But it was such a concept that originally belonged to the level of "Today's Statement". The producer chose the most sensational crime in the United States in the past two or three decades-the Simpson Wife Murdering case-as the opening chapter, which opened up the show's magnificent momentum.
Simpson, a famous black American football star. When the incident occurred in the 1990s, he, nicknamed "Juice", had retired and stayed at home, but this did not affect the halo over his head. As the number one sport in the United States, football has brought him too much money and reputation. , And the second life in this famous case.
Today, there is basically a conclusion about whether Simpson killed his wife. Although he escaped criminal punishment, he did not escape civil liability. After that, it can also be regarded as the year of 2008, which was the "first shame" of the judicial system. Simpson was accused of armed robbery and kidnapping, and Simpson received a belated trial-33 years in prison. This means that if Simpson in jail fails to watch the TV series produced by FX, he will have to wait at least until his bail is passed in 2018 before he can appreciate how "self" has become the largest suspected crime in U.S. history ( There is no one) the protagonist.
As a TV series that knows the ending in advance and thus loses the charm of suspense, "highly restored" has become the core selling point of the first season of "American Crime Story." Especially the Chinese people who don't play football and don't care about the rule of law, for the three words "Simpsons", maybe they can only think of "The Simpsons" which is irrelevant.
And even a small number of people who have heard of it may not be able to get a clear impression of Simpson's wife murder case. This is not surprising. As a vicious case that occurred in 1994, even the Americans themselves may have slowly forgotten the details after many years. The nightmare seemed to leave only a pair of leather gloves that could not be put on. Faded in the archive.
"American Crime Story" used both hands to cover and highlight the most critical turning point of the case-the glove-as a poster, successfully evoking people's dusty memories, and then going deep, presenting the case before us like an open surgery.
When the murder scene, the tools of the crime, the evidence, and the prosecution and defense were all cleaned up on the stage as ancillary details, what was left was the "heart" that stirred our nerves while still beating in the Simpson case.
The two ends of the procedural justice of suspected crime are connected with two completely different worlds. In a world, suspected crime never guarantees that everyone’s life and dignity are protected by the law. In this world, should a person be killed? Punishment has nothing to do with the torture in the interrogation room, the hostility on the Internet, and the interests of all parties. Life is equal in this space. In another world, procedural justice does not live in a vacuum. Energy and money are inextricably linked. Although this layer of logic does not surface, the undercurrent surging underwater is a cruel "game for the rich."
Like the racial discrimination repeatedly involved in this case, it seems exciting, but in fact it is just a card behind the powerful lawyers. In the procedural justice gambling game, those who can get good cards will always be able to open the overweight wealthy class; for a country where there is also poverty, the American people at the bottom want procedural justice, and they also need to look forward to public defenders who are in short supply. A Western "Master Bao" was born in China. (This is also confirmed in the "Proud Wife" in the same legal drama.)
Attacking the existing American judicial system is not the original intention of the "American Crime Story" project. As long as there are people, the crime will not stop. , And justice is like human beings, as a huge and complex system, it will never be perfect or even in the future. While restoring history, the play never points out the fact that Simpson killed his wife. It's just that when the curtain of the trial fell and the Simpsons rebelled and hung themselves under their own sculptures, the producer still silently expressed their inner subtext.
What is frustrating is that we, who were so excited to seek the truth in "American Crime Story", after turning off the screen, faced with the domestic TV series that refused to leave the Qing Palace, we reluctantly changed back to a group of "emotions". The masses who are stable and do not know the truth".
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