I think the days of the trench-coated gumshoe myth has
finally come to an end. He had a great run of 50+ years but I
think modern audiences are looking for something new and
different. The Real Modern P.I. is more of a computer geek
who does most of his leg work in front of a computer
keyboard. His main source of income is divorce cases and
insurance fraud, not very sexy or exciting.
The idea of hiring a private dick to find the missing heiress
is quaint and the modern audience craves something
juicier.
That's why I think more violent occupations have become the
modern fad for books and TV shows. The myth of the P.I. was
replaced by the myth of the sexy superspy in the 60's, which
in turn has been replaced by the myth of the Serial Killer
Profiler.
Cops and lawyers are real. We see them on the news and on
talk shows all the time. But when was the last time anybody
saw a real Private Investigator on the news?
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