The People vs. O.J. Simpson

What an outstanding series. I'm sad it's over. And the verdict is just as infuriating two decades later.

I see a lot of Emmys coming its way. Other than Travolta's caricature of Shapiro, everyone was outstanding, especially Sarah Paulsen.

I was happy to see the actress playing Kim Goldman finally got a line. All we had seen was her about to cry or crying.

The montage at the end showed how much the actors were made to look like the people they were portraying.

Kudos all around for an excellent series.

 

It was really well done. Loved Sarah Paulsen. She had some of the best lines of the show.

For the most part, I thought they played it pretty straight in terms of not taking sides.

 

Good article about the series

10 highlights from 'The People vs. O.J. Simpson'

 

Loved the line from Darden to Cochran that OJ is the first black guy who ever got off for being black. Spot on.

 

A wonderful series, especially as I knew the ending and a lot of the back story.

Have an acquaintance who landed his first major role for this as part of the prosecution. Non-speaking but he was in 5 or 6 of the episodes in the first row behind the defense during the courtroom scenes. I hope that his being able to watch Vance, Lane, Travolta and the others work at their craft also helps with his growth.

 

I expected to hate the series.

Absolutely loved it. Sad it's over. I even grew to not hate Travolta's performance by the end.

 

Ha! Surely you mean Fred Goldman. Made the same mistake here and felt it was my duty to call you out.

 

Nathan Lane probably deserves more praise. I think I've mostly seen him playing stereotypically flamboyant characters and his F. Lee Bailey was far from that.

 

Been there, dude!

 

I expected Paulsen and Vance to be great, but Sterling K. Brown (Darden) and Schwimmer were revelations. Schwimmer actually showed some good dramatic chops in the latter episodes.