Entertainment & Sports
Nov. 25, 2022
Stream It Tonight! Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
Despite his strong defense, defense lawyer Sam Milton and viewers have to wonder whether the jurors will overcome their fear and loathing of the “marsh girl” and return a just verdict.
Michael Asimow
Professor
UCLA School of Law
Email: asimow@law.ucla.edu
Michael is Dean's Executive professor of law at Santa Clara Law School, teaching contracts as well as law and popular culture.
Paul Bergman
Professor Emeritus
UCLA School of Law
Email: bergman@law.ucla.edu
Paul continues teaching evidence.
Why watch? A compassionate lawyer defends a despised "marsh girl" who is tried for killing the town hunk who took advantage of her.
Kya Clark (Daisy Edgar-Jones) is improbably left to raise herself in the swamps of North Carolina after her mother, older siblings, hellishly abusive father and childhood sweetheart abandon her. As Kya grows up, her artistic talents blossom and her drawings of swamp creatures become commercially success...
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