Law & Order SVU is not just another show that deals with crime and murder its different. From its first episode that air in 1999 something was different all together from how the stories were put together to how each crime was looked at a key piece of this would be the characters that would drive the show. With all the clones that are present in on todays prime time T.V. ; it's hard to think of a time without Law & Order SVU playing a big role in how people view crime shows moreover how women have taken a role that in years past would have seen a men play. In this paper the objective is to not only show how much women have taken over a role that is usually seen in men but how it has push for stronger female actors within the industry. Moreover
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The show follows cases that are inspired form headline news. Unlike other shows, this one would be different in every way in how each case is handle to how it is presented in both the investigation phase and the courtroom phase or the often then not rough conclusion of the episode. Yet it does its best to not victimize their victims like in other shows such as CSI. In Law & Order this isn’t show each character is handled with respect this would also extend to the other characters. With the character of Olivia Benson who is a strong willed single mother how takes on hard cases that would break others. She is thrown in to cases that would test her ability not as women but just like her male counterparts the ability to solve the case all the while taking on issues that have stopped women from not only proving they can hold a show on there own but be a role model to others that a women can do the job to. In a piece written by VICE entitled “ ‘Law & Order: SVU' Is an Alternative Reality Where Assault Survivors Are Taken Seriously” it talks about unlike other shows where the “bad guys gets away” this isn't the case here and each one is believable in. in the article it states “And while TV has a lot of strong female protagonists (Jessica Jones, Kim Wexler, Selina Meyer, Claire Beauchamp Randall...) Olivia Benson is …show more content…
Yet they all do one thing income which is to further the strength of its characters. An example of its strength of character ADA Alexandra Cabot which stands for assistant district attorney who played by Stephanie march is typically a role that is played by a male figure.. It is here in the courtroom where she shines though at first she would start off as very inexperienced but as the show progressed she would turn out to be one of the most formidable ADA in the show. Proving that a having a male in the courtroom doesn't matter if he or she cannot do the job right. Yet it also does show to what extent someone will do to win, her character isn't limited to her gender but her ambition as a
The show follows cases that are inspired form headline news. Unlike other shows, this one would be different in every way in how each case is handle to how it is presented in both the investigation phase and the courtroom phase or the often then not rough conclusion of the episode. Yet it does its best to not victimize their victims like in other shows such as CSI. In Law & Order this isn’t show each character is handled with respect this would also extend to the other characters. With the character of Olivia Benson who is a strong willed single mother how takes on hard cases that would break others. She is thrown in to cases that would test her ability not as women but just like her male counterparts the ability to solve the case all the while taking on issues that have stopped women from not only proving they can hold a show on there own but be a role model to others that a women can do the job to. In a piece written by VICE entitled “ ‘Law & Order: SVU' Is an Alternative Reality Where Assault Survivors Are Taken Seriously” it talks about unlike other shows where the “bad guys gets away” this isn't the case here and each one is believable in. in the article it states “And while TV has a lot of strong female protagonists (Jessica Jones, Kim Wexler, Selina Meyer, Claire Beauchamp Randall...) Olivia Benson is …show more content…
Yet they all do one thing income which is to further the strength of its characters. An example of its strength of character ADA Alexandra Cabot which stands for assistant district attorney who played by Stephanie march is typically a role that is played by a male figure.. It is here in the courtroom where she shines though at first she would start off as very inexperienced but as the show progressed she would turn out to be one of the most formidable ADA in the show. Proving that a having a male in the courtroom doesn't matter if he or she cannot do the job right. Yet it also does show to what extent someone will do to win, her character isn't limited to her gender but her ambition as a