I think it’s because the true to life versions of the sounds are too boring, so it gets jazzed up. Just watching a CSI tech search the government database of tire tread patterns or whatever, with just the clickety sounds of the keyboard to hear, isn’t interesting enough, so a variety of beeps and chimes are added. Likewise with the fake ‘shiiing’ sound of pulling a sword out of a leather scabbard— it makes for a more exciting audio punctuation to the event.
I’m surprised the article didn’t mention The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Since in the book Galadriel was described as having stars in her eyes, for Cate Blanchett’s closeups they had a ring of tiny Christmas lights around the camera to act as multiple pinpoint eyelights.
Whenever I hear that I think “So, The Grey Ronin decided his sword was too sharp, so he lined his scabbard with metal to dull the blade every time it’s drawn? That certainly is plausible…”
Actually, you should say only two things: “Am I free to go?” and if the answer is no- "I want to speak to my/a lawyer" . Unless it is solely as a witness, in which case it is unlikely you would be down at the station.
The TV detective shows The Closer and its sequel Major Crimes often mess with their “witnesses who don’t realize they’re suspects”.
They sit them down, have them sign a few papers, then start questioning them. Eventually the witness will ask “Wait, do you think I had something to do with the murder? Is that why you had me sign that Miranda warning?”
And the next words out of the cops’ mouths is usually “Oh, that’s just standard legal boilerplate. We do that with all our witnesses. Now, can we just get this over without a lawyer and get you out of here before lunch?”
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Spoiler: They do get out of there before lunch, but not back home…
Of course. And never consent to a search or letting them “look around” in your vehicle without a warrant either. (wife’s a lawyer, so I’ve been given the full panoply of how to deal with the police.
But on TV shows, if someone is brought in for questioning, they’re usually rude, condescending, smart-assed or belligerent, even when they’re not guilty or the suspect. Even sometimes when they’re bystanders who saw the thing- on TV, they’re often cranky about being asked questions. I suspect IRL, many people would be falling all over themselves to be helpful if they were witnesses to a crime, and those who weren’t would still be courteous.
Another thing that happens in court is the long, grandiose, dramatic and suspenseful questioning and cross-examination by silver-tongued lawyers, etc… In high school, we had to go downtown for a day and sit in on court cases in the gallery. One that I sat in on was a capital murder case- specifically the cross-examination phase. Most boring thing ever; the judge dozed off at one point, and mainly what I remember is that one of the witnesses had a “Come and Get It” dog food shirt on like this, and I remember thinking “Wow… that’s not appropriate dress for court.”
The last time I was on a jury, it was a murder case. One witness was the defendant’s sister. She was wearing a skin-tight dress with a suggestive slogan on it, and bedroom slippers.
A generic bit of advice I got from a public prosecutor was that beer-slogan T-shirts ( viz XXXX) are not appropriate when charged with Drunk and Disorderly 
Actually, after Salinas you also have to say, “I am invoking my 5th Amendment right to remain silent.” I wonder how SCOTUS would rule if you said to the police, “Today is STFU, Friday.”
Yes, common in TV or movies is that jurors wear conservative clothes, as though fashion for jurors hasn’t changed since the Perry Mason TV show. The last time I went for jury duty, I saw many people who were obviously dressed to send a message to the lawyers: DISMISS ME.
Sometimes there is a person who shows up with unconventional clothing. Usually it will be the one juror who stubbornly holds out for an acquittal, and gradually convinces the other members of the jury to change their verdict. Very dramatic. In real life, this would be a hung jury.
Were they in the jury or just waiting to be selected? Because myself and others wore rather casual when being (not) chosen, but nicer clothes were worn by empaneled juries in the courtroom.
Waiting, but let’s just note that these clothes were several steps beyond casual.
Besides, many cases were settled in one day - so people went from waiting to serving on a jury to released from jury duty all in the same day, with no chance to change clothes.
You have a point. Last October, my SiL’s battery suddenly croaked without any warning whatsoever. One day it started fine, and the next morning it was so dead that it just clicked. It was so sudden and complete that my brother thought it might be something else like the starter but, nope, it was the battery. It’s sudden demise was a shock to us all. LOL
Something that happened with one of my cars is that a low battery just completely killed the car. As in, it appeared to be a complete electrical failure of the car, lit up like a christmas tree and the car wouldn’t attempt to turn over. But, I could come back an hour later and it would start right up. I figure, it wasn’t the battery going dead instantly, but the low voltage triggered some sort of lock that prevented the car from even trying to start.
In real life I have actually done this, saving a woman from ten years in prison. It was uphill work, frankly.
And a shocking revelation of just how prejudiced a jury can be.
NB This was in England
My previous girlfriend after sex would IMMEDIATELY put her bra back on but then either get back in bed or walk around bottomless because she has large breasts and told me it was far more comfortable for her to wear a bra if she was sitting up-right than none at all.
Anyone mention the lawyer questioning the witness on the stand and he confesses:
Lawyer: "Isn’t it true that on October 18, you were eating an apple pie at 7:18 pm and were in the same room as the deceased!?
Witness: “YES, YES, IT’S TRUE!! I KILLED HER WITH A SPATULA!! I DID! I DID!”
Or, someone rewinds a tape recorder and exactly hits the spot they want when they don’t know where it is?
Or, moves the record player arm to the EXACT song they want?
Well, of course that’s only in the movies/on TV. Who kills someone with a spatula?
Or my favorite : “I just pushed her!”
So many pushing deaths on TV.
I was serving on a jury, and actually had an Encyclopedia Brown moment.
A witness said one thing in his testimony that simply wasn’t possible according to the information he gave the 911 operator right after the incident that was being charged as a crime actually happened.
Thing was, we heard the 911 call at the very beginning of day 1, and the witness very last thing on day 3, so I didn’t make the connection. Then another juror asked to hear the 911 call again for a different reason. We listened, I had my “Aha!” moment, and changed my vote-- I won’t say which way. But after I explained what I heard to the other jurors, we were finally able to come to an agreement.