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Obit watch: “Law and Order”: Original Recipe, aka “The Full Employment for Aspiring Actors and Actresses In New York City Program”.

By one estimate, more than 8,000 people in the city are employed, directly and indirectly, by the series and its two spinoffs. The franchise has been especially important to the many Broadway and Off Broadway actors who make appearances on the shows.

I’ve watched various incarnations of the series and spinoffs, but I could never get into the original after Michael Moriarty left; Sam Waterston, to me, has all the charisma of a bowl of oatmeal. I’d still tune in from time to time and watch the first half just to see the late Jerry Orbach work, but after he died, so did my last tie to the show.

Still, the show deserves some kind of tribute, and this gives me an excuse to present some of my favorite L&O related art.

Brandon Bird’s painting, “A Night Away” (hotlinked):

(Larger, better quality version.) Supposedly, this was a private commission; if Bird would make prints available, I’d snap one up. In the meantime, here’s a link to Bird’s “Law & Order: Artistic Intent” and some related L&O art. I’m also kind of fond of “Lennie Grabs a Dog” and “A Tough Day at the Office“.

Stolen from FARK threads:

And the single biggest “WTF?” moment in the history of “Law and Order”:

Edited to add: Now that I’m back home and not behind a filter, here’s Sam Waterston at his best:

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