'Law & Order' Using Tucson Shooting as a Storyline: Is It Too Soon?

by SodaHead TV Posted 2011/04/27 12:00:00

Related Topics: Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Loughner, Law & Order, Tucson, Shooting, Congresswoman

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We've all heard the tragic real-life story of how Jared Lee Loughner opened fire in Tucson, Ariz., on January 8, taking the lives of six people and injuring 14 more, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

Now, less than four months later, "Law & Order: Los Angeles" is adapting the story to fit an episode of the show.

Though it's commonplace for "Law & Order" to base its episodes on real cases, you'd think they might wait a little longer to emulate such a tragic story that was presented so vividly to the public.

Then again, maybe it will be just the reminder we need.

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Prime Time Lime 2011/04/27 14:46:21

Yes

+3
It shows how unimaginative the writers in Hollywood truly are.They cannot think up their own cleaver plots and now have to rely of real stories.
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beach bum 2012/06/05 05:53:37

Yes

yes

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RenéeMarrano 2011/05/10 19:10:43

Yes

Of course it's too soon. It's only been 5 months! Let's not forget, the congresswoman survived but others did not. Hell, the trial is still going on! Forget this argument about left and right; a community, MY community, went through heartbreak on that day.

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Dagon 2011/04/27 21:06:14
Sweet Peaches 2011/04/27 19:53:22

No

who cares. the victims familys are probably happy the news is getting spread.

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RenéeMa... to Sweet P... 2011/05/10 19:08:18

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who cares?? I weep for the callousness in that question. The families don't need the news spread; it was spread enough the first two weeks. You'd had to have lived in a cave to not know about it.

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holdenferall 2011/04/27 19:43:30

No

I guaran-freakin-tee "right wing extremist" will be somewhere in the script.

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Johnnyknowvote 2011/04/27 19:03:36

Yes

But if the left can make cheap political points they will exploit anything.

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Ben 2011/04/27 18:43:57

No

Cop shows are always going to expolit a terrible event. They may as well get it over with.

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MOMMA THOMAS 2011/04/27 18:41:50

Yes

+1
DRAMA....NOT NECESSARY TO FOCUS ON DEMENTED KID WHO IS HEADING TO COURT. NEED A JURY WITHOUT PREJUDICE....WHICH IS DIFFICULT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

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Boss 2011/04/27 18:41:47

Yes

it,s one of the reasons I NEVER watch crap like this on tv....

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CharlesG BN-0 2011/04/27 18:41:01

Yes

+1
Too soon, wrong show.

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relic 2011/04/27 18:40:35
Tpem 2011/04/27 18:38:21

Yes

+2
It would only be a remake of every other shock show only with a political spin to it.

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Assault 2011/04/27 18:38:09

Yes

+2
Sorry L & O its too early give it at least a year.

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Shanea 2011/04/27 18:20:08

Yes

+1
That's so insensitive you have to use something that horrible to make a show come on seriously they can't think of anything else

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ReconMarine~AVA/POTL/JLA/PWCM 2011/04/27 18:14:00

Yes

+1
WAY 2 SOON...........
At least wait until recovery is complete and she is back home with Family.

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Mr.Hoodz the Truth Troll 2011/04/27 18:04:49 (edited)

No

+2
Tv always does this. Nothing new here.

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Guru Casper BN-ZERO 2011/04/27 17:59:11 (edited)

No

"maybe it will be just the reminder we need."

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Charles 2011/04/27 17:57:48

No

+1
The portrayals used by L&O; are so loosely based it will not have an impact on the Tucson case. I'm just happy to know Ms. Giffords is doing very well since being shot. I pray she will continue to improve to as good as she was before this awful crime.

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wicked soda boy 2011/04/27 17:50:38 (edited)

Yes

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The writers of L & O will of course put their usual lib/prog spin on the script. I watched the show twice and never again - there are far better crime shows, many without the obvious political spin.
I hope they at least show that Tucson sheriff for the incredible loser he was during this whole thing - the man was so unprofessional in his comments and conduct - geez!

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Guru Ca... to wicked ... 2011/04/27 18:01:43 (edited)

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"I hope they at least show that Tucson sheriff for the incredible loser he was during this whole thing - the man was so unprofessional in his comments and conduct - geez"

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FUS RO DAH! 2011/04/27 17:02:34

No

+1
law & order making money off of a tragic

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photodude 2011/04/27 16:18:03

No

Not if he gets prosecuted and put in jail.

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Sprout 2011/04/27 15:49:29

No

I believe 2 monthes after Anna Nicole Smith passed they aired a similar story. That's why its called DRAMA.

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Beccy 2011/04/27 15:46:30

Yes

+1
When we make a big thing out of violence we get copy cat crime

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Wahvlvke 2011/04/27 15:43:00

Yes

+2
But...the libertards need to get the ball rolling for blaming it on Bush and that evil gun that ran out of the store on its own and did the shooting.

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Rollo G... to Wahvlvke 2011/04/27 17:17:00

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"that evil gun that ran out of the store on its own and did the shooting"......LOL ! Man, for that line alone, you get the KING FOR A DAY crown, for funniest comment on soda head ! Yeah, people do seem unwilling to realize that people kill people !!

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jcbruce 2011/04/27 14:51:01

Yes

+2
No episode period!

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Prime Time Lime 2011/04/27 14:46:21

Yes

+3
It shows how unimaginative the writers in Hollywood truly are.They cannot think up their own cleaver plots and now have to rely of real stories.

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GlitterBaby 2011/04/27 14:41:33

No

+2
Don't watch it... SVU All the way :)

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Dallas 2011/04/27 14:19:33

No

+1
The only people that have a right to say it's too soon are the people that were injured, not even the families of the dead, or other people that were there. In my opinion they could've done an episode a month after the shooting and I wouldn't have cared.

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wicked ... to Dallas 2011/04/27 17:56:29

Really Dallas?
Last time I checked, first amendment rights were not limited to crime victims.

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Dallas to wicked ... 2011/04/27 23:10:13

+1
Sorry, I meant in my opinion.

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wicked ... to Dallas 2011/04/27 23:17:34

I think I read your comment too literally. I'm sensitive these days about the word "right" or "rights" because of all the union issues lately where rights have been asserted (by the unions), where those rights don't actually exist other than by mutual agreement, such as the supposed "right" to collectively bargain. Sorry.

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Dallas to wicked ... 2011/04/27 23:28:36

No problem at all!

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harley oldman 2011/04/27 13:40:23

No

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......WHY...? How many SH members NEED to relive this incident..? I though the 24/7 coverage for weeks on end fed my curosity for......how long.........oohhh yeah.......the REST of my Life..!

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Jareth Majere 2011/04/27 13:31:28

Yes

Why not Wolfe covers everything else that hits the news?

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Kigan 2011/04/27 13:15:30

Yes

+1
Sounds like they want to cash in while the memory is fresh.

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