PrimeWire

As an SA survivor I can totally understand how actors or their characters can annoy a viewer. During my recovery decade I could not watch SVU at all. Not so much the characters or the actors faults. It was the stories being ‘too close to home’ for me at that time. Though, as first I thought it was cause the characters annoyed me. Even Ice-T was on my annoyance radar for a while. I stopped watching for a good decade. It didn’t seem to matter that I was also aware of Mariska’s development of an organization that helps and supports SA survivors and families.

I decided to binge watch SVU one summer from it’s first season and have fallen back in comfort with the stories featured and the messages they speak loudly about. My life experiences in the decade I hadn’t watching it obviously helped me see things in a different light. I love the philanthropy that Mariska has done for us SA Survivors and the support systems she developed for the SA community. Plus I’m a fan of her mother, Jayne Mansfield, and looking forward to watching the documentary film Mariska created in honor of her mom.