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Talk show host Jerry Springer told a packed Ames courtroom at the Harvard Law School on Friday that although his is the "stupidest show on television," its presence in the marketplace helps "endorse the concepts of freedom and liberty...
...First Amendment is not for The Boston Globe or Newsweek," Springer said. "You're only free if everyone is, if you can say something outside American mainstream thought...
...Springer said that if all television programs were like his show, the medium would be unwatchable...
...Like Diana, the movie refuses to be confined by traditional definitions. With its charged brawls and minimalist cinematography, Girlfight is as much Jerry Springer as it is artsy indie flick. And while Diana's high school friends don't exactly look as saccharine as the Clueless chicks, Girlfight's youthful cast and plot often veer into teenybopper territory. Ultimately, however, Diana trades her sassy catfights for the more sophisticated gender-blind featherweight boxing circuit. Her subsequent struggle to be accepted by both the all-male boxing club and by her own father allows the film an emotional depth that strikes...
...Daniel D. Springer contributed to the reporting of this story...