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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Aug. 2, 2007

Judicial Performance Takes Center Stage

Forum Column - By Alan H. Friedenthal - The Pasadena Playhouse's production of "Can-Can" looks at the intersection of the courts and free speech in turn-of-the-century France. Oh yeah, there's dancing, too.

FORUM COLUMN

By Alan H. Friedenthal

      California's judiciary members know that if they cross a certain line, they can count on the fact that the Commission on Judicial Performance will investigate and prosecute. Judge Aristide Forestier need not worry that the performance commission's French counterpart will pursue him, even though he commits many transgressions in "Can-Can," the rousing Cole Porter musical now playing at the Pa...

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