Private Practice – “Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?”
What does this image say to you? Can an image speak?
I have a cute little post about Hellcats ready to publish. It is kinda silly and kinda fun, but I think I’m gonna hold off on that for a moment. Instead, I’d like to offer a few words about Private Practice.
Rape storylines always get me going. As a former rape victim advocate and all around self-proclaimed feminist, the issue of rape troubles me more than other crimes. It isn’t that it is a “woman’s issue,” per se, because men are raped, too. Rather, I am troubled because we, as a society, seem incapable of comprehending the full horror of this crime and its impact. This week’s episode of Private Practice has invited questions about the limits of television, about its ability to exploit, and about its potential to expose something true. I think it is an important one to talk about further. So, more about this after the jump.
- November 8, 2010
- Karen
- Episode Review, Rant
- critical discourse, melodrama, Private Practice, rape plots