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Dec. 7th, 2013 03:33 pmMom: So your dad and I were watching this movie last night - it's probably the most realistic legal movie I've ever seen, but it's so sad.
Me: The John Travolta one again?
Mom: No, it's called Justice for All - there's this defense attorney, and he's trying so hard, just throwing himself into it, but of course the justice system is very corrupt, and everything goes wrong. At the end he has a nervous breakdown in the courtroom, screaming that there is no justice.
Me: This is the most realistic legal movie you've ever seen, Mom? - why do you want your daughters to go to law school, again?
Mom: Well... but the judges in this movie are really bad, see; there's this corrupt judge who takes him up in a helicopter and cuts the engine, and says "don't worry, I'll turn it back on before we hit the water" -
Me: Mother, I know full well what the Kentuckian judiciary gets up to! That is not unusual behavior!
Mom: Okay, yeah.
Me: The John Travolta one again?
Mom: No, it's called Justice for All - there's this defense attorney, and he's trying so hard, just throwing himself into it, but of course the justice system is very corrupt, and everything goes wrong. At the end he has a nervous breakdown in the courtroom, screaming that there is no justice.
Me: This is the most realistic legal movie you've ever seen, Mom? - why do you want your daughters to go to law school, again?
Mom: Well... but the judges in this movie are really bad, see; there's this corrupt judge who takes him up in a helicopter and cuts the engine, and says "don't worry, I'll turn it back on before we hit the water" -
Me: Mother, I know full well what the Kentuckian judiciary gets up to! That is not unusual behavior!
Mom: Okay, yeah.
