Thursday, January 13, 2005

NO, IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE AN AWFUL ACTRESS: The useful comic non sequitur club has a new member, which, sadly, I missed, because of ABC's evil practice of starting and ending shows at 9:01 and 10:02. When asked a question or told to do something, you can always give a few answers that (depending on the savvy of the other person) can easily provoke a laugh or a smile--be it "these aren't the droids you're looking for" or simply "42." But "Law & Order" has given us a new one with last night's "shocking" deparature of Elizabeth Rohm, chronicled here. At episode's end, DA Arthur Branch calls ADA Serena Sotherlyn into his office and fires her. Her response is not to fight him or argue with him, but just 6 (apparently horribly delivered) words--"Is this because I'm a lesbian?" Fade to black (I assume with the accompaniment of Mike Post's signature two notes).

Apparently, the awfulness was bad enough that the TWOP thread title is now "Original Law & Order: Is this because I'm a lesbian?," and the fine folks in the thread are already recounting the use of the phrase in everyday life, including men who have tried to use the phrase to get out of a traffic ticket.

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