tiny brain: brooklyn nine nine isnt cop propaganda
average brain: brooklyn nine nine IS cop propaganda and that means u cant watch it
giant brain: brooklyn nine nine is absolutely cop propaganda and 1 episode about the treatment of black people by cops in no way fixes that, however i still watch and enjoy it because i am a mature person with critical thinking skills who understands that boycotting every problematic piece of media is a fruitless endeavor. especially because boycotting b99 specifically would mean sacrificing the many other great things it brings to tv, including its humor, its diversity, its strong & well-rounded female characters, its presentation of healthy friendships & relationships, its subversion of harmful stereotypes, and its constant social commentary on political issues such as transphobia, gun control, flaws in the prison system etc which other shows wouldnt DARE touch
galaxy brain: BOOOooooOOoooNE!!
Interdimensional Brain: B99 has had plots and subplots about the problems with the police as an institution since it started. The episode that was specifically about racial profiling wasn’t anything new for the show, which has consistently featured “good guys who are cops” as its protagonists instead of a simplistic “cops are the good guys” narrative, making it very much not propaganda. It isn’t “cop propaganda” any more than The Office is “capitalist propaganda” or Parks and Recreation is “state propaganda.” Let’s realize that a workplace comedy being set in an institution you disagree with doesn’t make it propaganda.
FUCKING THANK YOU
To be propaganda, B99 would show that ALL cops are good and fair, and the ones that arent are outliers, however, many of the recurring villains are, in fact, cops or respected by cops, one such villain being the Comissioner himself who abused his power to get back at Captain Holt
Brooklyn 99 has been calling out the system and its various problems since season 1 episode 1 when Holt mentions how much he’s had to struggle to get to where he is because he’s a gay Black man trying to make his way in a straight White dominated institution in the 70s. Very soon after that Jake hears a guy call his captain a slur and essentially goes “ohh fuck sir i really regret that you said that cause now I have to punch your lights out cause you’re an asshole” and he does. There is diversity because there can be and should be, rather than for diversity points with the audience - Stephanie Beatriz’s interview comes to mind (I can’t link it rn but someone else feel free to do so) where she talked about how she was disappointed when Melissa Fumero was cast because she never expected them to cast two Latina women, and they did anyway. There are frequent episodes that deal with sensitive topics in a way that is suitable for the tone of the show but not at the cost of taking the issues seriously. Idk what more you guys want really.
