| For the many attractive reasons - visiting | | | | mesmeric. |
| Miami Beach, Florida, are, for sure, the | | | | |
| excuse now known as the must-attend Spring | | | | Hence maybe the crime statistics implied by |
| Break, or perhaps the roller-blading beach | | | | these shows are too off-putting for one to |
| beauties, or maybe the perfect weather | | | | think of actually taking vacation at Miami |
| conditions. But more exciting reasons, | | | | Beach, Florida.....then sure the cinematic |
| transcending the traveler's penchant for | | | | way to go is by old films and newer |
| balmy bay winds and such, is in the | | | | non-detective/mystery/crime story themes. |
| reputation a place like Miami Beach, Florida | | | | That is, maybe one can understand the local |
| has for featuring popular TV programs and | | | | offerings, the schools, the libraries, the |
| series and hosting films which have a Miami | | | | networking possibilities, the real estate, by |
| Beach, Florida setting. | | | | watching "Police Academy" or "Bad Santa" or |
| | | | "Wild Things." Maybe one can get a sense of |
| Remember the first long-standing show of the | | | | the aesthetics, the social climate, and the |
| past - the Don Johnson and Phillip Michael | | | | politics of Miami Beach, Florida in a movie |
| Thomas original "Miami Vice" version, which | | | | such as the new "Miami Vice" or the older, |
| highlighted the Miami Beach, Florida scenes, | | | | more non-fictionalized "A Sculpture of Love |
| ocean- and landscapes, and even southern | | | | and Anguish: The Miami Beach Holocaust |
| fashions of the seventies and eighties-the | | | | Memorial." Or, maybe one can be pleased about |
| open necked t-shirt and sports coat and shoes | | | | the straight up beaches and wind in the palms |
| without socks look that spread throughout the | | | | atmosphere in films like "Always Something |
| region as quick as Disco gold chains and | | | | Better;" "Black Sunday;" or "The Godfather" |
| polyester did. However in the same genre, | | | | or "The Crew." |
| three decades later, the even more | | | | |
| influential Miami Beach, Florida show is CSI: | | | | Sure, it may be an odd, unusual way to go |
| MIAMI. The hang-dog heroic, the neo-Clint | | | | about looking for real estate in Miami Beach |
| Eastwood with an intellect of David Caruso's | | | | Florida or deciding on the ideal vacation |
| character leads the team into the Miami | | | | hotel or venue. On the other hand, it might |
| Beach, Florida luxury homes, onto the | | | | be a more realistic impression to closely |
| speedboats and yachts, and through the | | | | watch a show than to read a pamphlet or |
| hippest of clubs of the famous party town. | | | | two...and besides, how do you think 3-D |
| The details are captivating; the scenes are | | | | advertising got its head start! |