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Wow I'm really.....

posted 11 years ago by whitese7en
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surprised by all the criticism directed at this show. I love it and everything about it, similes, puns, how the actors look at the screen, hobbies of the law enforcement professionals, everything. Don't change a thing ID and yes believe it or not my family has been touched by violent crime. I had a 19 year old niece who was murdered 10 years ago by a neighbor in her apartment complex. I still love the show because it's an escape from the harshness of the reality of murder. It's only in the lead up and investigation where they use the similes and puns. When they get to the serious part of the show, they don't use the similes and puns anymore. If they did, I would understand the criticism. As for the law enforcement officers, I enjoy seeing how they unwind and leave the dark world they inhabit behind, on their days off.

If any show on ID deserves harsh criticism, it's the horrendous "Stolen Voices Buried Secrets".

Just my .02 cents.

My Tae Kwon Do instructor tells me I'm just two moves away from becoming quite threatening!

[–] MsBoomstick83 11 years ago

hard to make light of murder

"If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you." - Oscar Wilde

[–] whitese7en 11 years ago

I don't think they are making light of murder. They're just telling the story in a unique and entertaining way.

My Tae Kwon Do instructor tells me I'm just two moves away from becoming quite threatening!

[–] MyMotleyCrew 11 years ago

Eh, I don't find murder 'entertaining'.

[–] modelajb 10 years ago

True crime shows are compelling by their very nature, so all the extra carp really isn't necessary. Not to mention, they just really overdo it with all the extremely corny and inappropriate puns. It's just all around bad writing, imo.

[–] ffnogoodnik 11 years ago

for me, it is not the similes or the puns, it is the investigators. In the Amy St. Laurent case,

The man from Florida, Eric Rubright, said that he and Amy went out to a pool hall and she started talking to a couple of other guys. Amy and Eric then went to a dance club where she met up with the guys from the pool hall. She basically ignored Eric to hang with these other guys. Eric goes to the restroom and when he comes out she was gone.

For some reason the investigators think this is some kind of crazy and suspicion story. People being ditched when a better opportunity comes up happens all the time and these cops are thinking it is some weird thing that seems made up.

Another instances, from another episode, had a man who co-owned a house with an ex-girlfriend (who is the victim in this case) used his key to get into the house. While this man had not been living at the house for over a year he still co-owned it. With this being know one of the cops still asked in a way that make him think he is being smart and intuitive "Why would he still have a key to a house that he had not lived in for a year?" HE STILL CO-OWNED THE HOUSE!!!!

[–] rroach50 10 years ago

For some reason the investigators think this is some kind of crazy and suspicion story. People being ditched when a better opportunity comes up happens all the time and these cops are thinking it is some weird thing that seems made up.

Police certainly should have thought it was a crazy story given it requires believing that Amy St. Laurent, a dependable employee for years with Pratt & Whitney, had left the club without bothering to get her coat, cell phone, and purse from Eric's car while being over 40 miles from her home. No rational person would expect strangers you just met at a club to drive them that distance home. This was hardly "a better opportunity" for her. As it turned out, an autopsy showed Amy had GHB in her system.

Also, Amy wasn't "hanging" with the two guys from the pool hall although she did dance a couple of times with one of them, the murderer Jeffery Gorman. She danced that night with a number of other guys as well.

[–] modelajb 10 years ago

I don't think all the cutesy stuff has any place in a show about murder victims.