Public defender's stuttering was too cringeworthy

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DjokerFan — 9 years ago(July 08, 2016 06:41 PM)

They could have made him look incompetent without him constantly slurring his words. I always fast forward over those parts.

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JosephASpadaro — 9 years ago(July 08, 2016 08:13 PM)

I thought the scenes were funny.
Despite the God-awful stuttering, didn't the guy have tremendous self-esteem and self-confidence?
I thought that, after a terrible performance, he came back to his client and said something like "I really nailed that!", while giving a thumbs up.

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DjokerFan — 9 years ago(July 10, 2016 06:50 PM)

The stuttering didn't add any value to those scenes, he already looked nervous and incompetent without it. No he did not have tremendous self-esteem and self-confidence, he admitted that he was a nervous public speaker and his comment was "well I'm getting better". If that performance was him getting better I would hate to see what he was like before.

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JosephASpadaro — 9 years ago(July 10, 2016 08:23 PM)

Just re-watched the scene. It was hysterical.

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mhutcheson74 — 9 years ago(July 29, 2016 09:29 AM)

The actor who plays that part actually has a major stutter in real life.

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JosephASpadaro — 9 years ago(July 29, 2016 09:40 AM)

Interesting. I wonder how he gets through his "normal scenes". The ones that do not require the character to stutter, that is.

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JosephASpadaro — 9 years ago(August 10, 2016 02:34 PM)

True. Good point!