{"id":1347057,"date":"2022-02-27T10:38:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T15:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1347057"},"modified":"2022-02-27T10:38:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T15:38:51","slug":"nbcs-law-reboot-tackles-metoo-changes-in-police-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbcs-law-reboot-tackles-metoo-changes-in-police-work\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC&#039;s &#039;Law &#038; Order&#039; Reboot Tackles #MeToo, &#039;Changes in Police Work&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnbcs-law-reboot-tackles-metoo-changes-in-police-work%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1347057&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/law-and-order-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Thursday\u2019s debut of a re-vamped <i>Law &#038; Order<\/i> brought back actor Sam Waterston\u2019s popular character, DA Jack McCoy, but it also refocused the series with a more critical view of police work with its \u201cripped from the headlines\u201d stories.<\/p>\n<p>The series, which was canceled in 2010 after 20 seasons, is back for season 21 to \u201ccontinue where the show left off,\u201d series producer Dick Wolf <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/lifestyle\/tv-shows\/2022\/02\/23\/6215610322601d154a8b463b.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. Wolf added, \u201cThere are very few things in life that are literally dreams come true. This is mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The series will return with several previous cast members, including Waterston, Camryn Manheim as Lieutenant Kate Dixon, and Anthony Anderson as Detective Kevin Bernard. But while the show will retread its typical format, there are some new tweaks to its content, especially a more critical take on the police.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/law-order-cast-on-season-21-returning-faces-and-potential-crossovers-exclusive-179768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> <i>Entertainment Tonight<\/i>, \u201cWhat we\u2019re doing on the show is going to reflect the changes in society, the changes in police work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the series will address the \u201cnew reality\u201d of contemporary woke controversies. \u201cI think people, you know, are interested in seeing and being a part of those stories that are being told and being a part of history.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Indeed, in the show\u2019s debut episode on Thursday, \u201cThe Right Thing,\u201d detectives Kevin Bernard (Anderson) and new character Frank Cosgrove (Jeffrey Donovan) clash as Cosgrove is revealed as the sort of police officer who immediately imagines black kids are guilty of any particular crime. Meanwhile, Det. Bernard proves to be the sober, more competent and conscious member of the pair. The differences cause conflict right away.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>The first episode also plumbs the #meToo movement, as it features a famed entertainer who went to jail for rape but was let out on a technicality. The theme is reportedly meant to evoke comparisons to actor and comedian Bill Cosby. In keeping with the <i>Law &#038; Order<\/i> format, the celebrity turns up murdered soon after being let out of jail and the episode ponders whether or not the rapist celeb \u201cdeserved\u201d to be murdered.<\/p>\n<p>Star Sam Waterston also commented recently on the show\u2019s intention of looking toward more woke storylines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an enormous opportunity for the writers with the way things are in the country today,\u201d Waterston <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2022\/02\/24\/law-and-order-returns-sam-waterston-jack-mccoy\/6929127001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, according to <i>USA Today<\/i>. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of attention and contention around issues having to do with law enforcement, the application of the law, what\u2019s fair and what\u2019s right. But <em>Law &#038; Order<\/em> could have been thought up for today. And so far, they don\u2019t seem to be shying away from any of the big questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy hope is that people will go back to merrily throwing their shoes at the television set out of frustration with one person\u2019s opinion or another, instead of what we\u2019re doing now, just shouting at each other and throwing shoes at each other,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n<p><i>Law &#038; Order<\/i> will run on Thursday nights, joining Wolf\u2019s other series\u00a0<i>Law &#038; Order: SVU<\/i> and<i> <i>Law &#038; Order: Organized Crime<\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday\u2019s debut of a re-vamped Law &#038; Order brought back actor Sam Waterston\u2019s popular character, DA Jack McCoy, but it also refocused the series with a more critical view of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1347057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1347057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1347057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1347057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1347057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}