For the past few days I have been seeing quite a lot of Mariska Hargitay. If you remember, this word was used as a pseudo-holy greeting in Mike Myers' satire 'The Love Guru' - a comedy full of toilet humour. No, I am not into some kind of religious Renaissance of sorts. It is just that I now have the pleasure of watching Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni in 'Law & Order- Special Victims Unit' in the morning when I exercise and I tell you, it is darn entertaining! I remember enjoy watching it many years ago in the night slot and it still holds its grip on the audience with its very excellent story line. Now, when I watch a movie/show, what I want is a good line. Period. The chemistry between actors, reality, close proximity, breath-taking scenery, drop dead gorgeous actresses or unnecessary exhibition of flesh etcetera is all not on the priority list. I am basically a sucker for a good story. And Law & Order has that. |
| 1957: Sophia Loren's shocked and disapproving gaze of Jayne Mansfield 40D cleavage during a dinner. After 5 kids, they were 46DD |
If other shows depict masala between investigating officers and spiced up own dysfunctional social life (NCIS, White Collar, Burn Notice) or from a fragment of American Civil War bone, the technicians can sniff out DNA to identify and be cock-sure about the assailant just for him to admit (CSI, Bones), SVU has good old police investigative stories to brag.
Just for the record, Mariska Hargitay is the daughter of the 1950s sex kitten Jayne Mansfield and Hungarian-born Mr Universe, Mickey Hargitay.
Law & Order Special Victims Unit is into its 13th season.
Example of a story I watched recently: Cops move in during a robbery cum attempted rape in a restaurant. Assailant is tracked down but he was just an innocent bystander. It is revealed that the restaurant owner (victim) was actually involved in a domestic disharmony with soon to be separated hubby prior to incident. Then, we come to know that she is pregnant 11weeks and quarrel came about as she was consuming alcohol. Then, there was a tussle between couple about termination of pregnancy in court. The wife by then is found to have an alcohol problem. Through her teachers (police investigation), it is found that she had a teenage delivery whom she gave up for adoption. The child is discovered to have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. The victim now has to incarcerated in an institution for therapy.
