Totally unrelated note, but I was thinking about you last night ... did you happen to catch the season finale of Monk? Monk was selected for jury duty ... The time spent in the jury room was limited because it was only half the story going on in the episode, so you didn't catch all the details of that case, but within about 30 seconds I realized that they were doing totally doing a ripoff/homage to 12 Angry Men. There were a few differences ... Monk was Juror 11 instead of 7 ... but a lot of the elements were there ... the case involved a stabbing attack and one key eye-witness ... the foreman insisting everyone sit in order by juror number, "it's customary to take a preliminary vote" by "secret ballot" ... the foreign juror commenting on the legal system, the hardass dislikable juror, the calculating logical character eventually won over ... "I suggest we take another vote ..." "I say we go in and declare a hung jury" ... "Alright, you've convinced me ..." and of course, the preliminary vote being 11-1 and ultimately ending 1-11.
I don't know how many people are familiar enough with 12 Angry Men that they would have recognized it, but it was cracking me up.
(I'm assuming you're familiar with the movie. I could be confused tho.)
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Date: 2006-03-18 05:47 pm (UTC)I don't know how many people are familiar enough with 12 Angry Men that they would have recognized it, but it was cracking me up.
(I'm assuming you're familiar with the movie. I could be confused tho.)