The story revolves around a group of LAPD officers in the early 1950s who become involved in a mix of sex, corruption, and murder following a mass murder at the Nite Owl coffee shop. The story eventually reveals organised crime, political corruption, heroin trafficking, pornography, prostitution, institutional racism, and Hollywood. The title refers to the scandal magazine Confidential, which is fictionalized as Hush-Hush. It also deals with the real-life "Bloody Christmas" scandal.
The three protagonists are LAPD officers. Edmund Exley, the son of a legendary detective, is a "straight arrow" who informs on other officers in a police brutality scandal. This earns the enmity of Wendell "Bud" White, an intimidating enforcer with a personal fixation on men who abuse women. Between the two of them is Jack Vincennes, a flashy cop who moonlights on a police television show and provides tips to a scandal magazine. The three of them must set their differences aside to unravel the conspiracy linking the novel's events.
L.A Confidential follows the conventions of a thriller genre by revolving around a crime, this being numerous murders. The phycological theme is a convention used, as it makes you wonder what you would yourself do in a similar situation! Also as you have ideas to has done the crime, but your instincts may be challenged.
Conventionally the long enigma is solved at the end.
In L.A Confidential, it could be interpreted that voyeurism is used, as there are scenes of secret photo taking by Danny Davito, and peering through windows.
As a group we feel that L.A confidential does NOT challenge the conventions of a thriller as there are several themes of identity exploited, also the protagonists (Bud, and Edmund) overcome several obstacles put in there way, such as the antagonists doing everything in his power to turn the protagonists against each other.
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