Attention bailiffs!
If you’re tired of playing that dated and — let’s be honest — rather trite ‘Aren’t you proud to be here today doing your civic duty?’ video to newbies in the jury pool each day, help is on the way!
Wouldn’t a sweeping tale of love and romance — ripped from the headlines “Law and Order” style — be way more inspiring to the usual herd of unwilling victims…and easier for you to stomach watching over and over and over again?
Well, I’d say it’s only a matter of time before a dramatization of the real life courtroom love story between a certain famous former plaintiff and a member of his jury will be coming to a holding room near you.
The couple? None other than Rodney King, the Los Angeles man who was notoriously beaten by members of the LAPD, and Cynthia Kelley, a member of the jury that awarded him a $3.8 million settlement in the civil suit against that very police department.
(The two met the day after the trial at a pizza shop, so it’s all above board.)
Think of the singles who normally crowd into bars, or suffer through blind dates or church mixers, desperately looking for Mr. and Ms. Right. Now, those same singles will be clamoring to meet their special someone and send people they don’t know to prison.
There’s a fun two-fer…and the meal’s included.
Now, there’s no guarantee that everyone will find happiness in the courtroom and walk down the aisle like Rodney and Cynthia. But if you wanna take a chance on love…
You’re just gonna have to face the judge.
The real thing
I was more than a little excited when I saw the first trailer for Robert Redford’s The Conspirator two months ago.
Costume drama has that effect on me — James McAvoy does, too.
I chose right.
Redford captured the aftermath of Lincoln’s assassination — the nation’s shock and grief, the worry of a new Confederate uprising, the lust for revenge and speedy ‘justice’…even if the evidence wasn’t there.
It’s easy to draw parallels to our world today.
Articles say Redford was working with a tiny budget; it wasn’t evident on-screen. The period details were all there. The parade of name actors was also impressive, even if the script didn’t always give them much to do.
They are fierce and brave and, ultimately, are what make this movie an intensely moving experience.
“Doing the unrealistic is easier than doing the realistic.” — Tim Ferriss
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