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Post by fastfreddie on Jun 17, 2016 8:19:26 GMT -5
The producers of ESPN's award-winning "30 for 30" have made it the subject of their first documentary-event and most ambitious project yet. From Peabody and Emmy-award winning director Ezra Edelman, it's "O.J.: Made in America".
Who is watching this?
I've seen the first three parts, it is really good.
A few interesting things from the documentary.....
I did know that Nichole (allegedly) had an affair with Marcus Allen.
OJ watched Nichole have sex with her boyfriend (after OJ and Nichole had separated).
OJ's father was a homosexual.
OJ beat the shit out of Nichole for years. I knew of the one incident on New Years Eve 1988 (which the press portrayed as a drunken argument).
OJ sucked up to white people and didn't really identify as being black, nor did he embrace black culture.
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Post by joeking1978 on Jun 17, 2016 10:03:40 GMT -5
I definitely want to see this
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Post by mtdman on Jun 19, 2016 11:22:19 GMT -5
Kinda burned out on OJ after that first miniseries. I recorded this on the dvr for later watching.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2016 12:16:02 GMT -5
He killed them. *spoiler alert*
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Post by mtdman on Jul 2, 2016 23:48:06 GMT -5
You know, I watched a part of that miniseries. It seems like the overall theme of that show was how OJ was a dick because he didn't want people to see him as being black, and he worked his whole life to be seen as OJ, and not as a black dude. Lots of interviews by OJs friends and other black people talking about how horrible that was. However, he got sponsorships and was making bank as a national spokesperson way before anyone else was doing it, let along a black man doing it. People didn't see him as black, and he didn't see himself that way either.
I thought that was the goal here for everyone? Isn't that the point, that we are supposed to see people for who they are, not the color of their skin? Just because OJ spent a lot of time trying to be a man, not a black man, that's a bad thing? Just because he's not out there with the black power movement, boycotting Olympics, and getting black listed, he's a jerk? That doesn't make sense.
Now, I understand the other side of that argument. He eventually got off because he played the race card at his trial. And Johnny Cochrane played on him being black, got the support of the black community, etc. That's awfully hypocritical, I understand. And I understand the bigger overall point that he spent his life trying to not be seen as black, and staying out of the racial stuff, just to use it to actually get away with murder.
But I thought the whole build up was a bit much. I think what he managed to do in the late 60s and 70s, at a highly charged time with race relations, was incredible. IMO that was something to be proud of, not to be ashamed.
All that being said, it's clear that from the start OJ tried very hard to hide who he really was, and that he had lots of problems internally. You can look at the dude and see that he was more than what appeared on the outside. Creepy dude.
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Post by fastfreddie on Jul 9, 2016 12:40:43 GMT -5
Finally finished the series. It was excellent. A lot of that same shit going on today, as it was 20 years ago.
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