Without TV coverage in the courtroom and relying only on first-hand accounts (like Jon's), we readers necessarily create pictorial images in our minds. My mind carries me to classic films to flesh out the setting. I'm hoping for a dramatic scene like Nicholson's breakdown in "A Few Good Men", or a confrontation like Spencer Tracy and Fre…
Without TV coverage in the courtroom and relying only on first-hand accounts (like Jon's), we readers necessarily create pictorial images in our minds. My mind carries me to classic films to flesh out the setting. I'm hoping for a dramatic scene like Nicholson's breakdown in "A Few Good Men", or a confrontation like Spencer Tracy and Frederic March had in "Inherit the Wind". But the most vivid scene that comes to mind is Al Pacino's manic opening speech in "And Justice for All".
While this trial's main focus is accountability, it seems to be full of great dramatic possibilities as well. After all, as Oscar Wilde wrote, "Life imitates art far more than art imitates life."
Without TV coverage in the courtroom and relying only on first-hand accounts (like Jon's), we readers necessarily create pictorial images in our minds. My mind carries me to classic films to flesh out the setting. I'm hoping for a dramatic scene like Nicholson's breakdown in "A Few Good Men", or a confrontation like Spencer Tracy and Frederic March had in "Inherit the Wind". But the most vivid scene that comes to mind is Al Pacino's manic opening speech in "And Justice for All".
While this trial's main focus is accountability, it seems to be full of great dramatic possibilities as well. After all, as Oscar Wilde wrote, "Life imitates art far more than art imitates life."
We're gonna find out, JoAnne!