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Andy Sipowicz's Racism and Gaffney Sayings
from Kump Joins Team 10 · #78
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
2 minThey dig into how racist NYPD Blue's Andy Sipowicz actually was, then riff on Southern sayings loaded with slurs from Gaffney and old TV realism versus modern twist-driven writing.
- 4:08NYPD Blue's Andy Sipowicz was literally just a racist character, and that was the plot of certain episodes.
- 4:28Tim never watched the show but wonders how racist the character actually was.
- 4:45Sipowicz's partner Jimmy Smits was Spanish, which complicated the racism angle.
- 4:57The racism seemed to manifest as shock that a suspect was Black, rather than outright cruelty.
- 5:16There were no tricks to the show—it wasn't a mystery format, just character-driven drama.
- 5:29ER, Chicago Hope, and Law and Order succeeded because viewers invested in the actual characters and great acting.
- 5:48A Hannibal reference: eating the heart first because the real power was in the heart.
ERChicago HopeLaw and OrderAndy SippoJimmy Smith