...was the part where Erin knows all the plaintiff's phone numbers by heart. (all 600 or whatever the number was) I guess the point of that was that she was showing she knew the plaintiffs well, it just seemed unrealistic to me that she would really know that many people's phone numbers by heart.
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shareyou have to consider though, that some of the plantiffs probably had the same numbers, like husbands and wives and their children... so it probably wasnt actually 600 different phone numbers
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<What I hated is that even though she got $2,000,000, she continued to work in an field that resulted in her neglecting her kids. I would guess, since they are probably adults now, that they are pretty messed up. > vup
Very good point, Vup, i hadn't thought of that. I didn't like Julia/Erin for other reasons, but that one that you just mentioned is a good reason right there.
Yah but now she's got the moula, she can hire a really great Nanny or something. Lots of women do.
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the movie isn't about her kids. scenes where erin DOES bond with her children aren't necessary in moving the plot forward. also, my single parent mother worked incredibly hard in her career & i wouldn't call myself anymore messed up than the next human being with a similar background to mine.
shareIn the deleted scenes the director Soderbergh explains that Erin had Dyslexia therefore couldn't read very well so she spent a lot of time memorizing facts..
shareWell, accroding to the FAQ (though I'm not completely sure how accurate the infromation is) the real Erin had dyslexia and because of that had always used memorization to learn information or osmething like that. But I don't think it's completely unrealistic. I'm memorizing pi (just for fun because that's how us nerds roll) and I'm at the 85th decimal right now. It's not a lot and others know more than me but it's not all that hard if you practice everyday to memorize lots of numbers. And I'm pretty sure she was going through this file for like a year or whatever.
shareI'm a bookkeeper - I can easily remember all of my clients bank accounts, credit card accounts, phone numbers, and all sorts of other pertinent information.
However, I couldn't remember my own bank account number to save my life.
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Films have to dramatize facts in order to tell a true story effectively. The scene that showed Erin able to recite the clients' phone numbers from memory was meant to show that while the lawyer allies were on Erin's side they seemed to downplay Erin's footwork knowledge as opposed to their own superior knowledge of the law. Both elements are necessary in order to win a case.
The ally woman lawyer (who was wearing the "f'...ugly shoes") was respectful to Erin for her work. Erin, on the other hand, demonstrated [disrepectfully?] that she also worked hard at her job just as all dedicated job workers do, college degree or no.
Note the next scene. Erin's boss is scolding her for her behavior during that meeting and Erin is definding herself. Ed finally says, "Law School, I'd rather you'd gone to Charm School!"
John Martin, 46, Texas
Erin's behavior was over the top. Her anger was inappropriate and unprofessional. That lawyer didn't know her or her work. It was an oversight. Erin could be assertive and put her in her place without the profanity and psychodrama. She seemed to have a chip on her shoulder because she lacked a formal college education. Ed even told her that people work hard in college and law school to get where they are too.
sharetrue, I agree with you...but my take on it was that she was sick with the flu or something... and she was irritable as hell, so she blew up at the lawyer lady with "2 left feet in *beep* you know what"...
No, the female lawyer was talking down to her, that's why Erin was harsh.
Is it wrong to assure a young girl that she's ugly? I mean what's wrong with not being pretty?
In what way was she talking down to her? By telling her she did great work but they'll need to revise some stuff? How is that rude in any way? What, was she supposed to say "Erin, your work is 100% spectacular, it's just as good as a lawyer's work", even if it wasn't true and even if it did need some modifications? Also, after Erin's rude response, the female lawyer conceded and said "Okay, look, I think we got off on the wrong foot here". She could have taken offense with Erin's attitude and spat something back at her, but instead she basically said "I didn't mean to critique your work or anything. It's great. There are just some things missing" But then, Erin just obstinately goes on with her laughable self assurance ("There are no holes in my research") and unnecessary insults.
shareYou'd be amazed at just how powerful the human mind is. In Africa there are people who memorize hundreds of years worth of detailed history and spend their lives learning it and reciting it to people.
shareThe female lawyer was being totally patronizing to Erin. She just assumed Erin's work was poorly done because she dressed trashily and had no college education. She said that there are "things missing" without even looking at the boxes, and when Erin asked her what was missing, she couldn't say. She just assumed Erin didn't have all the information. Why didn't she pull out some files, and say, this and this and this is missing? Because nothing was.
shareThe movie made it obvious that Theresa had already browsed through the files "there's some great work there". So she did look at the boxes, just because it wasn't shown on screen, her going through them, doesn't negate the fact that she did.
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Maybe you didn't watch with attention, because she has been going through the files, and she politely pointed out that some things were missing, like the phone numbers. I thought Erin was totally out of line with her rude remarks!
shareI was responsible for the telephones and networks at my office for several years. Hoooking people up, moving them, setting up faxes, etc. I had 125 people and could pretty well remember every number in that building for years afterwards. I was a walking directory. This didn't surprise me at all.
She didn't prove that she knew hundreds of numbers by heart. She proved she knew a few and those were because she worked on the worst cases so closely I would imagine .
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That was her main work during that time period. She might have been able to memorize several phone numbers. It's not like she was taking physics courses at the same time.
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Check the FAQ, the real Erin Brockovich suffered from dyslexia and had to learn everything through memorization so YES she was able to memorize over 600 numbers because that's the kind of stuff she'd been doing her whole life.
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