March 9, 2023

155. COPS (TV Show) and Foreign Accent Syndrome

155. COPS (TV Show) and Foreign Accent Syndrome

Hayley analyzes the only series that went out of its way fail the Bechdel test: Cops. This topic does not stem from an admiration for policing in the US, but rather to understand how and why a TV series was produced chronicling it. Next, Kat leans...

Hayley analyzes the only series that went out of its way fail the Bechdel test: Cops. This topic does not stem from an admiration for policing in the US, but rather to understand how and why a TV series was produced chronicling it. Next, Kat leans into one of her favorite genres: mysterious conditions. Voice-o change-o, officially known as Foreign Accent Syndrome, causes people to inexplicably start speaking in what sounds like a foreign accent... This is not the same as when you got your retainer installed in middle school.

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Hayley Sources:

Wikipedia: Cops

The truth behind the TV show Cops by Vox

Things we just learn about the TV show Cops by Weird History 

Cops: the violent legacy of a TV show that sculpted America’s view of police by Helen Molofsky in The Guardian

How truthful is ‘Cops’? A fixture of reality TV faces scrutiny by Jack Healy in the New York Times