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