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...show's savvy, world-weary district attorney for 10 years. Law & Order, driven more by taut crime tales than characters, has gradually jettisoned its original cast and flourished ("This sounds arrogant," says executive producer Arthur Penn, "but we don't worry about it"). And series like NYPD Blue have thrived with past additions. But for every Bobby Simone, there's a cousin Oliver (The Brady Bunch)--a symbol of a show's inhumanely prolonged life...
...even more fitting, if a touch sad, that he should appear on the Democratic podium, in L.A., on the same night as did Jimmy Smits, an actor best known for baring his soul and, très un-Liebermanically, his ass, on "NYPD Blue." Oh, and Smits was preceded at the mike by Robert Rubin, arguably the single member of the Clinton administration most identified with the economic prosperity that the Democrats are relying on to win Gore-Lieberman the election. Guess which one got the hearty welcome? That's right, while the distracted delegates seized Rubin's few minutes...
...York Times had warned that there would be more than 600 police officers roaming the stadium to control especially fervent anti-Rocker fans. Although nothing in particular called for such an outpouring of NYPD officers, I'll admit that the security was a wise decision on the part of the police department. Especially in light of last month's Los Angeles Lakers fan-instigated riots, the NYPD had to be prepared for anything. Despite the extensive preparations--the cop standing guard at my seating section had been there since 1 p.m.--nothing of consequence happened...
...Advocates for the deaf expressed anger that the season finale of NYPD Blue featured a deaf actor signing a prayer that deaf viewers claim made no logical sense...
...other, even more unsettling possibility is that the police simply don't take sex crimes very seriously - a postulation backed by many activists, who report trying to introduce sex crime education into the NYPD curriculum for years. All those unsuccessful attempts have left the city's victim advocates frustrated, and more than a little bit apprehensive about the current force, who have never been trained to deal with sex crimes, and who don't even track sexual assault as a "real" crime...