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 woman accused of murdering her lover turns the trial into publicity while her lawyer and husband struggle to control the performance.
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.
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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
Credits & versions
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