When I watched the first episode, I suspected that this was not the Simpson case I thought. I spent an hour and a half talking about the birth of this "superhero", and I was a little confused, but after watching it, I realized that from his growth and his experience , The background of the 1960s and 1970s can have a deeper understanding of why a hero can become a devil, and why a jury will be acquitted when the evidence is conclusive, and I feel an unprecedented shock at the end. The arrangement of the five episodes is interlocking. In the first episode, he rose to fame in the USC football team and created a myth; from the end of the first episode to the end of the second episode, the encounter, marriage and conflict with Nicole continued to escalate In the third episode, Nicole was killed, all the evidence pointed to Simpson, causing a huge wave in public opinion, and the strongest arrest was broadcast live; in the fourth episode, the criminal court debated wonderfully, one by one evidence was overturned, and the gold medal lawyers used racism to transfer In the public eye, everything is getting more and more unfavorable for the prosecution; the fifth episode is
acquitted, he has to pay huge compensation in civil court, he is decadent in Florida, and finally jailed for armed robbery.
The vast majority of the whole film is the real video material at that time. These videos are connected together through the stories of different people. The content is amazing and detailed, and the main body of the story is rich, from friends, police, prosecutors, Nicole's sister, Victim Rong's father, prosecution attorney Martha Clark, to Simpson's legal team, the two jurors, the robbery party, etc., all told their opinions. In the criminal court, you will feel that the two sides are more than 20 years later. The face-to-face argument, you will feel pain from the expression of Nicole's sister, and you will be angry at the face and tricks of lawyer Simpson. But have to admit the inclination of the position. In addition, the music in the documentary is used just right, the concert in Los Angeles makes people feel like walking on the cloud, the music during the trial is breathtaking, and listening to the music after watching it makes people feel depressed and suffocated. Simpson, who is in prison at the end of the film Confession "Please remember me as a good guy", the ending song of episode 5 is named after it, and listening to the ending song feels hateful, pathetic, and pathetic.
In the first episode, OJ became famous at a young age on the campus of Southern California, and the record-breaking game went to the end of the home and away games to cheer for Simpson, "Who cares about the outcome of the game, everyone loves OJ", he became history, became the United States The best running back in the history of professional football, everyone is crazy, he has talent, affinity, generosity, smiles, surprises and myths on the field time and time again, everyone in the first episode emphasized "Everybody loved OJ". In the film, his teammates talk about a detail: "After breaking the record, he bought a gold bracelet for everyone on the team. On the bracelet, he didn't write 2003 (his own record), he wrote 3008, because that was The number of rushing yards of the entire team”; after becoming famous, when he saw the younger brother of a friend he never knew at a dinner, he would praise his friend and easily make the friend’s younger brother the center of attention at the dinner; he would stay He spent a long time at the venue to meet every request for signatures, often for a few hours... Seeing his carefulness, generosity, and kindness reflected in every little thing, I almost thought he was really an American at that time. So for such a perfect person.
Behind the perfection is a huge competitive spirit, a psychology of seeking approval, and his fame (at least in my opinion) depends to a large extent on this psychology. A motive is precisely to satisfy this kind of psychology of oneself. He completely erased the color factor from his life, joined the white society, lived in the rich white area, and surrounded by cheers, he was self-centered, lost himself, and saw himself as the difference between white and black. Existence -
"I'm not black, I'm OJ"
Because of this, white people not only accepted him, they even embraced him. In the 1970s, when there were frequent racial struggles in the world outside, Simpson walked to the heights of his life step by step in his own stadium, cheering, "Help this OJ become a non-white and non-black OJ, it's really a struggle of millions of black groups, they Sacrifice, they paid, they set the stage for OJ, and OJ's words were 'Okay, maybe the revolution hasn't made it, but I made it'". The formation of a person's worldview is often influenced by the people in his life, the psychological impact of his parents' divorce, his father's domestic violence, and his determination to escape from such a bad life. After becoming famous, the aura he was in made him refuse to be real, and he refused to admit that every morning There is a black man in the mirror, but no matter how much honor and achievement you get, no matter how close you are to white life, and how many people you love, look in the mirror the next morning, "there will always be a black man with a face, always a black man. in this way".
The second episode is more touching from Nicole's point of view. At the end of the first episode, the two fell in love at first sight. The moment Simpson saw Nicole, he said "I want to marry this girl". The soundtrack of the story is very beautiful, but this is not a Mary Sue love story... The ending of the story is heartbreaking. Few people will have a sudden change in character and temperament at a certain stage, because a person's characteristics are formed from childhood to adulthood and then formed under the influence of various environments, characters and experiences. The psychological distortion was planted in the same year, but he refused. To be true, to package myself as a perfect OJ, but the packaging not only deceived others, but also deceived myself, after all, I didn't know when I lost myself, and the distorted seeds began to sprout. The marriage with Nicole is another side of him exposed. He is very possessive and self-centered. From what he has done, Nicole has become a personal item, not his life partner. Nicole Everything is under his control and he has to endure domestic violence. Even his hairstyle and clothing cannot be changed, because this is also part of his packaging. However, from the stories of Nicole's friends, you will find that she is a person who yearns for freedom in her bones and will not allow herself to be manipulated. She gave up her dreams and career for the sake of her family. The only reason why she is still "Mrs. Simpson" It was her two children who struggled repeatedly between freedom and their children, and finally chose to divorce. The scary thing is that the divorce did not bring her the freedom she expected. She lived under Simpson's invisible surveillance, and her social interaction caused Simpson's anger... Later, in the face of Simpson's apology and change, she risked everything and returned home. , but met with a fatal tragedy...
