Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Contributors ix
Introduction: Trees Falling 1
1 The Derivation of a Television Crime Drama Concepción Cascajosa Virino 11
2 The Meaning of Messiness: The Shield and the Production of Television Style Gary Needham 30
3 Sound Policing: Attending to Acoustic Matters in The Shield Nicholas Chare 43
4 Fitting the Profile: Dutch Wagenbach, Realism, and the Ensemble Lorna Jowett 65
5 Quality, Controversy, and Criminality: The Shield as Post-Sopranos Cop Show Glyn White 87
6 Scenes from the Interrogation Room: Power, Character, Truth, and Justice in The Shield Douglas L. Howard 105
7 "You Want Me to Lick Your Balls, Daddy?" Masculinity, Race, and Power in The Shield Mike Chopra-Gant 124
8 Glass Ceilings: Gender, Sexism, and The Shield Jason P. Vest 145
9 "A Different Kind of Cop": Exception and Complicity in The Shield Nicholas Ray 166
10 Cracking Ice: The Shield and the Middle-Class Crisis of Social Reproduction Stephen Shapiro 186
References 209
Index 219