Crime Drama Female Leads

In recent years, a gender change was seen in TV crime drama. From the 1970's, 1980's to the early 1990's, viewers thought that the main role of male-dominated women is mainly sexual appeal. Today, most crime dramas are gender balance or female leadership. As this transition happens, many new problems start to emerge. By playing the heroine in this kind of plays, young female viewers can see that women work in a male dominant workplace and gain power and leadership.

Turnbull (2013) provided a collection of criminal dramas as a kind of historical research in her book "The Crime Drama: TV Genres". . This book will help my discussion as I am watching criminal dramas controlled by women from all over the world like The Wire and The Killing including important heroines. Criminal dramas are often characterized by public relations and male-led themes, but with the addition of women's role in criminal types, authors adopt dynamic methods for gender blending violations, domestic problems, and other feminist problems You can (Feasey 2008). However, women are not necessarily drawn to be strongly self-reliant on television.

In recent years, a gender change was seen in TV crime drama. From the 1970's, 1980's to the early 1990's, viewers thought that the main role of male-dominated women is mainly sexual appeal. Today, most crime dramas are gender balance or female leadership. As this transition happens, many new problems start to emerge. By playing the heroine in this kind of plays, young female viewers can see that women work in a male dominant workplace and gain power and leadership.

Murder (complete series, AMC and Netflix, 2011 - 2014). Another important crime drama, women play a leading role in this part. She has a dark past and spends too much time on her work. She has a male partner, and he is a bit optimistic. The chemical reaction between the protagonists of Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman shows you the crime they are trying to solve.