In the third episode, the arrest of Simpson was broadcast nationwide, and the scene was shocking. But the onlookers are chanting "Free OJ, for white people, the beautiful image Simpson left to the audience is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It is difficult for people to imagine that such a perfect hero who is enthusiastic about public welfare, kind and generous will become a murderer. For black people, they can experience Too many innocent black people have been convicted, and now it is another murder case, and the suspect points to a black man, even though he is a black and white Simpson. The means of revenge for the innocent compatriots, and will naturally insist on Simpson's innocence. In the second episode, the three incidents of the Korean aunt shooting a black girl and the police beating a black driver were confusing at the time, and they didn't understand them at first. What role does the plot play here in pushing the event forward, but after watching the third season, I finally feel its boost to the psychology of black people. They can no longer let their compatriots be hurt by white people. It can be said that this group is no longer concerned about the case. The truth is that they have to fight and avenge it.
The group that Simpson wanted to escape gave him the most solid support in his life and death as he fell into the abyss. "Maybe you live in a mansion in Beverly Hills, Maybe I live underground in the poor street of Watts, but we are always connected by blood. "
In the fourth episode, in addition to the well-known evidence, in order to impress the overwhelmingly black jury in a favorable light, the Simpson lawyer team replaced the picture of the room with whites with blacks before the jurors felt the Simpson's house, and the police were played like this It was extremely angry between the palms of the hands. Another shocking thing was that Simpson couldn't wear the gloves on the scene because the frozen shoulder medication was stopped two weeks in advance, and the pain and swelling of his hands made the gloves unable to fit. Really an actor, both in the film and in court. The scary thing is that when things have progressed to this point, the focus of public attention has never been how the victims Nicole and Rong are, but whether Simpson is the murderer. Under the intentional guidance of Simpson's lawyer, people will no longer pay attention to the truth of the case at all, and it will be upgraded to war between races. The closing statement, how Martha Clarke persuaded everyone to look at each piece of evidence rationally is powerless, and lawyer Simpson's analogy of Police Officer Foreman to the racially discriminatory Hitler is again absurd and highly inflammatory to mobilize people's sensibilities judge.
Plus, it led to Foreman, despite his disgraced reputation and the end of his career, "For you, that's a record, for me, that's the end of a life." Suddenly, the prosecutor's case against Simpson, changed became a trial for the city of Los Angeles."
The Simpson case isn't just a trial of the century, it's much more than the case itself. It's the world-famous superstar accused of being a brutal murderer; it's a husband who ruthlessly murders a loved one he once was; it's the headline news that the media and television scramble to cover and time moves; it's the public's trust in the entire Los Angeles police force The test of degree; it is the confrontation of two races; it is the release of the injustice that blacks have repressed for a long time since the affirmative action of the 60th century, and the vengeance of getting an unjust result that is satisfied with itself.
In the fifth episode, after half a year's trial, the jury got the result quickly after a few hours, and he was not guilty. This is the historical and true appearance of a black man who was acquitted. Countless poor black people put their chips here, but it was only a victory for a rich man named Simpson. He wanted to go back to his old life, but he could never go back. He made it into the white world because he looked like a white man in everything, but in court he turned black again, got off the racial card, and at this point he can no longer live like it never happened. Neighbors accuse him of being a murderer, and he still tries his best to be the charming Simpson, but his life has never been as peaceful as it once was. The huge compensation in the civil court brought him back to Florida, and his property was sold and stolen. He was still Simpson, who was himself at the center, and he still had super infectious and delusional power, but he kept falling, completely degraded to the dark side, until the abyss. I no longer care about any ethics and moral bottom line, rely on drugs and alcohol to relieve pain, and still try to control everything, whether it is personal property or interpersonal relationships, and it will be completely transformed into rivers and lakes.
So I still believe that he is on the edge of the law all day long, and that Simpson's dark side has been fully exposed, and it is inevitable that he will be imprisoned again, but this time he was deliberately used.
OJ - Made in USA. Formed in racial torrents, made famous in social frenzy, escaped in procedural justice and racism, and went to jail after falling into the abyss. He became famous because of OJ's fame after trying to put aside race; his victory in court was a victory obtained by the entire race with its own chips (black people pursued the victory of race, never thought that the truth was OJ's own victory); borrowed the film "This time, he fell from a height, not all black people, but OJ's."
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