OJ Simpson...
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Too long for side notes.
The thing that really struck me in the first episode was that the combination of historical footage, music, etc. made it feel like we were watching the history of someone famous who died tragically. Then I remembered "oh, well it's definitely a prelude to his downfall," and felt like I was watching something about the downfall of a murderer.
Then I quickly reminded myself, he was found not guilty. So, it was this weird juxtaposition of dramatic buildup, history, etc. but a jury found him not guilty. I totally understand the speculation that he did it, or that he didn't do it, but legally, he was found not guilty.
However... Once they started having people tell stories about their relationship, showed more footage and background, yeah, for the first time I guess I really felt 100% like he did it. I tend to respect the legal system to a point where I don't want to call someone a murderer when a court and a jury found them not guilty, but yeah, I guess the documentary had the right points to put it together in my mind.
On another note, I saw something a while back that talked about a detective or investigator who strongly believes that OJ's oldest son was the murderer, and that OJ might admit to having done it to clear his son's name (before OJ nears the end of his life). Who knows... sounds absurd.
- That's a theory. It's been written about. His son has anger issues and an obsession with knives.severian
- wait till you see his life in Miami post trial .. what a shit-show.Ramanisky2
- Also stuff found in a diary. remember how the glove was smaller?severian
- Yeah, hopefully will finish it this week. I keep laying down while watching it and falling asleep.mg33
- i was in college when the jury found him not guilty. i happened to be walking past one of the college lounges before the jury gave their verdict. as i stood...kona
- in the door someone shouted from the room "im gonna kill a white person if he's found guilty" and everyone in the room turned and looked at me.kona
- i realized i was the only white guy around and slowly backed away before the verdict could be read. no one said a word and it was the tensed momentskona
- of my life. once i was out of sight i bolted to the restroom and locked the door. minutes later i heard an eruption of yelling and thought 'of fuck... i'm dead"kona
- i'll never forget that daykona
- holy-shite damn konaRamanisky2
- not once did i even doubt he was not guilty. always blew my mind how someone could think he was innocent, but then again i'm not blackMilan