01-05-2018, 09:04 AM
My personal opinion is that Grimm didn’t address real life in any capacity - law enforcement, politics/government, interpersonal interaction, relationships, family, cultures, etc, etc, etc.
Personally, I would have preferred the show capitalize on fairytale type characters existing in the modern world and human characters learning to understand then deciding to accept or reject their ideology without the show using acceptance & rejection as the litmus test for good. For me, there was a bounty of readily available conflicts to explore.
However, I wouldn’t have preferred a show that emphasized law enforcement always being in a positive light. No matter the characters or setting, being realistic requires a believable level of gray. Given the right circumstances, anyone can be unpredictable and contradict their personal moral compass.
Whether the show presented law enforcement as corrupt, intentionally or unintentionally, doesn’t matter to me. I really only care that the characters’ attitudes and actions are believable. And for me, the secondary characters matching the central character’s attitude to such an overwhelming degree wasn’t believable. Their personal experiences and cultural influences were too vast, and the stakes were too high for a constant singular point of view to be realistic.
Personally, I would have preferred the show capitalize on fairytale type characters existing in the modern world and human characters learning to understand then deciding to accept or reject their ideology without the show using acceptance & rejection as the litmus test for good. For me, there was a bounty of readily available conflicts to explore.
However, I wouldn’t have preferred a show that emphasized law enforcement always being in a positive light. No matter the characters or setting, being realistic requires a believable level of gray. Given the right circumstances, anyone can be unpredictable and contradict their personal moral compass.
Whether the show presented law enforcement as corrupt, intentionally or unintentionally, doesn’t matter to me. I really only care that the characters’ attitudes and actions are believable. And for me, the secondary characters matching the central character’s attitude to such an overwhelming degree wasn’t believable. Their personal experiences and cultural influences were too vast, and the stakes were too high for a constant singular point of view to be realistic.
"If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid my angels will take flight as well." Rainer Maria Rilke