Week 10 EOC: Erin Brocovich vs. Robert Kearns

Both of these movies showed explicitly how large corporations can take advantage of those in society. It’s really a shame that these corporations use their lawyers and vast amounts of money to bury others who could be considered disenfranchised, under paperwork and nonsense. It should be pretty clear that, for example in the movie Flash of Genius, he invented the intermittent windshield wipers. Ford Motor Company stole his idea, and only after twenty years of litigation finally got a settlement in his favor. The trials in both of the movies Erin Brochovich and Flash of Genius lasted for years. The main characters involved both portrayed real life people who took on large corporations to fight for what they believed in. I understand the passions both felt towards their ideas and can sympathize with them. Once again, it’s a shame that lawyers aren’t all fighting for the truth, they instead fight for whoever will pay them. Since both movies had very strong cases to fight in a court of law, it’s no wonder that there was a clear divide between which side of the fence the characters were on. Both the characters of Erin and Robert, were fighting for what they believed in and for justice. I hope that I never have to defend myself against the giants that Robert and Erin took on in the movies.