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police procedural
noun
- a mystery novel, film, or television drama that deals realistically with police work.
police procedural
noun
- a novel, film, or television drama that deals realistically with police work
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Origin of police procedural1
Example Sentences
Itâs a police procedural, a metaphorical family comedy, a workplace comedy, a soap opera, a melodrama, a low-budget action adventure.
The series is equal parts police procedural and biting feminist commentary.
âInterior Chinatownâ follows the story of Willis Wu, an actor who is stuck playing background characters on a police procedural called âBlack & Whiteâ while dreaming of bigger things â like getting to play âKung Fu Guyâ instead of âGeneric Asian Man.â
In the surreal âInterior Chinatown,â which Yang aptly describes as ââThe Twilight Zoneâ meets âLaw & Order,ââ Yang stars as Willis Wu, a waiter at a seedy Chinese restaurant that doubles as the perpetual filming location for a police procedural called âBlack & White.â
âFight Nightâ flirts with a variety of styles â blaxploitation, police procedural, social drama, the buddy-cop movie â which are successful on their own terms but donât easily cohere.
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