1. Speaking of Sacha Baron Cohen, I'll confess that I was partly wrong in anticipating the worst from Sorkin's Chicago 7 movie (where Cohen plays Abbie Hoffman). I thought Sorkin's earnest liberalism would completely miss the anarchic spirit of 1960s.
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5. As I've said before, the most striking thing is the actual court transcripts of Chicgo 7 trial are much, much funnier than Sorkin's script. Actual trial was close to Marx Brothers, Sorkin turned it into 12 Angry men. Here's a sample.https://twitter.com/DilettanteryPod/status/1318792997643808770 …
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6. In real life, Abbie Hoffman did a lot of trolling by attacking his namesake Judge Julius Hoffman. Abbie said the judge was “Shande fur de Goyim" which he hilariously translated as “front man for the WASP power elite.” Imagine not using that.
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7. Some more thoughts on The Trial of the Chicago 7, which is pretty decent as entertainment but not good history.https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/chicago-7-trial-film/ …
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Man y’all have made a fetish out of misunderstanding Sorkin.
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No, he's pretty much spot on. Sorkin's head is stuck in 1996.
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Don't know about sanitizing Dellinger. That Dellinger elbow of guard is total fiction. Also he mocks & belittles Ginsberg, whose testimony was riveting @ actual trial.
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Do any of the characters crap on and on about being a Mets fan as a way to humanize themselves?
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