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Entertainment & Sports

Mar. 24, 2000

Overwrought Cases Free of Legal Reality

DICTA Judge Amy's courtroom consists mostly of sophomoric, over-dramatized adults whining about emotional distress. Page 8. ^^Judging Amy^^

By Michael Bergfeld
        Susan Lucci has not been nominated again for an Emmy for the first time in many years.. However, daytime soap operas' loss is a win for nighttime "Judging Amy" - the soap opera that is 99 and 44/100 percent free of legal reality.
        This week's episode focused on the "illness of the week" syndrome - obsessive...

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