A lot of "telling" the audience what things were like. I don't know if it could be "shown" more effectively. And I'm not referring to the abuse, of course, but moreso the social dynamic of the young girls lovingly interacting with a man who was secretly abusing them without even their knowledge. I'd like to have seen the denial of the surrounding adults in action.
Nevertheless, the absolutely captivating victim impact statement hearings are dramatic in a way that documentaries dream to achieve. Real life rarely approaches this cinematic level of screenwriting, and it feels historic in the way this true narrative is captured.
A lot of "telling" the audience what things were like. I don't know if it could be "shown" more effectively. And I'm not referring to the abuse, of course, but moreso the social dynamic of the young girls lovingly interacting with a man who was secretly abusing them without even their knowledge. I'd like to have seen the denial of the surrounding adults in action.
Nevertheless, the absolutely captivating victim impact statement hearings are dramatic in a way that documentaries dream to achieve. Real life rarely approaches this cinematic level of screenwriting, and it feels historic in the way this true narrative is captured.
