Yes it is Monday morning quarterbacking, but the opening of the defense attorney for Alec Baldwin was a D+. It was plain awful. There was no real theme. The lawyer sounded like he was reading from a script. He jumped into the facts without establishing a theme.
For example- how about starting with.... "Accidents happen. But they are not crimes."
Or "This case is about a movie set where the safety director (with voice raise) failed to do his job, It was his job to make sure there was not a live bullet in a gun that was handed to Alex Baldwin (now lowering the voice and speaking very slowly) and he failed."
Something....anything.... before just beginning a rote and somnambulistic recitation of facts.
Oh well....
2:37 or so it begins.
Not even a "May it please the court..."
Very disappointing.