TV2.5:Every Marriage Is a Courthouse
Originally aired 6.1.08
Even the happiest marriage sometimes comes down to the rule of law. And more so for the sad ones.
PROLOGUE.
Cartoonist Chris Ware animates a true story told by NPR's Robert Krulwich, about the time when Jackie O waved to his wife. But there’s one very basic problem with the story, which illustrates a larger truth about marriage.
Act One. Scenes From A Marriage.
The story of the slow-motion disintegration of one couple's marriage. The husband's obsession with a legal battle forces the most basic marital questions into the open: what do I need? And what can I put up with?


