The shock of an excellent documentary is not comparable to that of a movie, and the true story crushes all artistic imaginations. Even movies like the Coen Brothers or David Fincher. Every episode of "OJ: Made In America" was watched with a strong sense of discomfort, and the pressure was a little out of breath.
Before watching this film, I thought that the case has been thoroughly explained in "Linda Watching America", but in fact, OJ Simpson's personalities and influence have far exceeded the case itself. Among them are the racial issues in American society, the inspirational stories of the American dream, the state machinery, the operation of the judicial system, and the complexity and change of human nature, intertwined to stage a national drama that spans from the 1960s to the present, and it It may still not be over.
It reminds me of "Searching for Sugar Man", which are documentaries and unparalleled stories. The United States and South Africa also have similar social backgrounds. But in contrast, the sugar man is more like a fairy tale, born and beautiful. On the other hand, OJ is extremely cruel, he makes you find it difficult to stay out of the field and just watch a story. The problems it reflects have something to do with each of us. Made in America, but relevant to all of us.
Some people think that Simpson's later sentence of 33 years after 13 years reflects that justice was finally served. But when I saw this, I didn't feel the slightest sense of reincarnation in the way of heaven, and the joy of who the heavens bypassed. Justice or not is originally a claim from a certain standpoint. If justice needs to be done in this way, how the Rodney king mentioned in the film, the black girl who was shot by a Korean aunt, and the truck driver who was attacked by a black thug, should do justice ? Also, is Simpson's trial of the century a fair trial? Legally, morally? These questions are difficult to answer, and binary answers cannot answer this diverse world!
Harari said that Homo sapiens is distinguished from other animals by its ability to construct a common "imagination": country, race, judicial system, ethics, political opinions, social status, etc. These "imaginations" are embodied to the extreme in this story, but they constitute an American tragedy that is true for everyone in it.
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