Friday, March 1, 2013

SVU Killed Their “Rihanna”

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Well, that was surprising.

The hotly anticipated dramatization of Rihanna and Chris Brown’s relationship on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit hit the airwaves last night and while there were some mixed reviews for how the episode actually played out, there were a lot of close replays of what actually went down following that February evening between the two singers.

On the episode entitled “Funny Valentine”, two singers named Mischa Green (Riri) and Caleb Bryant (Chris — but you could’ve figured that out on your own) are in a loving relationship with each other in the public eye, but behind the scenes, there are beatdowns, threats and no one who is willing to talk about what they’ve witnessed on countless occasions.

Mischa keeps baffling police officer’s investigations, saying she’ll speak one moment and refusing to do so the next — repeatedly, even when Caleb ends up shooting her mentor, Brass (that would be the Jay-Z) square in the chest at a single release party for a song the two have recorded together.

As a tongue in cheek joke, one of the detectives quips that the twosome “should go on a double date with Chris Brown and Rihanna”.

But unlike the two of them, this story ends differently and sadly, in a way most domestic violence relationships end.

Following the dismissal of the murder case (which Mischa lies on the stand about), the two run off to Bermuda to get away from everyone’s eyes.

    Caleb (Chris) and Mischa (Rihanna) are having a romantic moment on a private yacht when she asks about a text message on his phone. Caleb (Chris) says, “Haven’t you learned to mind your own business?”

    The next scene is a reporter at a memorial for Mischa (Rihanna) … whose body was found in Bermuda … floating next to the yacht.

In an eerie connection, today marks the anniversary of the two reconciling back in 2009 following the attack.

It’s hard to tell if SVU was trying to send out a personal message to Riri about her recent reconnection with Chris, but — well, head on after the jump for my personal thoughts.

The similarities in the episode were crazy– the apologetic interview “Caleb” gave on Wendy Williams, the duet release (although truthfully, Riri and Chris had two), the mention of “Mischa’s” grandmother and even the final moments where Caleb and Mischa ended up in the Bahamas (which is what happened directly following the initial story of abuse between Rihanna and Chris) — but I didn’t expect it to end the way it did.

Which is weird in itself, because sadly, that is how it usually does end.

I won’t lie — tears started to fill my eyes almost immediately.

I read something on Twitter: “The biggest part of this SVU episode is that everyone seems to care more about “Rihanna” than Rihanna…” It’s scary how true that is.

I don’t know what’s going on in their relationship right now and frankly, I don’t care — but I seriously hope others watched this episode and seriously saw just how things of that nature can reach such a brutal conclusion.

That was an intense episode — but damn it if every moment of it wasn’t needed.

Feel free to comment.

Via Tabloid Prodigy

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