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My Cousin Vinny

Picking Nits

Town attendance; calm defendant; sink manual; redundant cash confrontation

In the discussion (4)
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  • The apparently universal attendance at the trial raises the question of whether anything else happens in town.
  • Macchio seems insufficiently frightened by a murder arrest in Alabama, reinforcing the earlier argument that casting Smith would change the story.
  • The availability of a hotel-sink manual is questioned despite its purpose in establishing Mona Lisa’s technical competence.
  • The wad-of-cash confrontation is interpreted as redundant proof of the earlier claim that Vinny detects lies and wins arguments.