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big_dog

(4,144 posts) Sat Aug 24, 2013, 04:19 PM Aug 2013

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'Paula Deen' Shoots 'Trayvon Martin' In 'Law & Order: SVU' Episode (Cybill Shepherd cast)

uhn-duhn...A Paula Deen-esque celebrity chef will shoot an unarmed, hoodie-wearing black teen she believes is following her in an upcoming episode of "Law & Order: SVU," an individual with knowledge of the episode told TheWrap on Friday.

Cybill Shepherd will star as the Deen-esque celebrity chef Jolene Castille, who claims self-defense, saying that she'd heard police were on the hunt for a rapist who fit the victim's description.

The episode draws from two real-life incidents that brought racial tensions in America to the fore. Unarmed Florida teen Martin was fatally shot by neighborhood watch member George Zimmerman in 2012.

Zimmerman was acquitted in the subsequent controversial trial earlier this year. Deen, who specializes in Southern-style cooking, saw her media empire crumble this year after it was revealed in a lawsuit deposition that she had used the N-word. http://tv.yahoo.com/news/paula-deen-shoots-trayvon-martin-law-order-svu-164246208.html

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'Paula Deen' Shoots 'Trayvon Martin' In 'Law & Order: SVU' Episode (Cybill Shepherd cast) (Original Post) big_dog Aug 2013 OP

I realize that you didn't make up that headline, but Arkansas Granny Aug 2013 #1

a certain segment of america is sick in the head about racial issues big_dog Aug 2013 #7

Maybe this will cause the whole L&O franchise to jump the shark YarnAddict Aug 2013 #2

I believe the correct response is JUMP whistler162 Aug 2013 #3

Cheap publicity stunt for the show. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #4

... nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #5

L&O has ALWAYS done "ripped from the headlines" episodes. NYC Liberal Aug 2013 #6

Well, YarnAddict Aug 2013 #8

it's not white women(including racists) who are doing the shootings JI7 Aug 2013 #9

Arkansas Granny

(31,518 posts)

1. I realize that you didn't make up that headline, but

Reply to big_dog (Original post)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 04:25 PM

Aug 2013

linking those names to drum up interest for a TV show is kind of shitty.

big_dog

(4,144 posts)

7. a certain segment of america is sick in the head about racial issues

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 04:33 PM

Aug 2013

and NBC appears to be playing upon these worst impulses for ratings

YarnAddict

(1,850 posts)

2. Maybe this will cause the whole L&O franchise to jump the shark

Reply to big_dog (Original post)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 04:28 PM

Aug 2013

Hopefully.

whistler162

(11,155 posts)

3. I believe the correct response is JUMP

Reply to big_dog (Original post)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 04:31 PM

Aug 2013

there is a shark!

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

4. Cheap publicity stunt for the show. n/t

Reply to big_dog (Original post)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 04:32 PM

Aug 2013

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)

5. ...

Reply to big_dog (Original post)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 04:32 PM

Aug 2013

NYC Liberal

(20,136 posts)

6. L&O has ALWAYS done "ripped from the headlines" episodes.

Reply to big_dog (Original post)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 04:33 PM

Aug 2013

No surprise.

YarnAddict

(1,850 posts)

8. Well,

Reply to NYC Liberal (Reply #6)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 04:43 PM

Aug 2013

if Paula Deen had actually shot Trayvon Martin it WOULD be ripped from the headlines. This is more like ripped OFF from the headlines.

JI7

(89,252 posts)

9. it's not white women(including racists) who are doing the shootings

Reply to NYC Liberal (Reply #6)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 05:24 PM

Aug 2013

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