re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story series long thread

Is this series supposed to be based on fact of just a BS dramatization?

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That Kardashians scene was totally fricking obnoxious. You can refer to the kids, especially in the situation that OJ tries to kill himself in their bedroom. But come the frick on, totally unnecessary in that scene

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I started laughing when they did the cheer. My wife asked my I was laughing and I said this show is saying that the O.J. Bronco chase was the day their reality tv career started.

The Kardashian kids scene from last night almost made me want to quit watching. If the rest of the show wasn't so good I would've turned it off.

Yeah that scene was terrible.

I'm not a personal fan of the Kardashians but they were connected to the story and the OJ case did give rise to reality drama so it's kind of fitting that they are linking the seeds of their reality rise to the OJ case.

Nothing like the brutal murder of your 'bff' according to Kris, to put you in the spotlight....

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The Kardashian kids scene from last night almost made me want to quit watching.

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you mean the 3 seconds where the kids say "look it's daddy on tv"? Umm alright...you almost want to quit watching because of that? Lord I'd hate to watch TV with you.


Anyways...I just got caught up on the first 2 episodes. First, as far as the kardashians are concerned, this is such a non-issue for me. I was juuuuust a bit too young to really remember/process at the time, so even though the names of the major players sound familiar, I'd have no idea who is who just watching this show. I've notcied they make a concerted effort to mention each new "character" by name, which I aboslutely appreciate for people like me who wouldn't know otherwise. Them pointing out that yes, those little kids are who we know now as the kardashians...I guess I just don't see the big deal. You may have females who might not care much at all about the case who may see that scene, put 2 and 2 together, which then creates a spark of interest and makes them want to keep watching. Big deal.


Now for my main question...how much of this is actual true to life? I would imagine that every phone conversation we see is 100% accurate because I assume they are all based on recordings. The TV stuff, obviously true. Some of the actions of the main people I imagine are put together based on evidence and things that were introduced in court.

But what about some of the internal monologues people say when they're by themselves (in the show I mean), or private conversations between OJ and shapiro for example...how much of that stuff is true to what happened vs taking some artistic liberty to help make a good story?

I read an article that the TV scene with the Kardasians didn't happen.

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I didn't mind it up until the second time they should them screaming their name.

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have they?

The first episode was pretty blatant. They mentioned Kris by name, and she specifically calls out kloe and kourtney's names.

In the second episode the only reference I saw (that I recall) was the kids in the living room saying 'look there's daddy on tv' as rob k. was speaking.

Really nothing to complain about. It's not like it's called THE KARDASHIANS askidsandohbtwojsimpsonstuff

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you mean the 3 seconds where the kids say "look it's daddy on tv"? Umm alright...you almost want to quit watching because of that? Lord I'd hate to watch TV with you.

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No I had no problem with that. I had a problem with them showing them a second time and chanting their name for 15-20 seconds. That was obnoxious and unnecessary.