Jack Nicholson got it wrong: We can’t even believe in truth, let alone handle the truth
Author Drew Cordell explores the nature of truth through the lens of a 90s classic movie
One of the earliest adult movies I can remember watching as a child was A Few Good Men. It starred 90s royalty Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore. It was Aaron Sorkin’s first major breakthrough as a writer, and there is one line from that movie that is iconically quoted regularly some 31 years after its release.
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