Will Miami Vice Month Stand The Test of Time?

Let's get something straight: the 80s sucked ass. I know VH-1's empire was built on 80s references and I used the word 'nostalgia' twice in a recent piece gushing about an 80s TV show. But Miami Vice Month isn't about yearning for a decade that told the world Nagel paintings were high art and told me Cavaricci pants were high style. It's about seeing what happens to a creative effort over time.

News of the day dictates the agenda of most web writers. Their formula scientifically simple: (1) summarize the day's hot story/stories, (2) make a clever comment or two, (3) move on. Some writers are very good at it, but when I go from blog to blog to zine to zine, I see most writers spinning the same weary web of pithiness.

Just like all the forthcoming Miami Vice stories leading up to the movie's July 28 release date. I personally guarantee every single Miami Vice story across all media will involve analysis or humorous takes on the following topics: Jamie Foxx was a prima donna during the shoot. Colin Farrell partied but stayed focused. Michael Mann was a control freak, but everyone respects him eventually. The shoot was plagued by problems. The Miami Vice movie isn’t like the TV show.

So we wanted to see what happens when you extend the creative writing process beyond the movie promotion news spike. And on this note, let’s get one more thing straight: writing in the web era isn’t journalism and news reporting, it’s entertainment and commentary. Which means it's more artistic process than scientific formula.

I realize anyone can pass the same judgment on me that I just passed on ‘most writers’, and I’m fine with that. Because all I’m trying to do is add some style to an all too pervasive formula. And just like I know Michael Mann and Anthony Yerkovich will bring fresh angles to a 22 year old creative effort, I know we’ll do the same as we extend the news cycle to 31 days. So check it out if you can pull yourself away from your favorite writer over at PredictablePithiness.com for long enough.