After two days of brushing, my eyes hurt, and now I am squinting to write a review.
Let's make some extra-topic complaints: 1. I always thought Shapiro was very familiar. It turned out to be my favorite Vincent in Pulp Fiction!
2. In the first few episodes--the Kardashian family officially debuted, when the four children were shouting "Kardashians! Kardashians!", they were a bit confused. I didn't expect the director to give so many scenes. But then, after all, it was also a historic moment when the famous TV personality made its debut - the brain erosion of the Kardashian family culture on American society began. In the play, the father who borrowed the card satirized the problem of fame and virtual. The director really worked hard.
3. My Sterling Brown is still in my heart, come and kiss one.
4. Just finished watching Twelve Angry Men to watch this. . Really sad.
Well, the blind bb of people who don't understand legal is officially warned.
The show has the full power of retrospection: 25 years since the case? Time has given us a bystander's perspective and room for a fuller discussion. The Simpson case is no longer a simple homicide trial, it has been nailed into symbols, gender issues, racial issues, judicial justice and procedural justice, the media's orientation to the case, and the colors are covered layer by layer. All made it alienated. Victims' families - the most relevant, the most distressed, the most powerless, are drowned out in a larger collective voice.
Assuming Simpson is guilty (come on...), the whole case, in my opinion, is a triangle. The unjust party (OJ) is involved in the demands of justice from the other two parties. One of them is the prosecutor in the name of punishing domestic violence, and the other is the defense lawyer who picks up the plane and promotes racial equality. One party wants to discuss the matter and seek justice for the victim. There is sufficient evidence and sufficient motivation. It seems to be very simple. Marcia thinks that it is a sure thing. Amidst a bunch of LAPD stinky things and a bunch of miraculous coincidences, he was involved in a situation that made American society. A paralyzed web. Simpson himself, his reputation and social symbol, his dramatic escape before his arrest, declared the impossibility of "discussing the matter", but if it can be "discussed" well, this matter can still be saved -- the forensic error is too conspicuous, pig Teammate Fuhrman's divine assist, "if it doesn't fit, you mustn't acquit" glove injury, plus some other aspects of the case that they failed to explain clearly: how Simpson killed in a very short time, changed his clothes , clean up blood, etc. The justice of this party was dragged down by the injustice of the LAPD and the procedural injustice in the detection process.
The show clearly pointed out that Simpson is not a good buddy who cares about his black compatriots. He lives in a wealthy white area and is bent on breaking into the white upper class. At first, he was reluctant to play the race card, "I'm not black, I' m OJ!", also said that his success was all his own hard work, and other black brothers just tried to ask him for it. This kind of contradiction is quite interesting - Simpson's black identity is something he wants to lose all the time, but it is also "imposed" on him by others, a life-saving weapon. I can't help you, sir, it's important to save your life. You're black when I need you to be black, mister. But for those who are good at storytelling, our Mr. Jonnie saw a big opportunity, a civil rights game that can carry out a big reveal and a big reshuffle of law enforcement agencies sports. He said that he had been waiting for this moment for a long time, as if it was destined for him to do it. This original intention has to be said to be just, because behind it is the unjust treatment of countless black compatriots. Think of the fuhrman recording, the evil deeds of the power organs embodied in it are outrageous. Cochran doesn't care whether OJ is guilty or not. He doesn't even bother to correct OJ's own "racist" tendencies. He is very frank, facts don't matter, what matters is the narrative. Make up a good story that touches the jury's emotions to form "reasonable doubt." Is he responsible for the case itself? Does he want to find out the real murderer? Nope, but his narrative prevailed, and he used a wrongful case to deliver another level of justice. This "Great Justice", in this case, triumphed over "Little Justice," and the injustice OJ walks free.
Wandering between justice and injustice in pursuit of the best interests, the delicate and complexity of the case exceeds expectations, there must be sacrifice, and both losers and winners are bound to suffer heavy casualties. One thing to mention, Robert Kardashian, he is the only person in the play who considers OJ from a personal perspective and a "human" relationship, and does not raise him to any symbolic level. OJ is there, just real, flesh and blood. Man, the man fell from dear friend to disgust. Robert saw the hypocrisy and evil behind this "person", and he couldn't celebrate with the defense team. His pain was personal.
In this stable triangle, the weakest side is squeezed out, or rather, it has no place in the beginning, and this is well represented by the series, which is female status. Ms. Marcia struggled to find a balance between her family and her career, but no matter what she did, she was not doing well enough. The other males don't have this concern, as family chores don't need them to worry about, (at least that's what the show wants us to see). Marcia has always been criticized in court and on TV. She needs to look at herself, and she will inevitably doubt herself, because female identity and work identity are natural, (hopefully at least natural in the past) irreconcilable. Once a woman is involved in an occasion, there will be another set of additional standards to measure her, sometimes it is not satisfied, and it is not satisfied. Moreover, the hidden domestic violence incident in the Simpson incident was drowned out by a group that needed a voice more urgently. It was not given enough attention and it was not properly resolved.
I remember Ms. Rice, former US Secretary of State, said -- (probably meant that) in American society, it is difficult to be a black person, and it is also difficult to be a woman. If you want to compare which is more difficult, I think it is a woman.
Finally, let's get to the point, Orenthal James Simpson, with an odd nickname, Orange Juice, (even the final verdict readout almost read Orange...). Referred to as Juice--juice. Mr. Juice, a person who has changed his name and surname, a person who is used to being called by a nickname, may have become accustomed to his metaphorical identity from the beginning.
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