Bad cops, but the typical movie bad cops that know what they are doing is wrong and apparently relish being evil, plus in supervillain mode tell everyone that is their evil plan, and the moral underpinnings of why they are doing it.
Oh, everyone does this. I mean, there are no real good guys - of course - but the less-evil are also overly monologuing moral justifications for everything that is done, and everyone likes to tell off other characters for doing their job or whatever wrong, or gloat about how they have the upper hand.
Now, the same actions could have played if they'd done what is basically the ads for this. Slightly trite bad cops, setting up someone for political reasons (take back the ACAB narrative by showing a Bad Black Man) but Courtney Vance is the only true voice of reason willing to stand up and say it. He could be the educated lawyer who explained what is happening to everyone, and to us.
But with /everyone/ talking about things, there's no tension, no reveals, and no real hero. It robs him - when he does it anyway - of his ability to do that for his narrative arc, so dulls the point of his character.
Oh, everyone does this. I mean, there are no real good guys - of course - but the less-evil are also overly monologuing moral justifications for everything that is done, and everyone likes to tell off other characters for doing their job or whatever wrong, or gloat about how they have the upper hand.
Now, the same actions could have played if they'd done what is basically the ads for this. Slightly trite bad cops, setting up someone for political reasons (take back the ACAB narrative by showing a Bad Black Man) but Courtney Vance is the only true voice of reason willing to stand up and say it. He could be the educated lawyer who explained what is happening to everyone, and to us.
But with /everyone/ talking about things, there's no tension, no reveals, and no real hero. It robs him - when he does it anyway - of his ability to do that for his narrative arc, so dulls the point of his character.