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There is apparently no final script for the show, and Taylor's attorneys may just be trying to persuade the network to sanitize its portrait of Liz. Because of the First Amendment's ban on prior restraint, she may not be able to persuade a court to stop the show beforehand. But if it is aired and strays too far from the truth, Taylor may be able to recover damages. In any event, experts believe that a court test would be healthy. "The law is in a state of great confusion," says New York Attorney Harriet Pilpel. Michigan's Blasi believes that Taylor's case could become a landmark that addresses the value of docudramas as an art form. Says Blasi: "Such a case might force us to decide as a society whether strict biography and fiction are enough, or whether this sort of hybrid is something that is essential to our understanding of the world."