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By Wade Bradford, About.com Guide to Plays / Drama

"Twelve Angry Jurors": Reasonable Doubt?

Wednesday July 8, 2009

I've read the play. I've watched the Henry Fonda version. I've watched the Jack Lemmon version of Twelve Angry Men from the 1990s.

Each time I experience Reginald Rose's sweltering, claustrophobia-inducing drama, I waffle. Sometimes I think the 19 year old defendant is obviously guilty. Other times I side with the compassionate Juror #8, the man who convinces the rest that there is reasonable doubt. Of course it is the intentional ambiguity that makes Twelve Angry Jurors (that's the gender neutral title) such a compelling piece of dramatic literature.

Study the "evidence" the play and decide for yourself.

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