Episode 223: The Matrix Defense

Sinisterhood

Audioboom Studios

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2023

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

Blaming violence on movies is nothing new. From John Hinckley shooting Ronald Reagan and blaming the film Taxi Driver to scapegoating violent video games in the 1990s, attorneys have found creative ways to present defenses. Was this science fiction action film somehow more harmful than any movie before it? Or is the real answer something more sinister.

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0:31.4	Blaming violence on movies is nothing new.
0:33.8	From John Hinckley shooting Ronald Reagan and blaming the film Taxi Driver
0:37.6	to scapegoating violent video games in the 1990s,
0:40.8	attorneys have always found creative ways to present defenses for their clients.
0:44.9	Was this science fiction action film somehow more harmful than any movie before it?
0:50.0	Or is the real answer something more sinister?
0:53.0	This week's episode is The Matrix Defense.
1:23.0	I'm going to kill you.
1:33.7	While we brought this up in our back rooms episode and circled back around to it.
1:37.7	Is that where we first started talking about it?
1:40.3	I think so.
1:41.3	I think we talked about it when we were talking about whether or not the world was real
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