That is one hell of a good miniseries. The acting is incredible. I feel everything Marcia Clark is feeling, just looking at her eyes. Actually, I am surprised that I am feeling what Johnny Cochran was feeling too. Though in the courtroom he is all about win, win win, the truth is, he was fighting his lifetime (first hand as well) of abuse of black people at the hands of white police. His (the actor playing him) reaction last night to the Fuhrman tapes was sooooo good. All of them were. The whole thing was heartbreaking.
How did Fuhrman become a man of respect ever again? I used to like his books and tv commentary - I’d forgotten how hideous were those tapes.
And Kardashian, a religious man, seeing him in the process of discovering his best friend murdered his other best friend... And another innocent person... And then being stuck defending him. He knew if he left the dream team that itself would convict OJ and that would not be a fair trial. And I watch Friends all the time, and I never think Ross watching Schwimmer as Kardashian. Good job; that is a hard character to burn out. He perfectly shows Kardashian’s quiet torture.
And I had forgotten the conflict with the judge. The star prosecution witness IS ON TAPE CALLING THE JUDGES WIFE HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE THINGS, YEARS EARLIER. Last night I even felt for Ito! What an unbelievable scenario. I think it may have been the trial of the 20th century for real. This movie deserves an Emmy and it will get one.
I agree. But I don’t feel sorry for Ito. He shielded info about his wife for personal reasons. He shouldn’t have been the judge on that case. IIRC, there was a juror named Francine or something, that was booted because someone sent an anonymous note saying she had contacted someone about writing a book about the trial. No evidence, just an anonymous claim. She was booted......and she was the only one that the other jurors felt might vote for guilt. Tha whole thing was a travesty of justice. Yes, the actress playing Marcia Clark is spectacular. The actor playing Darden is just as spectacular....you can feel their emotions with just their facial expressions. I don’t feel sorry for Cochran though. as Shapiro said last night.......we want to get our guy off, not set fire to the whole of Los Angeles’. But Cochran did just that. And the emotions still run high because of it. In the long run, there was no planting of evidence, there was no malfeasance on the part of the criminalists. Cochran, et al, twisted/manipulated every bit of factual info to allow the jury to think it didn’t matter that OJ murdered two innocent people, the LAPD should all be in jail instead. I did/do feel sorry for Kardashian....his look on the actual tape when the verdict was announced says it all. He was a broken man.