http://newcritics.disqus.com/the best in web criticismenWed, 14 Mar 2007 10:12:52 -0000http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/21/miami-vice-and-the-3-am-soul/#comment-1373212Is it just me? Or are those arial shots of the racing boats with long white lines behind them supposed to look exactly like lines of coke on coffee table glass? I almost got a nose bleed watching that.Stan DenskiWed, 14 Mar 2007 10:12:52 -0000http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/21/miami-vice-and-the-3-am-soul/#comment-1373211For Fitzgerald the idea of 3-o-clock in the morning, day after day, contained that idea of eternity. The interminability of things. Relentless immensity. A novelist's sensibility is to be caged in time. Give us this day regular working hours and the ability to sleep through the night.John BakerThu, 22 Feb 2007 05:02:11 -0000http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/21/miami-vice-and-the-3-am-soul/#comment-1373210Kathleen, the clip isn't a payoff on the specific episode I saw at 3:00 a.m., in fact it's from a different season. I added it because it captures so beautifully the spirit of the series, which makes me happy. And since it's on YouTube, it's always availble, which is comforting, in case there's a future dark night when SleuthTV isn't running Vice.M.A. PeelWed, 21 Feb 2007 22:09:06 -0000http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/21/miami-vice-and-the-3-am-soul/#comment-1373209M.A. Peel, I found what you wrote about the soul and isolation, quoting Fitzgerald, enlightening me with your reference to St. John of the Cross and the significance of Fitzgerald adding "real" (a word I use too much, because I find more meaning there than any one word can probably carry) so satisfying. When you continued with a review of "Miami Vice," I expected too much. Your description of the show and what was happening kept me hooked. But when I watched the clip, somehow I missed everything, which happens all the time when I watch TV. It amazes me how engaged and reflective other people can get. Something about television always makes me zone out; don't know why.Kathleen MaherWed, 21 Feb 2007 17:43:47 -0000