Chris Cosentino is a 3D Generalist, Writer, Animator, Illustrator, and sometimes Actor, with a penchant for talking about himself in the third person.

He’s made a multitude of short form content for a variety of mediums (some of which can be viewed in the Socials tab (press back and click on the phone (hey, brackets within brackets: neat!)))

He currently lives in the UK with his breathtaking partner and in his free time he enjoys TCG’s, watching cartoons, and electrocuting patchwork corpses in his laboratory so that he might one day create new life and elevate mankind into Godhood (only kidding: he has no free time, for he is an animator).

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The Long Tong Of The Law [portable] | OFFICIAL |

But he cannot outrun the long tongue.

So, the next time you watch a legal drama, do not watch for the handcuffs. Watch for the moment the lawyer leans into the microphone, pauses, and asks the fatal question. the long tong of the law

Consider the trial of Oscar Wilde in 1895. The "arm" of the law merely sentenced him to two years of hard labor. But the tongue —the brutal cross-examination regarding his "the love that dare not speak its name"—destroyed his soul and his art forever. The words spoken in that courtroom ruined him more than the prison walls. But he cannot outrun the long tongue

We have all heard of the "long arm of the law"—that metaphorical limb that can reach around corners, across state lines, and into the darkest hiding places to drag a fugitive back to the dock. Consider the trial of Oscar Wilde in 1895

The worst injustice is not a failed arrest (the arm missing its grab). It is a failed prosecution (the tongue telling the wrong story). Ultimately, why does the "tongue" metaphor matter?