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| Topic Started: Aug 8 2005, 09:49 AM (555 Views) | |
| okcor | Aug 8 2005, 09:49 AM Post #1 |
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I find the editing of this show disturbing. I understand that the preparation of real cases for trial is hard work, and generally boring. However, we are not really getting a view of what each contestant contributes to the cases. The show will focus on one mistake that leads to dismissal. (except Olivier, who is probably being kept on the show because he generates conflict and thus, good telivision) Yet, I'm sure each contestant has been far more involved in the trial preparation and participation. Barrett obviously did very well last week and we don't know what she did. She made it to the next round and we still don't see her in action. Barrett is obviously a skilled attorney but the show focuses more on her side comments and close-ups (which I can understand because she is extremely attractive). However, I wonder if she will be the victim of editing. We get the wrong impression of the attorneys who have been dismissed because of editing. Maybe that is how it has to be. But I see the show becoming more of a personality contest than a legal contest. Olivier, Michael, Regina and Aileen have the strongest personalities and seem to get the most protection. But are they the best attorneys?? In the end, I see this show becoming what David E. Kelly proclaimed it would not be. |
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| Hugo | Aug 8 2005, 11:07 AM Post #2 |
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So far, the editing doesn't strike me as any worse (or better) than on other reality shows. (Maybe Kelley claimed it would be different -- I don't know.) I totally agree, however, that the show is misleading in that it doesn't really include much legal discussion or analysis. The problem is, How do you show that on TV? Showing somebody reading LEXIS printouts of cases or going over a document with a highlighter won't mean anything to the average person. But they could show more legal strategizing by the teams. Maybe that will come as the number of contestants gets smaller. Also, okcor, I have to take issue with your statement that Barrett is "extremely attractive."  Cute, yes. Professional, yes. But I don't know about extremely attractive.
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| Wang | Aug 8 2005, 11:25 AM Post #3 |
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The editing is just typical of the beginning of any reality series. There are too many characters to follow, not enough time to do it. Thus, at the start it's rather slow. To this day, I can't tell you the names of the first few people voted off Survivor. I'm sure that once it's down to 6 (or even now at 8) they can concentrate on a single case and therefore show us more. Or maybe not. As long as the uggos are tossed. |
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| okcor | Aug 8 2005, 01:15 PM Post #4 |
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I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder when it comes to Barrett. And I suppose that the editing does what it must when you try to cram 2 trials into one half hour of television with commercials. But even though the cases have been simple so far, it has been difficult to follow why certain attorneys advance the positions they do in the manner they do. I attributed that do a lack of background (but maybe it is just bad lawyering). I hope Wang is right that as the field gets smaller it won't be so fragmented. Maybe they should have started with fewer lawyers and larger cases. But I still warn that the show is taking on less of a strategy role and more of a personality contest. That is fun television, but it is not how the law really is....and I thought Kelly's point was to show the public what the practice of law is really like. We'll see.... |
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