Seeing him rise from a tall building, seeing him feasting on guests, seeing his building collapse

Eleanora 2022-11-24 16:36:55

The sharp and brilliant trumpet sound at the beginning seems to remind us that this is a documentary about extraordinary memories, about the memories of the people of Los Angeles in the last century. The black man being interrogated at the beginning of the film left me a little dazed. I didn't realize he was Simpson, or that I never thought Simpson was a black man.

The Qing Dynasty poet Kong Shangren wrote in his "Peach Blossom Fan": "I saw him rise up a tall building, I saw him feasting on guests, and I saw his building collapse." This sentence can perfectly sum up Simpson's life. It doesn't seem to be rigorous. But Simpson's first half of his life is already legendary enough, and I don't quite believe that the god of fate will favor a person so much and make him cause any storms in the second half of his life. If time stops forever in 1994, then Simpson's life can be regarded as an inspirational model. Like sports superstars such as Michael Jordan, it has illuminated the sports world of the 20th century and has been immortal. It's a pity that he is a butcher, Nicole's head that was about to be severed, and the courtyard that should have been quiet and leisurely covered with blood, these bloody images always overlapped with Simpson's vigorous figure running in the sun with a football in his arms.

While lamenting that he had ruined the brilliant life he had earned with talent and hard work, I also roughly saw some substantive content - the reason for innocence: if you are rich enough, in such a situation, there is a A team of lawyers who can play the race card, you don't have a case you can't win. This long novel tells us what it means to be "America was built by lawyers". As for the reason for killing his wife, this curious topic always appears on social news. In my opinion, the conflict between Simpson and Nicole is all because of some trivial matters. The real beast is the misfortune of Simpson's original family. The resulting character flaws and psychological trauma.

Watching the full five episodes of Simpson's life, I went back to the beginning and saw the black man with a reserved smile on his face talking about his life and work in the gym in prison, when the judicial officer interrupted him and mentioned In "that case", he was completely degraded, like a cock strangled and bleeding, he sighed, and the expression on his face seemed to say, "Oh! My God! Damn it! What are you doing? Bring this up again?"

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  • Carl Douglas: [talking about Marcia Clark's correct assertion that they manipulated the photos on O.J.'s wall] Marcia saw the wall, and she said, "Carl, you know damn well that he has never had this many black people on his wall in his entire life." I said, "Marcia! What are you talking about? How dare you accuse us of such things?"

  • Jeffrey Toobin: Really? O.J. Simpson as a civil rights victim? It was disgusting. It was appalling.