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Podcast: Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast
Episode: 235 - A Helicopter Parent of the Most Self-Defeating Order (S3E22 Competence)
Description: In an unprecedented turn in the annals of Munch My Benson history, this installment of SVU from Season 3 is simultaneously the standard bearer for representation of a marginalized and underrepresented subset of our population in entertainment and one of the starkest examples of why it's always best to choose an actor who's a representative of that segment of the population. When given the choice to cast two characters with Down syndrome, they chose an accomplished actress with Down syndrome and an actor who'd later be the top-billed star of prestige dramas for her love interest. The results were something that n...