Wednesday, April 27, 2011

"Law & Order" takes the firing of Giffords

The Law & Order franchise, known for his titles snatching approach to stories, is shooting an episode based on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shooting.Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was wounded in the head during a Jan. 8 shooting rampage that killed six people, including a federal judge and a nine-year-old girl. AFP/Getty Images

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D - Arizona, was wounded in the head during a January 8 shooting rampage that killed six people, including a federal judge and a nine year old girl.

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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D - Arizona, was wounded in the head during a January 8 shooting rampage that killed six people, including a federal judge and a nine year old girl.

Law & Order: The, although based on the shooting near Tucson, where six people were killed and 13 others were injured, including the Democratic Party of Arizona is not an exact copy of the real-life tragedy, Weekly.According Entertainment in EW, a Senator of the State is among those slaughtered. But the description EW offer - "a female State Senator is shot dead in public" - makes it clear what inspired the episode.Is this too close to home, literally and figuratively? Too little time after the actual event?It is always a delicate balance. The show takes this approach to try to stay relevant and timely but also to the generic story that he defended as a replay. As anyone who has a television set knows, one of the many versions of law & order is re-run almost all the time.Word is that it is expected that the end of the season. NBC is emphasizing that it is a work of fiction, not do so.

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