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The Roses on Trial: Marriage, Power, and the Cost of Winning | Lawyers Without Billboards S2 Ep6

When marriage turns into a power struggle, what’s the real price of winning? In this episode of Lawyers Without Billboards, the team at Shewmaker & Lewis puts the 2025 film The Roses on trial, comparing it to the original War of the Roses and unpacking what both films reveal about marriage, resentment, ambition, and conflict. While the original movie focused on divorce and legal warfare, The Roses is something different: a modern story about marriage itself. Career imbalance, public humiliation, unspoken sacrifices, and the slow erosion of goodwill all take center stage - long before lawyers ever appear. This conversation explores why the most revealing moments aren’t in court, why the house becomes the ultimate symbol of power, and how modern forces like social media accelerate emotional destruction. This episode covers: ✅ Why The Roses is about marriage, not divorce ✅ How power shifts destabilize relationships ✅ Career success vs. personal identity in marriage ✅ Resentment, sacrifice, and emotional scorekeeping ✅ Amy and Barry as the film’s most honest mirror ✅ The house as leverage and emotional territory ✅ Social media’s role in modern marital conflict ✅ The mediation scene—and what it gets right and wrong ✅ Why “winning” often guarantees everyone loses Whether you’re navigating a relationship, a separation, or advising clients in high-conflict situations, this episode offers a sharp, modern perspective on how marriages break - and why escalation rarely ends well. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 – Podcast introduction and overview 00:00:40 – Welcome to Lawyers Without Billboards 00:01:15 – The Roses and its roots in War of the Roses 00:03:02 – Why most remakes fail—and this one doesn’t 00:05:10 – Marriage vs. divorce: the core difference 00:06:57 – Career imbalance and shifting power 00:09:14 – Resentment and sacrifice in modern marriage 00:11:32 – Amy and Barry’s uncomfortable truth 00:14:02 – Friends as mirrors and warning signs 00:15:48 – The house as battlefield 00:18:06 – Social media and public escalation 00:20:11 – The dinner party and performative cruelty 00:22:34 – Mutual destruction and emotional warfare 00:24:41 – Mediation, lawyers, and realism 00:27:03 – The cost of “winning” 00:28:52 – Final reflections and closing thoughts 🎙️ Lawyers Without Billboards is hosted by Steve and Patty Shewmaker, and Jimmy and Alexa Lewis of Shewmaker & Lewis, an Atlanta-based family law firm. No gimmicks. No legal jargon. Just real talk from real lawyers. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes on divorce, custody, child support, alimony, and what actually happens inside family court. 📩 Contact: pshewmaker@shewmakerandlewis.com | (770) 939-1939 🌐 Website: https://www.shewmakerandlewis.com 🎧 Podcast Library: https://shewmakerandlewis.com/lawyers... 🎥 Produced by: Bleeding Edge, Inc. – https://www.bleedingedge.tv 🎬 Audio & Video Production: Rob Burgner 🎼 Music by Ben Hernandez – Dragonsong Productions 📍 Recorded at: Shewmaker & Lewis, Atlanta, GA