Nina Metz: Hollywood won’t save us from school shootings. Neither will cop shows

It’s not the job of any one TV show or film to persuade politicians to care about the people they serve.

That didn’t stop a viewer from reaching out to “Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson asking that she write a school shooting episode for her ABC sitcom: “Formulate an angle that would get our government to understand why laws need to pass.”

This request, Brunson noted on Twitter, was just one of many, and the absurdity was not lost on her: “(It’s) wild how many people have asked for a school shooting