Several people have recommended the show Suits to me, so my wife and I gave it a shot but I couldn't make it through the pilot-- too many slick-talking good-looking people in silly scenes like the one I posted-- when Mike Ross tells Harvey Specter about his eidetic memory:
"I like to read and once I read something I understand it, and once I understand it I never forget it"
yuck, how annoying and boring-- and I'll bet that's going to help out in a lot of clutch plot situations-- not that I'm ever going to find out . . . how about a character that says something a little more realistic:
"I like to read but most of the time while I'm reading something, I fall fast asleep, but sometimes I stay awake and make it through a few pages and then I probably understand 30 percent, forget 30 percent, and misunderstand 30 percent . . . and what happens to the other ten percent? if you look up your ass, you'll find out."
zwoman's friend's sister was a writer for Suits but we never watched it because TV shows about lawyering never accurately represent lawyering. You should go for a drive to clear your head once in a while, then you won't fall asleep while you read.
ReplyDeletei like to take a walk before i fall asleep reading, while listening to the soothing sounds of traffic on route 18
ReplyDeleteI also hate lawyering shows, especially those that unrealistically portray the unauthorized practice of law.
ReplyDeleteI do find driving on the right roads very cathartic. Dave, maybe you need to get out of NJ.
I watched the first few seasons of Suits. Entertaining. Good banter.
ReplyDeleteI saw some lawyer show where it was the first year associate's first day at the firm and the partner handed him a fistful of paper and said "Go to court and argue this brief." Then I changed the channel.
ReplyDeleteyeah, i couldn't handle the silliness of the banter. we started watching "the ned of the f$%^ing world." much more entertaining.
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