Read Review and Compare

            I read a review given by the New York Times about the documentary I watched called After Innocence. As I read, obviously I noticed that the tone for their audience was slightly different than the review I wrote. I was writing with the mindset to communicate and inform my class as to what this documentary was about. I could imagine having a larger audience than just a class, the reviewer would need to create a broader summary allowing more to become interested. One aspect that was similar was that both reviews focused largely on how badly the judicial system failed the wrongly convicted. I asked many questions on how this would be fixed in the future and what efforts were being made to do this. The New York Times talks about the attorneys and lawyers who were afraid to admit they made a mistake and what society owes these prisoners. There were not points in the review where our responses seemed to diverge. Again I feel the the difference between an informal and a published review is simply the audience.