Had an interesting conversation with Paul and Kevin a few months ago, and it got me thinking about how the current crop of archetypal characters reflect a very defined set of strengths and weaknesses themselves, and often can reveal a great deal about the person who identifies with them. Shortly after this, I took one of those online quizzes that was sent to me, to find out which Harry Potter and "24" character I was most like (Dumbledore and Bill Buchanan, respectively). What was great about both of these, as well as the conversation with Paul and Kevin, was the alternative way of looking at things that it presented... in fact, I've used variations of this in questions during interviews to try and dig a little deeper into the people I'm meeting.So, I'll ask any of the people reading this - which of the following television/film cop archetypes do you identify with, and what do you believe it says about you?
The "good" cop (the one who brings coffee to the suspect, and tries to get the information out of him by building trust)
The "bad" cop (the one who comes in and scares the crap out of the suspect until they talk)
The undercover cop (renegade, operates a little outside of the system)
The "Internal Affairs" cop (black and white, rigid and inflexible - they represent the system and popularity be damned)
For what it's worth - Paul was "good" cop, I was "Internal Affairs"... and Kevin was the plucky comic relief sidekick.
~Guy
1 comment:
Interesting.
Well even though I dig the undercover badass cop, I think I may have portions of all 4 cops described.
So, since there’s no indecisive cop Ill say…it’s probably important to know which of the 4 cops to be more of in all situations…
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