Anyone who has watched the main drama of "Law and Order" probably doesn't dislike Ben Stone. It is no exaggeration to say that Stone's charisma is definitely an important factor in attracting fans of L&A's main drama. Stone is calm, rational, ethical, capable, self-disciplined and human, with almost no flaws. He is the most ideal and perfect prosecutor anyone can imagine. But the reality is far more complicated than the ideal. Prosecutors, as a barrier to protect the light world from the dark forces, the only weapon in their hands is the law, and their opponents are the most cunning criminals and the most evil souls in the world. Self-interest can be used to the extreme. As the ancients said, the battle between the gentleman and the villain is often the victory of the villain, because "the villain is secret and the gentleman is sparse", and the righteousness is sometimes too fragile in the face of ghosts and tricks. McCoy can play some tricks that are not on the stage to win, and this kind of means is probably something that Stone does not want to do or can't do. But if he insists on his own bottom line and integrity, and guarantees procedural justice, he will often let prisoners go, or be forced to make low-profile compromises due to the situation. It is impossible for people like Stone, who have a strong sense of right, wrong, and black and white to not feel conflicted and distressed about this. Although the actual reason for the departure at the end of the fourth season was the death of the actor, it was also very in line with the character's character setting. Stone is a noble man, a pure man, a virtuous man, a man free from vulgar taste, a man of good for the people. There is no meaning to be funny and exaggerated at all, this sentence describes him appropriately. Because he is too good, too noble and too pure, since he is framed by his own moral norms, he cannot compromise with it in this imperfect legal system for a long time, and the ending must be his departure.
McCoy, who took over his job, was the opposite of Stone in almost every way. Stone is calm, McCoy is enthusiastic; Stone is elegant, McCoy is frizzy; Stone is polite, McCoy is covered in thorns; Stone's image is cold and even a little ascetic, McCoy's romantic reputation is well-known in the New York legal community (Khan); Stone candid, pays attention to prosecutors His integrity and image, McCoy said, what can you eat? As long as you can win, you will not hesitate to make a deal with the devil. Stone seems to be born as a middle-aged man. The disease has not been cured; Stone is always reasonable, strong and disciplined to the judge and the defense, McCoy often wants to strangle his opponent to death, and even Adam can't avoid being the target of his nameless fire... So it's easy to understand and get used to it. How difficult it is for Stone's audience to accept this radically changed successor. But no matter how many faults there are, McCoy has one particularly outstanding strength, which is invincible toughness. Even if his assistants, superiors, and bosses all object to the case he has identified, he must insist to the end. Even if he narrowly escaped the court ruling, he wouldn't be happy for the prisoner he was looking for. McCoy was able to dig three feet into the ground to search through the three generations of his ancestors and the nine tribes, find new information and drag it back to the jury. The negative shadows brought about by the work of prosecutors may not have less impact on him than Stone. He has said more than once that a certain case makes him unable to sleep, but no matter how tangled or contradictory, relying on strong mental strength (and many many protagonists halo blessings) ) McCoy always comes back to life and continues to fight in defense of the law. If Stone is a virtue, then McCoy perfectly demonstrates what it means to be self-improvement. Stone is a piece of ice in a jade pot, and McCoy is a copper pea that can't be steamed, boiled, hammered, fried, and resounding. So I often think that the real world can't hold the idealized Stone, that McCoy is already the best prosecutor the people could possibly have, and that all wronged victims will want their cases to fall into his hands, as long as there is 1 There is a % chance that he can also risk losing his license and dying to the end.
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Other resident roles. My favorite pair of cops is Briscoe and Logan. The old and the young are so cute. It's a pity they didn't stay together forever. Curtis is always a little too serious, Green I really don't understand what he's here for (as of season 11). Of the four ADAs, the most ridiculous is Robinette: After living for a few decades, I suddenly remembered my color, and turned into a black civil rights lawyer, are you kidding me? Ross's character is the least obvious, because she is more sleek and has a weak sense of presence. In fact, I think she is the most suitable partner with McCoy. Abbie's three views often sway between the extreme left and the extreme right, presumably due to the contradictions caused by her hometown, which seems to be a relatively conservative state, and the fact that she has received a legal education with a left-leaning tendency. She and McCoy are really not a good match. Medication is about the monarch, ministers and envoys. McCoy is a powerful drug. She is more fierce than McCoy. Professionally, Claire is my least favorite compared to the others, and as she reflects in the last episode, it was a mistake for her to go into law and prosecutors. But on the other hand, she and McCoy are a perfect match, a post-secondary boss and a post-secondary assistant. I don't really understand who arranged them together...
In fact, I watch a lot of old American dramas like "Law and Order" Yes, there will be a sense of regret. Although the United States is still the most powerful country in the world today, it is very different from the United States in the play. "West Wing", "Sex & City", "Friends"... The United States of that year, New York of the year, always had a spirit of giving up on others. Everyone firmly believed that they lived in the best place and had the most perfect system. And the most lovely people, will also usher in the brightest future. This kind of vigor is hard to see in today's American dramas. With 9/11 as a watershed, New York is no longer the New York of the past.
Likewise, American dramas of the past never shy away from acute social issues. There is no shortage of sympathy for the miserable lives of the people at the bottom (mostly people of color) in L&O dramas, but there are also many, many episodes that reflect the vexatiousness of the black civil rights movement, the madness of religious groups, and so on. Compared with that time, today’s black communities are no longer satisfied with being tolerated by whites, and they have to further gain the right to arbitrarily oppress other ethnic groups. It is good that there are many people like Latinos and MSLs. Asians, especially Chinese, are bullied to death. No one cares. Peter Liang's case is the proof. But with the current public opinion that enforces political correctness, do American TV dramas dare to expose their actual racial discrimination in the name of anti-racism? No wonder the black buddies don't smash the TV station!
Extreme political correctness has developed to this day, and there is a presidential election three days ago. Lord Chuan rides the dust in the way that the countryside surrounds the city. As a deep blue state in New York State, Claire Kincaid was the benchmark white left back then. If she was alive, she must be a hardcore Democrat. Abbie will probably vote for Lord Chuan secretly. 80% of Ross won't vote for anyone, she can't agree with Lord Chuan, and Hillary's defense of the rapist's paedophile is too bad. It's hard to tell for Mccoy, because he was born with an absolute crimson tendency. Given his own experience and working environment, if he voted for Lord Chuan, he might not be able to go out and greet people...Stone, will Stone come back from Europe?
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