'Cop Rock' revisited - Unsung series and musical hinge in cross-genre evolution

2024-12-12 Classification：Music Click()
Author：Plasketes, G

Article Title：'Cop Rock' revisited - Unsung series and musical hinge in cross-genre evolution

Abstract：
Hindsight and context reveal that, despite its critical and commercial failure, Steven Bochco's police musical/drama Cop Rock (ABC, 1990) represents a plausible progression of permission and possibility for music and narrative in television. The unsung series might be viewed as a musical muse and martyr that foreshadowed the further exploration and integration of music into dramatic and comic narratives. As a hinge linking Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective (BBC, 1986) with contemporary television series, Cop Rock quietly cultivated creativity and cross-genre aesthetic advancement.

Keywords:  Bochco, Steven; Cop Rock; musical narrative; The Singing Detective; television

DOI: 10.1080/01956051.2004.10662053

Source：JOURNAL OF POPULAR FILM AND TELEVISION

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