result. Sorry but if you want us to root for elite police units, at least make them relatable or somewhat sympathetic/respectful to the citizens footing the bill of their high-tech "anything at our fingertips" work environment.
Furthermore, CSI Miami telegraphs us the idea that only dead victims are being worked for here, when in reality, CSI would be working for ALL citizens who pay them to do their damn job, which should not include harassing them or going around bragging about their power to get warrants & searc through their stuff. It's just short of police state propaganda but I know it's only a TV show. And somehow they continued throughout the show to take themselves OH-SO seriously which leads me to believe it is a bit more than entertainment & meant to be a somewhat realistic look into what CSI-type units do. Well if it is anywhere near accurate as to how our law enforcement behaves, I am not very surprised looking at our current TSA, but am still no less offended that these idiots are the characters we are supposed to be rooting for.
The writers/producers should have AT VERY LEAST written in some type of dissenting voice within CSI that every now & then quips about the rights of citizens Vs. their bottom line of "anything to catch the bad guy"...especially since in every episode they go through sweating several WRONGLY accused people before settling on the truth of the real murderer or often find that the death was ACCIDENTAL (which makes CSI look pretty stupid to be threatening people with jail time who are in fact innocent.)
The show would still be laughable even if the science was more accurate & their lucky streak of evidence was less convenient; However it is a good-looking show. Half of the dialogue sounds straight out of an after- school special wherein they may as well start looking directly at the camera & say "Don't do drugs, stay in school, bad guys always lose, and always be cool!"
And although I have not seen every single episode but would not at all be surprised if they started using the Bush Doctrine on suspects & water-boarded them to confess while singing the national anthem.
If the bully loving, white-and-black paper thin characters from CSI Miami are who the audience sees as "good guys" then maybe we deserve to be harassed sheep who earn less freedoms with more tax dollars.
Aside from the bad acting, laughable science, predictable "good guys always get the perp" endings, & conveniently detailed exposition in every scene; this show takes the idea of praising our tax-sponsored bureaucratic police state to an all new level. And this is an issue I have with several police/law enforcement dramas today, but CSI Miami is absolutely shameless in its ridiculously elementary, black & white portrayal of crime fighting, which although intended to praise hard working civil servants in this line of work, actually makes them cardboard cutouts with no gaping flaws or character to them & ends up patronizing them in my opinion.
Now I absolutely know there is a place for authority/police, CSI type entities, etc etc and blah blah blah. My point is that in this show they go around playing the "I'm a cop card" on every single person they encounter & end up sweating tax-paying citizens we later find out are innocent. Now this might bring drama & "who done it" flair to the show, but it is very overdone in this show & shouts out the message that authority figures who are paid by OUR tax dime, can go around shouting orders/accusations at us, demanding hair samples without even a warrant while lecturing us about things that are illegal in the state; only to find out we are in fact INNOCENT of the crime being investigated. And in this show they never seem to give a rat's A about the complete abuse of power displayed here (as well as the incompetent use of it overall). Not sure about other average citizens but although I am sick of horrific crimes in my nation I am just as sick of tax-salaried employees running around in private jets in Armani suits, thinking they are above the law & taking away any freedom of ours to get a desired result. Sorry but if you want us to root for elite police units, at least make them relatable or somewhat sympathetic/respectful to the citizens footing the bill of their high-tech "anything at our fingertips" work environment.
Furthermore, CSI Miami telegraphs us the idea that only dead victims are being worked for here, when in reality, CSI would be working for ALL citizens who pay them to do their damn job, which should not include harassing them or going around bragging about their power to get warrants & searc through their stuff. It's just short of police state propaganda but I know it's only a TV show. And somehow they continued throughout the show to take themselves OH-SO seriously which leads me to believe it is a bit more than entertainment & meant to be a somewhat realistic look into what CSI-type units do. Well if it is anywhere near accurate as to how our law enforcement behaves, I am not very surprised looking at our current TSA, but am still no less offended that these idiots are the characters we are supposed to be rooting for.
The writers/producers should have AT VERY LEAST written in some type of dissenting voice within CSI that every now & then quips about the rights of citizens Vs. their bottom line of "anything to catch the bad guy"...especially since in every episode they go through sweating several WRONGLY accused people before settling on the truth of the real murderer or often find that the death was ACCIDENTAL (which makes CSI look pretty stupid to be threatening people with jail time who are in fact innocent.)
The show would still be laughable even if the science was more accurate & their lucky streak of evidence was less convenient; However it is a good-looking show. Half of the dialogue sounds straight out of an after- school special wherein they may as well start looking directly at the camera & say "Don't do drugs, stay in school, bad guys always lose, and always be cool!"
And although I have not seen every single episode but would not at all be surprised if they started using the Bush Doctrine on suspects & water-boarded them to confess while singing the national anthem.
If the bully loving, white-and-black paper thin characters from CSI Miami are who the audience sees as "good guys" then maybe we deserve to be harassed sheep who earn less freedoms with more tax dollars.