A PC Diatribe

leftyguns2

Though Law & Order is in many aspects a very realistic police/law drama. The Adam Schiff, and Lenny Briscoe characters in particular very true to life (I was a Newark Nj Police Officer) I find it's strict adherence to "Political Correctness" it's major drawback. The Assistant DA McCoy played by Sam Waterson, and his second chair in particular Elizabeth Rohm (Serena Southerlyn) and Jill Hennessy (Claire Kincaid) are overbearing, and strictly adhering to PC, to the point off being outright obnoxious. Though I find Ms Rohm extremely attractive, her role is definitely not a sympathetic one.

I've observed that minorities, rarely if ever commit a crime. When they do it's usually under circumstances beyond their control.Also they tend to stereotype all those who oppose PC causes like abortion as being law-breakers with less than noble agendas. One would think that in this day and age we would be passed that. The shows inability to break from PC does it's other wise realism a major disservice.

score /10

leftyguns2 1 December 2004

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw0972947/