Reel Justice: The Courtroom Goes to the Movies
by Paul Bergman, Michael Asimow
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Author: Michael Asimow, Paul BergmanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-05-01
ISBN: 0836210352
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Book Review: A great idea for a book, but messed up by authors' poor job
Summary: 2 Stars
A great idea for a book, but the book is messed up by the authors' silliness and self-indulgence. Had the authors just dealt with their topic, it would be five stars. Instead,the book suffers from two major problems. First, almost every paragraph is replete with childish "inside" jokes, sophomoric asides (invariably Lefist where they are politifal), imbecilic puns and similar self-indulgent stupidity, apparently included to show how clever the authors are. Instead, all this junk just distracts from any discussion and generally leaves the reader grinding his teeth in annoyance. Second, there are serious and repeated errors in the descriptions of the movie plots. Did the authors actually watch all the films discussed, or did they rely on others (grad students, perhaps?) for some of the material? My conclusion is that the topic is well worth a book, and its a shame the authors made such a mess of this one.
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