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In many countries today, crime novels and TV crime dramas are becoming more and more popular. Why do you think these books and TV shows are popular? What is your opinion of crime fiction and crime dramas?

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Stories
 about criminal activity, both fictional and real-life, have become increasingly popular over the
last
 few decades. There are many possible reasons for
this
, but the two primary ones that I can think of are the underlying desire of
people
 to see good overcome evil
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 and a fascination with criminal lifestyles. Almost all
stories
 about
crime
, whether in print or on TV, are about good
people
,
such
 as detectives and law-abiding civilians, triumphing over bad
people
, namely criminals. We often see
this
 in fictional detective
stories
, where an
otherwise
 ordinary person uses their intellect and skill to identify evil criminal masterminds. A good example of
this
 is Miss Marple, an elderly woman who always manages to track down and apprehend evil criminals. A
second
 reason is that
people
 have a fascination with the
lives
 of criminals. Perhaps
this
 is to do with
people
’s need for escapism. One of the most popular
crime
 dramas in the UK of the
last
 20 years was ‘Legend’, a dramatisation of the
lives
 of the Kray Twins, two violent London gang leaders of the 1960s. The film, which I watched on TV, portrayed their violent behaviour, along with their opulent and chaotic lifestyles, and I do feel that
people
 find
this
 compelling viewing, despite how it shows evil
people
 succeeding. Personally, unless it is related to real-life
stories
, I have little interest in either
crime
 fiction or
crime
 drama. I find their plots too repetitive. With true
crime
stories
,
however
, I can learn something about social history and psychology. Why,
for example
, do
people
 turn to
lives
 of
crime
? Is it simply for money, or are they motivated by power as well? And what causes
people
 to join gangs and follow
people
 like the Krays? These are all interesting questions. In summary, a desire to see good triumph over evil, along with a fascination with evil, are two reasons I think underlie the popularity of
crime
stories
, but my interest in them is mainly limited to dramatisations of real
lives
.
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