The famous scene in which the president of the United States, played by Bill Pullman, gives a rousing speech and says humanity will “not go quietly into the night” was played in court.
Greene spent much of the morning in court forgetting or pretending to forget the many social media posts she made and conversations she may or may not have had in the leadup to Jan. 6.
The whole thing has played out more or less like the carnival it is.
At one point Friday afternoon, Fein asks her about a video in which she says conservatives “aren’t the people who will go quietly into the night.”.
“And there’s a scene in that movie where the president addresses the fight pilots who are about to go into battle.
The court plays Pullman’s monologue, which is famous among a certain sect of science fiction, Will Smith, and Bill Pullman fans, but perhaps not general knowledge among the broader populace.
It is most likely a misquoting of poet Dylan Thomas’ “Do not go gentle into that good night. »