Posted: 3/26/20 at 10:52pm
Posted: 3/26/20 at 10:58pm
SVU has a long history of taking on "ripped from the headlines" topics. Interesting to hear they did this, but not totally surprised. I haven't watched SVU in years, but I'd be curious to see how they handled this.
Posted: 3/26/20 at 11:29pm
I haven’t watched in years either. Wasn’t tonight the episode with Patrick Page? Maybe I will check it out.
Posted: 3/26/20 at 11:45pm
The whole episode isn't online yet, but you can watch a clip here:
https://www.nbc.com/law-and-order-special-victims-unit/video/benson-gets-the-ammo-she-needs-to-take-down-the-ballet-company-law-order-svu/4136016
Posted: 3/27/20 at 8:05am
Posted: 3/27/20 at 9:25am
willep said: "I haven’t watched in years either. Wasn’t tonight the episode with Patrick Page? Maybe I will check it out."
Page played an Artistic Director who pimps out female dancers...story-wise, not that believable to be honest. Ari'el Stachel, was an undercover cop. Would have been more interesting to have Stachel play the dancer at the center of the investigation.
But what do I know...(shrug).
Updated On: 3/27/20 at 09:25 AM
Posted: 3/27/20 at 12:30pm
This is the one that was based on Spider-Man:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1940725/
Posted: 3/27/20 at 12:55pm
Posted: 3/27/20 at 1:32pm
This is the one that was based on Spider-Man:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1940725/
Whoa Matt Cavenaugh was in the episode. Blast from the past!
Posted: 3/27/20 at 3:23pm
I was just about to post about the episode here. I love SUV and watch it every week. John Waters making an appearance made the episode. I'm glad they shown a spotlight on what happened at the National Ballet, especially with Amar Ramasar being cast in West Side Story.
Posted: 3/28/20 at 1:37pm
djoko84 said: "I was just about to post about the episode here. I love SUV and watch it every week. John Waters making an appearance made the episode. I'm glad they shown a spotlight on what happened at the National Ballet, especially withAmar Ramasar being cast in West Side Story."
Well, it's not really about Amar and the ballet, etc. This SVU episode is actually about The Shen Yun Company. I know, I know, here comes the peanut gallery...you have no idea what on earth I am talking about, right?
Google it.
Posted: 3/28/20 at 1:56pm
djoko84 said: "I was just about to post about the episode here. I love SUV and watch it every week. John Waters making an appearance made the episode. I'm glad they shown a spotlight on what happened at the National Ballet, especially with Amar Ramasar being cast in West Side Story."
Me too, it was an excellent episode. Oh, and screw that guy.
Posted: 3/28/20 at 2:05pm
Sutton Ross said: "djoko84 said: "I was just about to post about the episode here. I love SUV and watch it every week. John Waters making an appearance made the episode. I'm glad they shown a spotlight on what happened at the National Ballet, especially with Amar Ramasar being cast in West Side Story."
Me too, it was an excellent episode. Oh, and screw that guy."
👏🏻
Posted: 3/29/20 at 7:05am
kennedy_rose said: "djoko84 said: "I was just about to post about the episode here. I love SUV and watch it every week. John Waters making an appearance made the episode. I'm glad they shown a spotlight on what happened at the National Ballet, especially withAmar Ramasar being cast in West Side Story."
Well, it's not really about Amar and the ballet, etc. This SVU episode is actually about The Shen Yun Company. I know, I know, here comes the peanut gallery...you have no idea what on earthI am talking about, right?
Google it."
I googled and couldn't find anything.
Posted: 3/29/20 at 1:32pm
I spied Tory Trowbridge as Tina :)))))))))
Posted: 3/29/20 at 6:56pm
I googled and couldn't find anything.
That's because that poster is playing you. The NYT wrote an article about it, as they have covered the ballet scandal for years, and it is about that entire situation.
Posted: 3/29/20 at 7:49pm
Sutton Ross said: "I googled and couldn't find anything.
That's because that poster is playing you. The NYT wrote an article about it, as they have covered the balletscandal for years, and it is about that entire situation."
Oh please...do you ever wonder why Michael Paulson NEVER released that big exposé? The only person being played is you, Sutton...by the muckety-mucks who run showbiz.
And how hard did you try to search for the article? Ok, twist my arm:
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/dec/12/shen-yun-falun-gong-traditional-chinese-dance-troupe-china-doesnt-want-you-to-see
Updated On: 3/29/20 at 07:49 PM
Posted: 3/29/20 at 7:53pm
Sutton Ross said: "I googled and couldn't find anything.
That's because that poster is playing you. The NYT wrote an article about it, as they have covered the balletscandal for years, and it is about that entire situation."
Paulson must have fallen prey to a lot of pressure. He's no Ronan Farrow...that's for sure. And no one here has the guts to name names. Including me.
Posted: 3/30/20 at 1:40am
When it was mentioned that the episode was based off Shen Yun, I did a google search and came up with the same article that was linked. I ushered Shen Yun performances before. And, while they are a freaky group, even going so far during their performance to say that traditional Chinese dance cannot be seen in China ever again, nothing in the SVU episode has anything to do with Shen Yun or their practices. It was based on what happened at NYC Ballet.
Posted: 3/30/20 at 10:57am
Islander_fan said: "When it was mentioned that the episode was based off Shen Yun, I did a google search and came up with the same article that was linked. I ushered Shen Yun performances before. And, while they are a freaky group, even going so far during their performance to say that traditional Chinese dance cannot be seen in China ever again, nothing in the SVU episode hasanythingto do with Shen Yun or their practices. It was based on what happened at NYC Ballet."
No it was not. Have you done your research on the Shen Yun AD? The SVU episode was about an AD...he was the perpetrator. Sheesh.
Posted: 3/30/20 at 11:54am
The NYT published a review of the episode, with the headline "A Ballet Scandal Gets the 'Special Victims Unit' Treatment." It refers only to the New York City Ballet scandal, although it uses the words "loosely modeled." Regardless, it's a fictional television show, and, while it looks like the NYCB was the basis for the episode, it clearly added other elements to the story, possibly some from Shen Yun, to make it more salacious. It isn't just one or the other.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/arts/dance/special-victims-unit-ballet-episode.html
Posted: 3/30/20 at 12:01pm
Posted: 4/6/20 at 1:26am
^That was L&O: Criminal Intent, and covered already in the 5th message of this thread.
