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Judging by my wife's comments when we watch shows, lawyers are probably even worse off for inaccuracies (and this often goes just as well for shows that are abo
by FeteCommuniste 10y ago
Judging by my wife's comments when we watch shows, lawyers are probably even worse off for inaccuracies (and this often goes just as well for shows that are about the justice system). But they also get a lot more screen time.
- tyingq 10y agoInteresting. Can you ask her if there's a movie or tv show that gets it mostly right?
- Natsu 10y agoIANAL, but I have some in the family and I believe the answer will be 'My Cousin Vinny' of all things.
- mcguire 10y agoMy Cousin Vinny is usually mentioned at this point.
- greggyb 10y agoMy Cousin Vinny. My sister and my brother-in-law are both lawyers. They love this movie. Their professors all love this movie. And from earlier this week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13885659 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13885659
- FeteCommuniste 10y agoShe couldn't think of one off of the top of her head, but she mentioned The Good Wife (again, a show about lawyers) as being particularly bad. She saw My Cousin Vinny, but long before she had studied law, so she doesn't remember it well enough to say.
- tyingq 10y agoWhile trying to answer my own question, I found a pretty neat site with lots of posts about how law is portrayed in pop culture. http://lawandthemultiverse.com http://lawandthemultiverse.com Their take on "The Lincoln Lawyer": http://lawandthemultiverse.com/2011/05/27/the-lincoln-lawyer/ http://lawandthemultiverse.com/2011/05/27/the-lincoln-lawyer...