Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA rising hip-hop star is a suspect in a brutal transgender beating, but his alibi might be as shocking as the crime itself.A rising hip-hop star is a suspect in a brutal transgender beating, but his alibi might be as shocking as the crime itself.A rising hip-hop star is a suspect in a brutal transgender beating, but his alibi might be as shocking as the crime itself.
- Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
- (as Ice T)
- Eva Carson
- (as Sabél Gonzales)
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- WissenswertesThe original title and release date were "Bad Rap," to be released on 02 November 2016. Due to the airing of the seventh game of the World Series, the title and release date were changed to "Broken Rhymes," to be released on 09 November 2016. The name change was to avoid issues with DVRs that had already recorded "Bad Rap."
- PatzerIn the opening scene, an art class is about to begin sketching a nude male model. The model hasn't removed his towel yet, but it's clear that he's wearing black underwear beneath the towel. Why would a nude model wear underwear? Nude models wear robes, towels, or other loose clothing because tight clothing like underwear and bras can leave marks on the skin.
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Olivia Benson: I understand that this is hard, but your daughter needs to start telling the truth.
Liza Johnson: She's not going to testify. I'm not going to risk her safety over some...
Olivia Benson: Some what? Some freak?
Liza Johnson: She's just a kid. It's not her fault some man in a dress got attacked.
Olivia Benson: Her name is Eva. She's an art student. She lives in Montclair with her family. With her parents, Nina and Mark; the mother is fifth grade teacher and the father is an electrician. And if you continue to interfere with our investigation, and encourage your daughter to lie, I will arrest you. Am I making myself clear?
[Liza doesn't reply, but Benson can see the understanding in her face]
Olivia Benson: Thank you.
- VerbindungenReferences SpongeBob Schwammkopf (1999)
"Broken Rhymes" isn't particularly good in my view and could have handled the topic better, but it is a significant improvement over the four consecutive disappointments that preceeded it. Really do applaud very much that this topic was even addressed and appreciate its effort in doing so, but the execution doesn't quite come off. "Broken Rhymes" isn't the first 'Special Victims Unit' to have transgender characters, "Fallacy", "Identity", "Transitions" and "Transgender Bridge" do too, and all of those are superior episodes in overall quality to me and do a better job showing what they go through through more challenging stories.
Of course "Broken Rhymes" does do things right. It visually is well made, especially the intimate photography. It looks stylish and slick with a more refined look than when 'Special Victims Unit' first started all the way back in 1999, while maintaining the show's grit. The music doesn't overbear and is not overused. The direction has moments of nice tension.
Also thought that the acting is very good from the regulars and the supporting cast do gamely with what they have despite their characters not being well written. The episode does do well at showing the true extent of the bigotry transgenders faced and still do. Fin's perception on the situation was great and it was great to see how much sense he made.
Did think though that the overall execution of the story could have done with a lot more subtlety, the supporting characters are more cartoonish than real, one doesn't properly get to know the victim because of them being underdeveloped and it is too much of one side. The story itself is once again very thin, which does affect the pacing (here over stretched feeling), and other than the reveal of the alibi contains very few surprises.
In my view, Olivia's character writing was a big problem and turn off this season on the whole, and while she is not as intolerable as she is in the previous episodes she comes over as very judgemental, self-righteous and condescending, not to mention narrow minded. Was totally on Barba's side regarding the murder, in the early seasons Olivia would never have defended or trivialised a crime like that and that she does here shocked and irked me. The dialogue is bland, doesn't always flow naturally and has the subtlety of an axe too often.
Summing up, an improvement but could have been a lot better. 5/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- 27. Okt. 2022
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- Laufzeit43 Minuten
- Farbe
- Sound-Mix
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- 16:9 HD