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A funny thing happens the first time you see Michael Mann’s MIAMI VICE. The funny thing is that you don’t really like it very much, and it’s kind of confusing and… just kind of off. You know how I know that? Because people who absolutely LOVE it will tell you this.

MIAMI VICE is more than a filmmaker looking back at his old work. It’s an aging archetype cast against an updated version of the environment in which it was born. Michael Mann’s neon skylines, broad ocean vistas, and dead-inside detectives hide an intense emotionality — one the movie deftly and frustratingly hides from the viewer.

In another Aaron-less episode, the rest of the boys blow MIAMI VICE’s cover, going beyond the wafer-thin personas to identify the real, dimensional people underneath.

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References:

“Miami Vice and Michael Mann’s City Vibes Films” by Ryan Sanderson for Perisphere, the Trylon blog
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Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. You know what the outro is.

Timestamps

0:00 - Episode 380: MIAMI VICE (2006)

3:29 - Whadja Watch This Week?

15:00 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary (under exclusive license from AG Enterprises, Ltd.)

31:28 - The earnestness is the juice

36:09 - Mann to Mann: The director approaches his old work

49:23 - What do we do with characters this thin in a world this rich?

1:12:08 - The whole movie is undercover?

1:18:01 - The ending

1:25:08 - The Junk Drawer

1:30:54 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 2006

1:33:14 - Cody’s Noteys: Jottin’ Tomato (darts rules but with RottenTomatoes scores)