Yet Sorkin, astonishingly,/underplays/the Seale episode. The movie shows
Seale being gagged the first time, but when the judge instructs him to
restrict his communications to a nod or a shake of the head, he does not
speak out in defiance; he merely acquiesces. Seale’s mistrial is
portrayed as a victory for the defense, whereas at the time it was seen
as a ploy to keep the other seven prosecutions on track and forestall
the collapse of the entire proceedings. Worst of all, Sorkin calls his
movie/The Trial of the Chicago 7/, thereby relegating Seale to a lesser
status than the others, for reasons that are hard to fathom but
represent, at a minimum, a missed opportunity.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-show-trial-gets-its-show/
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