Some
actual
genius
out
there
spliced
together
Elle
Woods
grilling
the
witness
about
perm
maintenance
with
Col.
Jessup
finally
admitting
he
ordered
the
Code
Red
and
it’s
pure
poetry.
While
the
comedy
comes
from
mashing
up
two
films
that
couldn’t
be
more
different
in
tone,
it
also
says
something
about
the
lack
of
creativity
in
Hollywood’s
approach
to
the
courtroom.
You
could
probably
get
Jack
McCoy
to
crack
Wilma
Flintsone
on
the
stand
if
you
were
so
inclined.
Grandstanding
monologue,
maybe
win
a
few
objections,
elicit
dramatic
confession.
Rinse
and
repeat.
Delete
a
few
of
the
more
specific
factual
references
and
everything’s
interchangeable.
But
I
digress.
It’s
pretty
funny.
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