​Neon Noir: How Miami Vice Helped Me Navigate My Tropical Nightmare

 
“On a sultry night at the docks of Miami, the shootout ends. Undercover cop James ‘Sonny’ Crockett is cradling Evan Freed, a former friend who gasps for words; Crockett’s partner, Ricardo ‘Rico’ Tubbs, tries to comfort Sonny by throwing his hand over his shoulder. This image in the episode ‘Evan’ from the American series Miami Vice (1984-1990) is a veritable Renaissance painting of brotherly love and despair. Created by Anthony Yerkovich and executive producer Michael Mann, Miami Vice revolved around the Cocaine Cowboys era, when Latin American drug cartels, law enforcement agencies and others were engaged in power games while the US was being knocked-out by false moralism and economic crisis, all making headlines in the news. ...”

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