What to expect
The silent adaptation of the play that later became the musical already understands crime as celebrity production. Newspapers, posing, costume, and courtroom strategy convert guilt into a contest over attention.
How to ease in
Roxie’s case is intentionally less mysterious than its presentation. Watch who stages each new version of her and what the audience—inside and outside the courtroom—wants to believe.
Heads-up
A quick, non-exhaustive note Includes murder, infidelity, gun violence, misogyny, sensational journalism, corrupt justice, and period stereotypes.
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Roxie discovers that innocence is not the only story a courtroom can sell. I am fascinated by how quickly the camera, the press, and the lawyer teach her to perform a marketable self.
— Momo
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