Miami Weiss Is Number One New Show!
I must admit, I think I’m developing an addiction to reruns of Miami Vice on Sleuth. I used to watch the show way back when with my Dad, but all I was interested in then were the cars and the planes and the boats, I had no idea what was going on in each episode. It’s certainly dated now – the hair, the clothes, the music, the still-seedy Miami Beach, the ‘80s attitude (from a recently aired episode: "I promised myself when the Dow broke 1400 I’d buy myself a present.") – but that’s part of the fun. I don’t think network TV could handle a show like this now, 20 years later (boy that’s progress!). It’s dark, cynical, and depressing. It’s often slow and subtle, and far too complicated for today’s CSI retreads. But come on, it’s Michael Mann, and there are few things more iconic and representative of a particular time in American pop culture than that opening sequence with the neon icon, Jan Hammer’s synth theme song, the flamingos, and of course the boobies. Which got my attention even when I was seven years old, though not as much as Crockett’s Ferraris and Scarabs (give me a break, puberty was still a long way away!). So really, I’m just reconnecting with my roots. Oh damn, look at that giant cordless telephone!

(And by the way, if you’re confused about the title of this post, hit this.)
- posted by Liebs @ 9:57 PM