Why do people enjoy watching
Crime Dramas?
Crime drama is one of the most enduring, popular
genres, not just on TV but also novels, films and theatre. Its engaging
narrative offers a space for debates about policing, criminality, gender, race
and social and cultural issues. Long running TV crime dramas will have a
variety of sub-plots over time that help build relationships between characters
which is why crime drama lovers enjoy this type of genre.
In my opinion, the main reason for people enjoying
crime dramas would be because the audience would find the storyline to the
drama fascinating and they may be able to relate to the story from experience
or may just enjoy it because they want to find out what happens next. Due to
crime dramas being quite realistic, when one episode ends the audience will not
be able to wait until the next episode purely because they want to know what
happens next, usually because it finishes with an interesting ending to make
people go back and watch the following episode.
Due to crime being a serious issue than ever before,
lots of different dramas are created to relate to the current issues going on
in the world so the audience can understand what and how these crimes go on.
Another reason for the audience enjoying these dramas such as: Walking the Dead
(cold case narratives), Cracker and Silent Witness (Specialist criminologists),
and also a famous, well loved crime drama, The Bill (Police Soap Series) would
be because there is lots that the audience can debate about because they would
all have different opinions on the situation and story that goes on in the
drama.
Corruption and betrayal are common in today’s crime
series. There is an increasing polarization today between the series that
present shocking images, often in the form of still photographs taken at the
scene of a crime or in reconstructions of the event. This often interests crime
drama lovers because they are intrigued about the story/event and want to know
more. Dramas such as Prime Suspect and Walking the dead have resorted in using
even more graphics, gruesome depictions of killings and torture, others, like
Inspector Morse and Midsomer Murders have moved away from this, offering the
audiences the pleasure of observing the slow solution to the mystery from the
perspective of a comfortable safety zone.
In conclusion, the main reason for people enjoying a
good crime drama is because they are interested in the plot of the drama and
are always excited and intrigued to find out what happens next. They also enjoy
them because they can debate with other crime drama lovers because they would
often have different opinions on the storyline of who is guilty/innocent and
more. Due to corruption and betrayal being common in today’s crime series,
people would enjoy maybe relating to the story from previous, similar
experiences or purely because they love a realistic storyline that is totally
different to other dramas such as Soap Operas like Coronation Street which
doesn’t contain my crime if any at all.
