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re: ESPN 30 for 30: O.J. Made In America

Posted on 6/15/16 at 12:29 am to
Posted by 504Voodoo
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2012
13712 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 12:29 am to
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This thing sounds awesome. Can't wait until it hits Netflix


Dan Lebatard was not lying when he said it is ESPN's greatest work.
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
90090 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 12:39 am to
Not to make light of any of this, but every time they show a picture of Nicole all I can see is 1990s Vanilla Ice. They have the same facial structure. It's remarkable.
Posted by Spinthemusic
Member since Feb 2016
381 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 2:21 am to
Part 4 has close up still photos of all the wounds on both victims around the 1 hr mark.


Posted by undecided
Member since May 2012
15492 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 6:13 am to
Did you finish the series last night?
Posted by BigEdLSU
All around the south
Member since Sep 2010
20292 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 6:16 am to
I stayed up til 2 watching it then woke up at 5 to watch more. This is incredible.
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
32896 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 6:34 am to
so whatever happened on his and Nicoles first date for her to come home with ripped pants..... and she stuck around....
Posted by tigerpimpbot
Chairman of the Pool Board
Member since Nov 2011
68364 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 6:50 am to
He was just exercising his OJ privilege
Posted by PortCityTiger24
Member since Dec 2006
87455 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 6:57 am to
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Just want to say that I think this is best 30 for 30 they have ever done.


I wouldn't compare it to any of the others. Its in a class of its own.
Posted by catholictigerfan
Member since Oct 2009
58808 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 7:15 am to
It has a 95 on metacritic those don't come around to often.
Posted by BCMCubs
Colorado
Member since Nov 2011
22146 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 7:24 am to
How long was each part?
Posted by SDVTiger
Cabo San Lucas
Member since Nov 2011
88188 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 7:34 am to
2hrs with commercials i think

Its quality stuff. Recordings of 911 calls are scary
Posted by BigEdLSU
All around the south
Member since Sep 2010
20292 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 7:52 am to
It's paints a complete picture of the deception that was oj Simpson.

Oj was a make believe character almost, above race, above it all
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
90090 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 8:20 am to
I've watched parts 1 and 2 so far, but so far I'm having a hard time understanding how the black community embraced the OJ verdict the way they did. Up to this point OJ has done all he could do to disassociate himself with that community and their civil rights plight.
Posted by Statsattack
Il
Member since Feb 2013
3915 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 8:23 am to
Only seen 1 n 2. Thought oj dissociated with blacks, but the he was the platform to say the law is against blacks
Posted by BigEdLSU
All around the south
Member since Sep 2010
20292 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 8:24 am to
I've only watched a few minutes of part 3. I watched one and two overnight.

From what I remember, the not guilty verdict was celebrated not because it was justice but because finally it was a public example of a black guy beating the system.

After the bronco chase public perception was that he's black again. Iirc.
Posted by STLhog
Nashville, TN
Member since Jan 2015
18150 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 8:30 am to
Interesting tidbit.

There were 2 white broncos. One was OJs which was impounded with the blood and the one involved in the chase was ACs.

Never knew that but obviously makes sense.

The whole thing is just completely fricked. Doesn't seem like real life and is absolutely fascinating to follow.
Posted by PortCityTiger24
Member since Dec 2006
87455 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 8:34 am to
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I've watched parts 1 and 2 so far, but so far I'm having a hard time understanding how the black community embraced the OJ verdict the way they did.


I think it's pretty obvious how that is being set up. Rodney King got his arse beat...on video... and the cops walked. The Korean woman shot a black teen...on video...and she essentially walked. Not to mention the history of corruption by the LAPD, specifically against black people. Black drug dealers getting 20 years while a non-black murderer gets probation after killing a black girl...


OJ could have been a Klan member and blacks still would have celebrated his not guilty verdict. I could not understand why at the time (I was like 13) but it makes some sense now. I think most blacks today feel like he got away with murder and don't condone what he did, but at the time, in that era, "they" needed to feel like justice applied to them as well. The irony in all of this is that OJ is the worst representative for "them" in so many ways. This documentary has been remarkable.
Posted by BigEdLSU
All around the south
Member since Sep 2010
20292 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 8:39 am to
The trailer was so true.... You are breaking the laws of God.... The world will know everything you've done one day.....

I had NO IDEA it was this deep
Posted by molsusports
Member since Jul 2004
36712 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 8:48 am to
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I think it's pretty obvious how that is being set up. Rodney King got his arse beat...on video... and the cops walked. The Korean woman shot a black teen...on video...and she essentially walked. Not to mention the history of corruption by the LAPD, specifically against black people. Black drug dealers getting 20 years while a non-black murderer gets probation after killing a black girl...


OJ could have been a Klan member and blacks still would have celebrated his not guilty verdict. I could not understand why at the time (I was like 13) but it makes some sense now. I think most blacks today feel like he got away with murder and don't condone what he did, but at the time, in that era, "they" needed to feel like justice applied to them as well. The irony in all of this is that OJ is the worst representative for "them" in so many ways. This documentary has been remarkable.



I think that is most of the story. IMO many blacks who celebrated OJ getting off might have pretended they thought he was innocent but what they really wanted was for white people to feel outraged by a terrible miscarriage of justice so the shoe would be on the other foot.

It is a pretty disgusting reaction in some ways but you can see it from people of all stripes when you push enough of their buttons - people say some wild shite if their sense of justice is wronged.
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
90090 posts
Posted on 6/15/16 at 8:52 am to
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I think most blacks today feel like he got away with murder and don't condone what he did, but at the time, in that era, "they" needed to feel like justice applied to them as well. The irony in all of this is that OJ is the worst representative for "them" in so many ways.


Not to take this thread off the rails, but this is exactly what I've been thinking for two reasons:

1) He's about as white of a man as you'll find and he's a terrible representative of the community.

2) He's guilty. In many ways it reminds me of the cases that BLM hitches their cart to as well. You have legitimate claims of police brutality and prejudice in the judicial system, but your going to use someone like Michael Brown as your example and that just isn't the way to get things done. Celebrating the OJ verdict sets your cause back. Who is willing to be sympathetic to someone who celebrates the release of a murderer? You're doing yourself no favors.

/rant.
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