I'm a fan of crime drama and a show I regularly watch (many thanks to the DVR:)) is Law and Order : Criminal Intent. The episode aired in USA network at 9.00pm today (06/29/2008), named Assassin is centered on an American educated female leader figure who undergoes house arrest in Sri Lanka and then becomes target of an assasin who is after her life! [spoiler warning - the story ends with a twist and the victim becomes the suspect] Here are some of the places where Sri Lanka is mentioned.
1. Det.Logan mentions that 'She's being in house arrest in Sri Lanka ... ' at the crime scene.
2. The captain says 'Sri Lankan hard liners, Tamil tiger terrorists, in short there's a lot of people after her life'
3. The Hudson University president says in his introduction 'A young student from Sri Lanka'
I understand its fiction and all made up. But my concern is that you guys could've done a better job in getting the facts straight. Looks to me this character was made up by mixing features from other female political figures in the Asian region such as Benazir Bhutto who studied in US and wears a dress with a scarf and Aung San Suu Kyi whose being under house arrest for a while and also won the Nobel peace prize. See my reasoning below.
I. The name of the center character is 'Bella Kahn'. That's probably a very alien name for a Sri Lankan.
II. She is educated in US. There are many foreign educated political figures but very few are American educated.
III. There is no record of a female leader figure being on house arrest during the recent past in Sri Lanka AFAIK (Apart from Sirimavo being kept under house arrest in the early 80's). Non of such people were named for the Nobel peace prize (except for Dr.Mohan Munasinghe who is part of IPCC and shared the peace praze with Al Gore.)
IV. The lady wears something that looks like a north Indian/Pakistani dress with a scarf!
V. Her family has a trust fund of millions of dollars which is not normal for even the wealthiest of Sri Lankans.
1. Det.Logan mentions that 'She's being in house arrest in Sri Lanka ... ' at the crime scene.
2. The captain says 'Sri Lankan hard liners, Tamil tiger terrorists, in short there's a lot of people after her life'
3. The Hudson University president says in his introduction 'A young student from Sri Lanka'
I understand its fiction and all made up. But my concern is that you guys could've done a better job in getting the facts straight. Looks to me this character was made up by mixing features from other female political figures in the Asian region such as Benazir Bhutto who studied in US and wears a dress with a scarf and Aung San Suu Kyi whose being under house arrest for a while and also won the Nobel peace prize. See my reasoning below.
I. The name of the center character is 'Bella Kahn'. That's probably a very alien name for a Sri Lankan.
II. She is educated in US. There are many foreign educated political figures but very few are American educated.
III. There is no record of a female leader figure being on house arrest during the recent past in Sri Lanka AFAIK (Apart from Sirimavo being kept under house arrest in the early 80's). Non of such people were named for the Nobel peace prize (except for Dr.Mohan Munasinghe who is part of IPCC and shared the peace praze with Al Gore.)
IV. The lady wears something that looks like a north Indian/Pakistani dress with a scarf!
V. Her family has a trust fund of millions of dollars which is not normal for even the wealthiest of Sri Lankans.
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