Interrogating The Shield

Index

219 Index Abu Ghraib prison, 171, 182 Accused, The, 60–61 Aceveda, David, 2–3, 8, 22, 51, 52, 54n6, 62–63, 75, 78, 93–95, 99, 101–2, 108, 110–11, 112, 115, 115n4, 117–18, 119, 123n10, 127–29, 132, 135, 137, 144, 147–49, 153–54, 155, 156–57, 158, 159–60, 161, 162, 167, 168, 175–78, 193 Adorno, Theodor, 175n8 Aeschylus, 168n2 Agamben, Giorgio, 10, 166, 169–73 “Ain’t That a Shame,” 81, 160–61 Alcala, Felix, 19 Alley, Robert S., 24 “All In,” 79 Althusser, Louis, 44, 188 Alvarez, Rafael, 21 Alvey, Mark, 15 Anderson, Gillian, 69–70 Angel, 5, 6, 12, 25, 27–28 “Animal Control,” 193–94 Apocalypse Now, 192 argot, 53–54 Armenian mob, 52, 56, 104, 120, 136, 139 Armstrong, Mark, 91 Arrested Development, 31 Auster, Albert, 130 authorship, 12, 23–29, 37, 187, 195 “Back in the Hole,” 77, 113, 146n1 “Back to One,” 108n1, 140, 181–85 Bagdad Café, 193 “Bang,” 49, 79, 157–59 Bankston, Tom, 8, 152, 160 “Baptism by Fire,” 105, 109, 117, 122, 140, 162 Barclay, Paris, 19 Barn, the, presentation of, 38–40, 46–50, 75–76, 82, 97, 106, 117, 122, 193 “Barnstormers,” 79, 80, 153 Barthes, Roland, 34, 188 Bauer, Jack, (24), 19, 107 Beltran, Guillermo, 104, 120, 144, 163, 184 Berkeley, George, 1 Between the Lines, 68 Biggie and Tupac, 6n3 Billings, Steve, 74, 77, 79–84, 86 “Bitches Brew,” 83, 193 “Blood and Water,” 136 “Blowback,” 51–52, 94, 136 Blue Knight, The, 16 Boardwalk Empire, 90n1 Boddy, William, 16 Booty, 2–3 “Bottom Bitch,” 54, 73, 74, 117 Braxton, Greg, 94 Brazil, Scott, 17 “Breakpoint,” 73, 98 Brecht, Bertolt, 189 220 | index Brown, Jennifer, 35, 48n3 Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 5, 27, 90 Burke, Waylon, 155 Bush, George W., 10, 170–71, 174, 205 Butler, Judith, 44 Butler, Robert, 17, 30 Cagney and Lacey, 66, 75n1, 146 Caldwell, John Thornton, 35–36 camera work and visual style, 20–22, 30–42, 67, 91, 99, 112, 117, 134, 143, 168, 177–78, 179, 187, 192 Carnivale, 196 “Carnivores,” 97, 100, 146n1 Carter, Bill, 18 Carter, Chris, 69–70 Casper, 111 Cellular, 6n3 Chandler, Raymond, 145 Changeling, 4 Charlie’s Angels, 16 Chase, David, 25, 186–88 “Chasing Ghosts,” 120, 140 “Cherrypoppers,” 59–61, 74, 76, 135 Chicago Code, The, 25 Chiklis, Michael, 12, 22, 54n6, 72, 85, 92, 96, 145, 152, 165, 168n1 children, 134–36, 138 Chion, Michel, 50, 58 Chocano, Carina, 108n3, 171, 174, 175 Chopra-Gant, Mike, 68, 69, 108n3 cinema, television’s relationship to, 32, 33, 35, 89, 191, 196 “Circles,” 98 Cirillo, Ettore, 46, 47 Clark, Joe, 97, 183 class, The Shield’s articulations of, 71, 96, 186–206 Close, Glenn, 158, 161 Closer, The, 35, 146 Cohen, Rommi, 156 Cold Case, 36, 146 Collier, Aldore D., 130n1 Colors, 6n3 Commish, The, 11 Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH), 5–7 “Co-Pilot,” 70, 78, 84, 166–69, 171, 172 Coppola, Francis Ford, 192 COPS, 35, 38, 41 Corner, John, 33, 34 Corner, The, 20, 192 Corridor, 52–53 costume drama, 195 Coulthard, Malcolm, 56 Cowie, Peter, 90 “Cracking Ice,” 97, 155 Crowley, Terry, 93, 95–96, 126, 135–36, 141, 149, 162, 163, 168–69 CSI, 11, 21, 35, 40, 71, 90, 97, 99, 131, 131n2, 205 “Cuddler Rapist, the”. See Faulks, William “Cupid and Psycho,” 55n7, 72, 81, 85, 97, 107 Curb Your Enthusiasm, 31 “Cure, The,” 1, 94, 135, 157 “Cut Throat,” 139 “Dawg Days,” 51 “Dead Soldiers,” 53, 143–44, 152, 153, 180n13 Deadwood, 11n1, 25, 120, 196 Death Wish, 121n7 Decoy Squad, 154, 155 Dent, Catherine, 151, 164–65 Denton, Lloyd, 84–85 Denton, Rita, 84–85 Desperate Housewives, 11n1, 37 index | 221 Dexter, 120, 196 Dezerian, Margos, 56–57, 141 Dirt, 13 Dirty Harry, 121, 121n7 Division, The, 146 Doane, Mary Ann, 34 “Doghouse,” 76, 79n5 “Dominoes Falling,” 21, 152, 161 Doyle, Rebecca, 119 Dragnet (radio series), 4, 14 Dragnet (television series), 4, 14–15, 146 “Dragonchasers,” 73, 74, 76, 84, 85, 110, 112 Dr. Strangelove, 174 Duchovny, David, 70, 72 Durden, Nuno, 6n3 Eglee, Charles H., 19 Ellis, John, 33 Ellroy, James, 4, 145 “Enemy of Good, The,” 54 ensemble cast, use of, 7–8, 9, 31, 65–86, 147–75, 205 Epstein, Daniel Robert, 21, 27, 185 Epstein, Michael M., 88 ER, 130, 131 exceptionalism, 166–85 “Exiled,” 123 expletives, use of, 50...