Another option would be sometime around 1890s-1920s. SDPD had some snazzy green uniforms back then.
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The late 19th century might be interesting, for a pseudo-western. Apparently there were long stretches of time where everyone forgot who the sheriff/Marshall was, & the newspapers publicly questioned the existence of the local police.
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It kinda seems like there have been classic SoCal neo-noir films set in the ‘30s, ‘50s, ‘70s, & early ‘00s.
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Examples: Chinatown (set in the ‘30s), LA Confidential (‘50s), The Nice Guys (‘70s), Heat (‘90s), Collateral, Veronica Mars (early ‘00s)
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@Steve_Sailer any thoughts on an underutilized SoCal setting for a crime thriller/comedy?1 reply 1 retweet 1 likeShow this thread -
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Setting for L.A. period noir ... Pacific Coast League baseball: Hollywood Stars vs. Los Angeles Angels? Romanoff's Restaurant run by an impostor Grand Duke? Palm Springs moderne in the Rat Pack era? Cold War Lockheed Skunk Works / Area 51? English expats like in Loved One?
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Underused settings for L.A. period noir: - Iranian Invasion Rodeo Drive in 1970s, Bijan etc. - Real life Blade Runner: punk era Madame Wong's Chinatown - Wambaugh did Caltech, but that has interest - Beverly Hills Country Club mob fiasco: Dino, Hoffa:http://takimag.com/article/golfing_with_the_fishes_steve_sailer/#axzz5S50vlXib …
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Underused settings for L.A. period noir: - Operation Nemesis: Armenians hunting down Ottoman higher-ups for genocide - Khrushchev's visit to LA with VP Nixon - Ex-Pres Nixon is broke, becomes seedy LA private eye - Car dealer Sam Gilbert helps Wooden's UCLA to 10 titles
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Underused settings for L.A. period noir: 1950s Santa Monica: Rand Corporation nuke strategists, John Nash, Muscle Beach? 1946 SM's Scouring of Shire: vets clean out corrupt "Bay City" PD 1948 Laurel Canyon: Nature Boy protohippies 1966 Sunset Strip riot:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5JCrSXkJY …
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Underused settings for L.A. period noir: - Michael Milken's 1980s Drexel BL on Rodeo - 2014 plot to force Donald Sterling to sell Clippers - Sandy Koufax buys Tropicana motel, it becomes rock star dive hangout
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The fundamental true story behind L.A. noir is the 1929 Greystone Mansion murder-suicide involving the Doheny family and Teapot Dome oil scandal. It helped inspire oil exec Raymond Chandler to write crime fiction (and Daniel Day-Lewis's role in "There Will Be Blood").
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Idea for an L.A. period noir ... 1941: L.A. sci-fi authors Robert Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and Ray Bradbury try to solve a murder mystery. Also helping out are Ray Harryhausen, Fritz Lang, Jack Parsons.
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