Brooklyn Nine-Nine showrunner removes four episodes from season 8 after internal conversations around Black Lives Matter and police brutality.
Dan Goor, executive producer and co-producer of NBC’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine, has decided to remove four all-ready written episodes of the show’s eighth season after a Zoom call with the cast. The call was about the current political situation surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement and police brutality.
Speaking with Access Hollywood, star Terry Crews revealed that the writers will be rethinking the direction of the upcoming eighth season to reflect the messages that are coming out of this current movement. Crews also shared:
"We’ve had a lot of somber talks and very deep conversations. Through this, we hope to bring something truly groundbreaking this year. We have an opportunity and we plan to use it the best way possible."
Crews talked about his scary encounters with the cops before he became famous. He was racially profiled while walking through the mall and LA police officers pointed their guns at Crews.
“ always knew this was happening, ” he said. “But now, white people are understanding.”
There is no information about the content in those four episodes. USA Today contacted the show’s representatives via e-mail for more information, but there was no response.
Goor’s decision to remove these episodes is the domino effect from the public asking actors on cop shows, and the creators of these shows, to take responsibility for the images they are portraying. And it’s working. The show Cops was canceled after being on the air for 31 years and A&E also canceled Live PD.
In addition to Brooklyn Nine-Nine rethinking the themes of their eighth season, the cast donated $100,000 to the National Bail Fund Network, an organization that raises money to bail people out of jail or immigration detention facilities.
Cast members also posted their support of the protests on social media saying they, “condemn the murder of George Floyd and support the many people who are protesting police brutality nationally.” Below is Stephanie’s Beatriz’s tweet, where she is calling other actors who have played law enforcement to donate.
I’m an actor who plays a detective on tv.
— Stephanie Beatriz (@iamstephbeatz) June 2, 2020
If you currently play a cop?
If you make tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in residuals from playing a cop?
I’ll let you do the math. (Thanks @GriffLightning for leading the way). pic.twitter.com/Xxf3dU0urF
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