'Detroit 187' Producers DITCH Meeting With City Council

DETROIT — Producers of a crime show set and shot in Detroit have missed a meeting with the City Council on concerns about the drama's content.

City film, culture and special events liaison Summer Woods told the council Tuesday that producers of "Detroit 1-8-7" are in production during the day and couldn't make the meeting.

Some council members have said they worry the ABC show will play on negative stereotypes.

The title uses a former California police code for homicide and is set to air in September. The show is shot from the perspective of a documentary film crew tasked with shadowing Detroit homicide detectives.

Detroit has been unable to shake its reputation of being a violent city, despite reductions in violent crime.

Comments

[JPMac]

07:02 PM on 07/29/2010

Anyone who has seen Dtroit in the last few years would think they were in Berlin shortly after the Allied Bombed the hell out of it. There is a small city center where the ball parks are and some business but the cast majority is a wreck. They began bulldozing sections of the city a couple months ago because no one is there and they don't have the money to petrol it.

The city has been the victim of crocks and thiefs in the police and mayors office for 40 years. Last major I think in in jail now or will be going soon.

[jonesaholic]

12:52 AM on 07/29/2010

it's annoying because it's not true. when i live within city limits a few years ago, i -- a young female -- did not feel unsafe when walking alone on the city streets at night, by myself. i still don't. detroit is like any other city; it has it's good areas and it's bad areas.

i do wish the show's producers had met with someone local, or at least put more effort into researchin­g their subject matter, because to anyone who has lived in or around the city, even the "sneak peak" looks ridiculous­ly fake. hell, eddie murphy did a better job in beverly hills cop.......

[U of Joes Bar and Grill]

04:04 PM on 07/28/2010

If the truth hurts then they must be doing something wrong in Detroit.

[Freemind42]

03:27 PM on 07/28/2010

Ummm, council members, it's not the show that makes Detroit look bad. It probably has more to do with the rampant unemployme­nt, high levels of homelessne­ss, extreme corruption within the city government­, mayors in jail, hookers being killed in mansions, etc....

[hollace]

02:20 AM on 07/28/2010

The more the people of Detroit hate each other ..this group..tha­t group...th­e more angry they all become...

[NightflyLester]

10:58 PM on 07/27/2010

I normally wouldn't side with Hollywood types however Detroit politician­s and evangelica­ls have a rich history of applying shakedown techniques to deep-pocke­ted outsiders. While none of the parties have any moral high ground on which to stand on, it's refreshing to see, at least thus far, the production company not cave to institutio­nal extortion.

[olderdem]

06:35 PM on 07/27/2010

The Detroit city council collective­ly is to worthless to bother with. Complain about the city's image all you want, you've done little to correct the underlying problems that created it over the last 50 years.

Of course violent crime is down, so is the population­, dramatical­ly.