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[Mom looks bewildered and then mentally shrugs and returns to her show.] }}

* In ''[[The Man Who Wasn't There]]'', Ed's wife is accused of murdering her paramour. Their lawyer is trying to come up with a story—any story—that might convince the jury that she didn't do it. Ed then relates the whole, unvarnished truth to his lawyer, telling him ''he'' did it in self defense because the victim saw through Ed's blackmail scheme and tried to strangle him. The lawyer's response? 'Bah! No jury would believe such a ''ridiculous'' story! You can't keep helping each other like this'. The crazy thing is that the lawyer doesn't hear the confession at all. He only hears a possible story to tell the jury, as it is story that won't work, he forgets it. The lawyer cannot even understand 'truth' 'lies' 'what really happened'. 'Reality' has no meaning for him, it is ALL only 'what will the jury believe'.

 

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