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The People v OJ Simpson

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EnthusiasmDisturbed · 15/02/2016 21:19

Anyone else watching ?

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Destinysdaughter · 15/02/2016 21:21

Ooh was just looking to see if there was a thread on this! Should be interesting...

Destinysdaughter · 15/02/2016 21:23

So hard to see David Schwimmer as anything other than Ross tho!

whitershadeofpale · 15/02/2016 21:25

I watched it yesterday online. It was quite good except John Travolta really hams it up.

megletthesecond · 15/02/2016 21:29

Watching. Making me feel very old because I was an adult when it happened in the 90's .

gooseberryroolz · 15/02/2016 21:30

Just about to start on live pause. I do not have very high hopes TBH.

TooAswellAlso · 15/02/2016 21:32

It's meh.

Though I did have a bit of a moment when Ross came opposite seafood platter guy.

Pipbin · 15/02/2016 21:33

What the fuck happened to Travolta? Was he in a fire?

Pipbin · 15/02/2016 21:34

Making me feel very old because I was an adult when it happened in the 90's

I was late for work because I was watching the verdict.

Destinysdaughter · 15/02/2016 21:34

John Travolta looks weird!

ineedaholidaynow · 15/02/2016 21:35

Enjoying it so far

TooAswellAlso · 15/02/2016 21:36

Travolta doesn't even look like himself

Cocolepew · 15/02/2016 21:44

I'm enjoying it too

Pipbin · 15/02/2016 21:51

Travolta doesn't even look like himself

He looks like there was a fire at Madam Tussaud's and they patched him up with Schwarzenegger by mistake.

ineedaholidaynow · 15/02/2016 21:54

Why didn't they just go and arrest him?

Destinysdaughter · 15/02/2016 21:57

Oh no! Is that it?

Angeladelight · 15/02/2016 21:57

Is it on UK TV yet?

gooseberryroolz · 15/02/2016 21:58

BBC2 Just finishing now.

Geepee71 · 15/02/2016 21:59

What have in just watched? That can't be true representation?
And John travolta......... Wtaf?

kaymondo · 15/02/2016 22:01

If it is a fairly accurate presentation then how the hell he got off is beyond me - even with the political climate at the time.

Cocolepew · 15/02/2016 22:02

Well he has the eyebrows right.

The People v OJ Simpson
Follyfoot · 15/02/2016 22:03

Followed the trial live on TV at the time, and it was such a travesty of justice that I cant bear to watch him get away with it all over again. The poor Brown and Goldman families Sad

MadSprocker · 15/02/2016 22:08

Was reading an article about this earlier, and pretty much true representation of events.

Follyfoot · 15/02/2016 22:09

Off the top of my head, he got away with it due to:

The best team of lawyers money could buy who created so much doubt around the prosecution case.

Poor techniques by the forensic team during the blood sample collection

One of the detectives (Mark Fuhrman) was recorded using a racist word so his vital evidence was discredited.

The 'glove doesnt fit' moment which sealed his acquittal.

theliverpoolone · 15/02/2016 22:09

So, if someone who vaguely resembles John Travolta, and David Schwimmer, are his defence team it certainly was a travesty he got off - they were like Laurel and Hardy, they were so inept in tonight's episode!

TooAswellAlso · 15/02/2016 22:09

How the fuck did he get Away with it? Did they bribe or pay?

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