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    Andy Samberg Insists 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Will Be Honest About Police Brutality

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    When speaking about the new season of the NBC series, the Jake Peralta depicter stresses that their job is ‘pointing out that stuff isn’t getting done right and spreading the word.’

    Dec 1, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Andy Samberg insists the new season of NBC’s “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”, “won’t shy away” from tackling “serious problems” like police brutality.
    Earlier this year, producers made the decision to scrap the first episodes they had planned to film for the latest instalment of the show because of ongoing police brutality and systematic racism, which sparked the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. and beyond.
    Speaking to Variety, Samberg, who portrays Detective Jacob ‘Jake’ Sherlock Peralta and also serves as a producer on the show, insisted the new series would be “honest about what is going on in the world.”
    “The challenge is going to be being honest about what is going on in the world and not shying away from the fact that there are serious problems and also not punishing viewers who like our show and care about our characters,” he said.

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    Samberg added he believes “our characters need to examine their roles in the world. They’re going to be forced to look in the mirror and see who they’re complicit with.”

    “We’ve certainly never acted as if all police are innocent outside of our squad. In fact, I think we have a ton of episodes that are specifically about how there’s a lot of corruption and breaking protocol,” the “Saturday Night Live” alum explained.
    “I think it’s important for us and for anyone watching our show to keep in mind if we’re looking for a half-hour comedy show to be the ones to solve this problem, we’re in trouble.”
    “Our job is pointing out that stuff isn’t getting done right and spreading the word that we’re (really) hopeful that it can get better,” concluded the star.

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      Andre Braugher Looking Forward to Tackling Police Brutality in New Season of 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine'

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      The TV cop is glad his police procedural comedy series is addressing the police brutality and racial injustice in the upcoming installment which he says ‘could be a really groundbreaking season.’
      Sep 18, 2020
      AceShowbiz – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” star Andre Braugher is looking forward to the show addressing police brutality in its upcoming season.
      The hit cop comedy has taken on racial profiling in the past, and will have a future episode on police violence following the Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of officers.
      Braugher, who stars as Raymond Holt in the show, tells Variety he’s glad the show will take on such an important topic – saying it will be interesting to have a comedy take on the issue rather than a gritty drama.
      “It could be a really groundbreaking season that we’re all going to be very, very proud of, or we’re going to fall flat on our face. … But I think this is a staff, a cast and a crew that’s willing to take it on and give it our best,” he explains. “I think we have a damn good chance to tell the kinds of stories that heretofore have only been seen on grittier shows.”
      The 58-year-old is also known for playing a police officer in “The Wire” creator David Simon’s police procedural, “Homicide: Life on the Street”, winning multiple awards for his portrayal of Detective Frank Pembleton.
      Reflecting on the failure of police shows to show the truth about how cops sometimes behave, he adds, “I look up after all these decades of playing these characters, and I say to myself, it’s been so pervasive that I’ve been inside this storytelling, and I, too, have fallen prey to the mythology that’s been built up.”
      “It’s almost like the air you breathe or the water that you swim in. It’s hard to see. But because there are so many cop shows on television, that’s where the public gets its information about the state of policing.”
      “Cops breaking the law to quote, ‘defend the law,’ is a real terrible slippery slope. It has given license to the breaking of law everywhere, justified it and excused it. That’s something that we’re going to have to collectively address – all cop shows.”
      “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” will return next year.

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      'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Scraps Four Episodes in Response to Black Lives Matter Protests

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      When addressing the issue, series star Terry Crews confesses that he and his fellow cast members have had deep conversations and are adamant to use their platform in the best way possible.
      Jun 25, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Hit U.S. TV show “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” has scrapped four new episodes following George Floyd’s death at the hands of police officers.
      Floyd’s passing earlier this month sparked Black Lives Matter protests around the world, with questions once again arising about police brutality and system racism within the force.
      While “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” has enjoyed huge success with its tales about the blundering New York police force, things are being considered more carefully in the wake of Floyd’s murder, with star Terry Crews admitting that bosses have already taken drastic steps to ensure the upcoming seventh season of the show doesn’t hit headlines for all the wrong reasons.
      “(Showrunner Dan Goor) had four (new) episodes all ready to go and they just threw them in the trash. We have to start over. Right now we don’t know which direction it’s going to go in,” Crews told Deadline.
      He added that he and his fellow castmembers have had “a lot of somber talks about it and deep conversations and we hope through this we’re going to make something that will be truly groundbreaking this year. We have an opportunity here, and we plan to use it in the best way possible.”

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