Huffington Magazine Issue 38 | Page 70

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07

What’s the first lesson that
you learned from Snitch? That
if you have an enemy, just mail
some drugs to his or her house
and tip off the authorities that
drugs were mailed to that person’s house and that person will
go to jail for 10 years.

25 QUESTIONS

09

What is the unusual deal that
John Matthews strikes with the
prosecutor? Well, since Jason has
nothing to offer, John somehow
makes a deal that he will become
an undercover informer in
exchange for Jason’s sentence
being reduced.

HUFFINGTON
03.03.13

Susan
Sarandon and
Barry Pepper
play Joanne
Keeghan
and Agent
Cooper,
respectively,
in Snitch.

STEVE DIETL/ © 2012 SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT, LLC.

08 11
Can Jason agree to work with the police in exchange for a lighter sentence?
Jason is offered a plea bargain in
exchange for turning in his suppliers. Unfortunately for Jason,
he only knows his friend who sent
the package and that friend is already in custody.

10

An informer? Has John not
heard the warnings that were so
eloquently presented in Snow’s song
about being an informer? Apparently,
John has not listened to much
Snow lately.

OK, so John tries to infiltrate the group
that gave his son the MDMA? Nope.
Through the help of an ex-con employee (Jon Bernthal), John just
picks one at random, really. And,
yes, this is preposterous.