Why "Dirty Harry" films ARE a guilty pleasure.

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Harry doesn't believe in criminals' rights: Miranda, shmiranda: That's a dangerous attitude for a man that carries a gun with all the freedoms police officers enjoy. He doesn't seem to understand the responsibilities.
Harry has no problem in being judge, jury, and executioner: he'd fit in very well on the Rio de Janeiro police force where Death Squads freely exist.
Harry's female partner (the second film?) is portrayed as a stereotypical bumbler: no woman would make it to detective OR officer with that lack of basic police professionalism.
Most of the criminals are stereotypical long-hairs or else minority members. White clean cut perpetrators? They're Mafia...
Few if any violent criminals in these films are short-haired or white, excepting the clean-cut rogue cops in one film.
Great entertainment but ridiculously biased, hence "guilty."

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Topic - Why "Dirty Harry" films ARE a guilty pleasure. - tinear 07:38:41 09/11/06 (4)

Take a look at Papa (Daddy) - Victor Khomenko 20:48:24 09/13/06 (0)

The original had a white clean cut villain... - semuta 11:50:12 09/11/06 (1)

The obvious intent of my point was that STREET - tinear 07:00:49 09/12/06 (0)

Re: Why "Dirty Harry" films ARE a guilty pleasure. - Jeff Starrs 08:00:39 09/11/06 (0)

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