AMST 3822 Lecture 5: AMST 3822 lecture 5 (1)
19 Feb 2019
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Secretary posted bail cuz fletcher is a changed man. Fletcher runs to airport to stop family from leaving. Sliding of lawyer into liar goes way back. Used for centuries in area of western law. Confusion of lying and lawyering intentional, and played for humorous effect. Success as a lawyer depends on fabrication and manipulation. Fletcher on fast track due to capabilities of this. Lesser lawyer unable to proceed with serial sleeper. Fletcher spins it that she"s a victim of her husbands disinterest and forced into arms of others. To represent clients interests in most hopeful and successful way he can. Law wants us to believe outcome is fair mythology before the law. Creates a kind of truth, legal truth not factual truth. Thinking critically about story lines and tropes it"s something more. Liar liar depends upon audience knowing lawyers engage in lying. Reminding audience of relationship between lying and lawyering when asking child his father"s profession.
