Thanks for this. I’ve always found real live courtroom drama riveting—far more compelling than Perry Mason or Law and Order, though these fictions are sometimes entertaining. You’ve pinpointed why. The comparison with the Catholic Church, the heavy handed surveillance of what can be thought but only hinted at, the knowing when to stop while continuing, it’s all here. Next televised Trumpster dumpster trial I’ll watch more analytically. I think these ideas could be very useful to writers interested in scripting or storytelling some courtroom drama or readers interested in examining and assessing fictional courtrooms.
Thank you this Terry is greatly appreciated and you are right!
Most people do not realize that courtrooms are open to the public. More people should go and sit in the gallery and watch the work being done. Exciting and dramatic often embarrassing and sometimes masterful.
Thanks for this. I’ve always found real live courtroom drama riveting—far more compelling than Perry Mason or Law and Order, though these fictions are sometimes entertaining. You’ve pinpointed why. The comparison with the Catholic Church, the heavy handed surveillance of what can be thought but only hinted at, the knowing when to stop while continuing, it’s all here. Next televised Trumpster dumpster trial I’ll watch more analytically. I think these ideas could be very useful to writers interested in scripting or storytelling some courtroom drama or readers interested in examining and assessing fictional courtrooms.
Thank you this Terry is greatly appreciated and you are right!
Most people do not realize that courtrooms are open to the public. More people should go and sit in the gallery and watch the work being done. Exciting and dramatic often embarrassing and sometimes masterful.
A must for writers and screenwriters.