Five episodes, each an hour and a half.
After watching a series of Anglo-American films, the Simpson case was destined to be the focus that I couldn't get around. The purpose of the original viewing was to focus on the trial, watching how the so-called "dream team" exonerated Simpson, and then found that the meaning of this film was much more than educating me about the law.
Racial issues are deeply ingrained in the United States, and this film is a good reflection of the seriousness of the problem at the time and the division between races. The Simpson case is not just a simple criminal case, but a collection of racial issues. As said in the film, if it was Simpson's black wife who died, then he was already in jail. While watching the first two episodes, I also kept playing NWA's infamous single F the Police and MJ's They Don't Care About Us
I asked a law student a few days ago whether he preferred the civil law system or the Anglo-American law system. He told me that he prefers the former because the latter has high requirements on lawyers and juries, and has a strong elite. ideological tendencies. This kind of elitism is well reflected in this case: changing an ordinary person to become the defendant, or changing a team of lawyers, may result in completely opposite results.
Simpson's acquittal, even though in the eyes of many people is a mockery of American justice, in my eyes it is a victory for American justice. When you can't produce absolute evidence, and when there are flaws in the procedure, the exchange may be the innocence of the suspect, even if they do commit a crime. If the rules are so, then follow the rules. Acquit if it doesn't fit.
If the last episode can end with the music of "From the New World" after the verdict is pronounced, it must be a good six-star film. The black people who were revelling at that time must have thought that their New World had arrived - and now, it has not.
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