In the famous scene, Tomei’s "Mona Lisa Vito" has just taken the stand in a courtroom where Vinny is the legal representation for two young men who are on trial for murder.
She shoots an apathetic eye roll at the prosecution’s Mr. Trotter (Lane Smith) before dismantling his “bullshit question.”
“The defense is wronG.”
Tomei rattles off more automotive knowledge than anyone in the world needs to know and does so with the spitfire spunk of a Brooklyn hairdresser who “tawks like dis".
The scene is so famous, in fact that when Bill Belicheck was being grilled during the “Deflategate” scandal, he said he wasn’t “the Mona Lisa Vito of the football world.”
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Supposedly - My Cousin Vinny is the only popular movie that accurately depicts trial court procedure. So much so, that some law professors will include it in their curriculum for first year students. I don't have first hand knowledge of this, but it does seem both plausible and entertaining.
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