'Miami' Creates A World That Is 'Both Real And Unreal'

Executive producer Sunil Nayar said CSI: Miami stands out from the other members of the CSI franchise while still showing respect toward the rest of the family.

"Navigating a show like CSI: Miami is not unlike commanding a ship in a fleet," Nayar told The Age. "Its obligation to the bigger CSI franchise is almost like the obligation one feels towards one's siblings." He added, "Franchise isn't a bad word; it's just the business word for family. We want all three shows to succeed."

Miami has a tone and colour palette that sets it apart from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and CSI: New York. "We want the show to be visually stunning and to feel saturated," he explained. "The best kind of escapism is when you see the world you live in but in a very different way. We want to create a Miami that is both real and unreal and we approach our stories in the same way."

At the center of Miami is the show's main character, Horatio Caine (David Caruso). "David Caruso is such an iconic hero and I think that's one of the fundamental ideas of the show: that when the sun comes up, here is this man standing in favour of those who have no voices for themselves," Nayar said. "For that reason, there has been little change to the nature of Horatio Caine in the show's seven-year life. You can't tinker too much with heroes."

The stunts are the main aspect of Miami that has changed over the course of the series, Nayar explained. "When you have people with such ability, who can pull off blowing up a house or dragging a crane through a building — when 'no' becomes an answer you almost never hear — you get bigger and crazier," he said. "Emily Procter [who plays Calleigh Duquesne] said a great thing to me once: she said what she loved about the show is that it makes the implausible possible. I think that is a perfect way to describe it; from the insane nature of the crimes but also in terms of something as simple as the sky, which you're suddenly seeing in a different way."

The original article is from The Age

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