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We All Must Play Our Part is a video constructed from isolated moments from the crime drama television show Law and Order. Law and Order is television’s current longest-running drama and has created more than 300 episodes over 14 seasons. As many as 15 episodes of Law and Order are aired daily through syndicate networks. We all… focuses on the moment of judgment and the performed reaction of the accused. The structure of Law and Order has embraced a formulaic approach that shows this moment in every episode from a near-identical angle in a near-identical courtroom. The meaning of the verdict falls away as an endless line of defendants, jurors and foreman blur into a sea of dark wood banisters, suit jackets and ties.