Camouflage
- Episode aired Oct 6, 2022
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A 32-year-old white man murders seven Asian-Americans in the NYC subway by firearm. Nolan Price normally opposes the death penalty but the circumstances of the case are such that he is willi... Read allA 32-year-old white man murders seven Asian-Americans in the NYC subway by firearm. Nolan Price normally opposes the death penalty but the circumstances of the case are such that he is willing to advocate for capital punishment.A 32-year-old white man murders seven Asian-Americans in the NYC subway by firearm. Nolan Price normally opposes the death penalty but the circumstances of the case are such that he is willing to advocate for capital punishment.
Emily Rudolph
- Kimmi Hsu
- (as Emily N. Rudolph)
Gia Galeano
- US Attorney Simms
- (as Gia Gracielle Galeano)
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- TriviaThis episode appears to be based on several cases/incidents:
- The 2022 New York City Subway attack. On April 12, 2022, A suspect named Frank R. James released smoke bombs into a confined area, in addition, he shot and injured 29 passengers, on a Manhattan-bound Brooklyn train.
- The 2021 Atlanta Asian spa shootings.
- The 2021 mass shooting at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, where 90% of the workers were Sikhs.
- The increase of anti-Asian racism and hate crimes in reactive outrage over the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
- The recent increase and escalation of hate crimes in New York City and the subsequent concerns of public safety.
- The ongoing debate on whether extreme racism meets the criteria for a delusional mental disorder.
- The 1993 Colin Ferguson Long Island Rail Road shooting case.
- The trial of Joseph Paul Franklin (a.k.a. "The Racist Killer").
- The 1984 trial of Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz for the 1982 killing of Vincent Chin.
- GoofsNolan Price would not have been allowed to prosecute the defendant, as he was directly involved with the victims he would have to recuse himself on the grounds he could not maintain impartiality.
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Just So Offensive on So Many Levels
Okay, American TV has been showing this episode in some form or another for literally decades. Some lunatic/veteran/racist/evildoer decides to attack and/or kill Asian Americans, and it's up to the great White saviors to step in and rescue them. It doesn't matter what the name of the show is; if they're on long enough, they all have this episode.
This Law and Order is the latest version, only it has White and Black saviors because, you know, it's 2022. Nothing to better point out Law and Order's offensive lack of diversity in this regard than not a single -- not one -- major character on the show is Asian American. So, what little discussion about the racism facing Asian Americans there is has to be done by the White and Black characters. Oh, yeah, they do trot out some minor character who has some Asian ancestry -- golly, lucky timing on that.
What makes matters even worse is -- I mean, besides making yet another case that Asian Americans can't take care of themselves and erasing Asian American men, in particular, from the equation -- is the episode quickly loses sight of the issue for Asian Americans and becomes one about the death penalty. That leaves the garden gnome and some pasty bottle blonde to have insipid arguments about how the gnome was once some super liberal or something and now has tossed that all aside in his pursuit of the law.
I guess the seven Asian Americans the killer murdered in cold blood don't matter to these two White characters. Makes sense if the show itself has not seen fit to have any major Asian American regulars.
How diverse is the writer's room for this show, Dicky Wolf? Wait, don't have to tell me. It's pretty obvious.
Here's a question: How come there is no shortage of Jewish characters on Law and Order when there are actually more Asian Americans in NYC? That's right, 1.1 million Jewish Americans and 1.197 million Asian Americans. I'm all for the Jewish characters, but explain to me why a population that is greater in NYC is all but ignored.
Speaking of the obvious, these episodes always end up relying on that old saw -- not guilty by reason of mental defect -- and yet, in the effort to prove the client is so mentally ill they were out of control when they committed the murder, somehow try to argue that means they should be found not guilty of the crime. Wait, what? Let me get this straight. The person is so crazy they committed mass murder . . . And that craziness is the reason they should be put back on the street? Exactly what kind of logic is that?
This was just a trash episode. It promotes the myth that racism against Asian Americans didn't happen until COVID, erasing the long and ugly history of such racism and treating all the victims as though they don't matter until TV shows aimed at White and Black audiences opportunistically decide to use the notion. And that doesn't even count the lumpy writing and poor pacing of this episode. You didn't help either, Derp Donovan (we didn't forget you) and Camryn Manhands!
This Law and Order is the latest version, only it has White and Black saviors because, you know, it's 2022. Nothing to better point out Law and Order's offensive lack of diversity in this regard than not a single -- not one -- major character on the show is Asian American. So, what little discussion about the racism facing Asian Americans there is has to be done by the White and Black characters. Oh, yeah, they do trot out some minor character who has some Asian ancestry -- golly, lucky timing on that.
What makes matters even worse is -- I mean, besides making yet another case that Asian Americans can't take care of themselves and erasing Asian American men, in particular, from the equation -- is the episode quickly loses sight of the issue for Asian Americans and becomes one about the death penalty. That leaves the garden gnome and some pasty bottle blonde to have insipid arguments about how the gnome was once some super liberal or something and now has tossed that all aside in his pursuit of the law.
I guess the seven Asian Americans the killer murdered in cold blood don't matter to these two White characters. Makes sense if the show itself has not seen fit to have any major Asian American regulars.
How diverse is the writer's room for this show, Dicky Wolf? Wait, don't have to tell me. It's pretty obvious.
Here's a question: How come there is no shortage of Jewish characters on Law and Order when there are actually more Asian Americans in NYC? That's right, 1.1 million Jewish Americans and 1.197 million Asian Americans. I'm all for the Jewish characters, but explain to me why a population that is greater in NYC is all but ignored.
Speaking of the obvious, these episodes always end up relying on that old saw -- not guilty by reason of mental defect -- and yet, in the effort to prove the client is so mentally ill they were out of control when they committed the murder, somehow try to argue that means they should be found not guilty of the crime. Wait, what? Let me get this straight. The person is so crazy they committed mass murder . . . And that craziness is the reason they should be put back on the street? Exactly what kind of logic is that?
This was just a trash episode. It promotes the myth that racism against Asian Americans didn't happen until COVID, erasing the long and ugly history of such racism and treating all the victims as though they don't matter until TV shows aimed at White and Black audiences opportunistically decide to use the notion. And that doesn't even count the lumpy writing and poor pacing of this episode. You didn't help either, Derp Donovan (we didn't forget you) and Camryn Manhands!
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