Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Dance, Lies and Videotape (2020)
Annabel O'Hagan: Dehlia
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Quotes
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Samantha Dryer : Dehlia, do you have a second?
Dehlia : I know since I got into the National, my schedule's been a little tricky, I just...
Samantha Dryer : Yeah. The thing is, we won't be able to do this again.
Dehlia : What? Why?
Samantha Dryer : I like you, Dehlia. But what you do on your own time is your business. But I can't have that around the kids.
Dehlia : What are you talking about?
Samantha Dryer : One of the moms showed me the video. Apparently, the dads have all found it already. So, I'm sorry.
Dehlia : What video?
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Sascha Thomas : You all sound quite pleased with yourselves. Which is astonishing, considering the appalling mess we just witnessed. As of now, "Moulin Boheme" is on track to being the worst ballet the National has ever produced. Alistair?
Alistair Woodford : Sascha's taken a lot of chances on all of you, including gifting you, Ashley, with your first role as a principal. But I can read your reviews now; "Lackluster, labored, and dull."
Sascha Thomas : Tina. This is your first solo, yes? After all these years.
[giving her a soft slap on the cheek]
Sascha Thomas : Dehlia, this is your first performance with us. Unless things improve... it will be both of your farewells. We open in one week.
Alistair Woodford : Start performing as if you belong here, or you will no longer be here. Understood?
[murmured responses as they leave]
Dehlia : What just happened?
Brad : That's their idea of a pep talk. Don't worry, you're amazing.
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Dehlia : They were both in on it? Jason was always hitting on me, but Brad, he... he's a gentleman. Are you sure?
Olivia Benson : I'm sorry, Dehlia.
Amanda Rollins : From the looks of the video, he knew exactly what he was doing, where the camera was.
Dehlia : In ballet, the boys move the girls; that's how it works. Brad placed me on the barre, in front of the camera. How could I be so stupid?
Olivia Benson : You couldn't have known. And you weren't the only dancer.
Amanda Rollins : Brad, Jason, Edward Jenkins...
Dehlia : He's in the corps.
Olivia Benson : They shared your video in a group text, and there were videos with other women.
Dehlia : [taking a tablet and scrolling through pictures] That's Beck Silva. She's in the corps, too. That's Grace Pressley. Ashley Fallon.
[giving the tablet back]
Dehlia : I feel sick.
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Olivia Benson : So, the man in the video, the other dancer, Dehlia; he's your boyfriend?
Dehlia : Brad and I just started seeing each other. He's a nice guy. Sweet. Not like most of the jerks in ballet. There's no way he did this.
Amanda Rollins : W-What did he say?
Dehlia : I texted him. He hasn't answered. He's been in rehearsal. I need your help. I have to get this taken down. I mean, I already got fired from my teaching job. You know, my god... what if the National finds out?
Olivia Benson : Dehlia, Dehlia, we are... we are gonna do everything that we can to help you, believe me. But to be honest, once these things go viral, it can... it can be difficult.
Dehlia : Isn't it illegal?
Olivia Benson : If you did not agree to be filmed, yes.
Amanda Rollins : Are you sure Brad had nothing to do with this?
Dehlia : Positive.
Amanda Rollins : Then he won't mind talking to us.
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Dehlia : So, Alistair and Sascha took a deal?
Olivia Benson : Felonies, both of them. They'll do prison time.
Dehlia : What about Jason?
Olivia Benson : He'll do a few months, and we're still working to get the video taken down.
Dehlia : Uh-huh. What happens to the National?
Olivia Benson : Well, Brad and Edward were fired, although... they're filing a suit for wrongful termination.
Dehlia : Of course they are. Boys in ballet. From day one, they get all the breaks. I bet they'll get their jobs back.
Olivia Benson : Maybe, but maybe not. You heard that the new board hired an all-female artistic team?
Dehlia : Yeah, good for them.
Olivia Benson : Hey, have you, uh, have you ever considered going back?
Dehlia : I spent my whole life in that world. To leap high, to spin in midair, to feel the rush of an ovation. It's the only dream I ever had. But now, I imagine dancing on stage... and the only thing I can think about is everyone in the audience leering at me on the Internet. And that... that's never going away, is it?
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Olivia Benson : So, it turns out that Sascha looked at the videos. It's not just about the boys anymore.
Dehlia : So he knew? He didn't stop them?
Amanda Rollins : Just the opposite.
Dehlia : So, there was a video of Tina? That's why she slept with him? Everyone was wondering why she finally got her solo.
Olivia Benson : Dehlia, do you know of any other dancers that were involved with Sascha?
Dehlia : Wait, you guys are going after Sascha now? No way. I'm out.
Olivia Benson : Hang on.
Dehlia : No, I never should have come to you in the first place. He's the choreographer. He gets to do whatever he wants.
Olivia Benson : Not if you're willing to help us.
Dehlia : It's ballet! It's like my friend Hudson says, "straight male, can't fail. Gay men, it depends. But girls in ballet? Do what we say."
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Dehlia : Now anytime someone searches my name, this video comes up. How long before my parents see it?
Olivia Benson : Cybercrimes are tracking down the sites one by one, enforcing the court order. Dehlia, it's just... it's not easy.
Amanda Rollins : In the meantime, we can help you get the links removed from the search engines.
Dehlia : No one knows who I am in the ballet world. This is what I'm famous for? The National's gonna fire me.
Olivia Benson : Dehlia. They're not gonna fire you.
Amanda Rollins : They're too busy covering their own asses.
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Dehlia : It's like my friend Hudson says: "Straight male, can't fail. Gay men? It depends. But girls in ballet? Do what we say."
