Orenthal James Simpson has died.

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https://apnews.com/article/oj-simpso...034c380157cac9


Can't recommend O.J.: Made in America enough.

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[Master Live 013]

To this day, the fact that OJ wrote a book entitled "If I Did It", about how he would have murdered Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman if in fact he had done so is still one of the most jaw-dropping things I have ever seen. It is, sadly, one of the things that informs (among many other things of course) my outlook on life regarding what people are capable of when they have no shame and/or remorse.

[Blzer]

My first reaction:

I didn't know his name was Orenthal.

[Madden08PCgmr]

I can't imagine what that murder trial would have looked like in this day and age.

With social media vitriol everywhere, and the way the media is so divided and decisive.

[Ghost Of The Year]

Wonder if he left a confession somewhere. If not, I guess his search for the real killer is dead as well. Thurman Thomas is one of my all-time favorites but I sometimes wonder how those 90's Bills would have fared with OJ Prime. Maybe they could have been the NFL's only 4-peat instead of losing four in a row.

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What breaks my heart is knowing OJ died without bringing the real killer to justice.

[DrJones]

Quote: Originally Posted by Madden08PCgmr

I can't imagine what that murder trial would have looked like in this day and age. With social media vitriol everywhere, and the way the media is so divided and decisive.

Even though the OJ saga was one of the key events that led to the current media environment, I actually don't think it would be quite as big a deal today as it was in the mid-90s. Monoculture still ruled back then, whereas now crazy scandals come and go on an almost daily basis. It would be huge, of course, and would produce a billion tweets, Reddit posts, memes, etc., but I don't think today's media (or today's average viewer/media consumer) have the attention span they once had.

[Ghost Of The Year]

Quote: Originally Posted by DrJones

Even though the OJ saga was one of the key events that led to the current media environment, I actually don't think it would be quite as big a deal today as it was in the mid-90s. Monoculture still ruled back then, whereas now crazy scandals come and go on an almost daily basis. It would be huge, of course, and would produce a billion tweets, Reddit posts, memes, etc., but I don't think today's media (or today's average viewer/media consumer) have the attention span they once had.

Yeah. If Andy Warhol were alive today he would be talking about how everyone will be famous for 15 seconds. If OJ had passed away in 2000, his funeral would have been huge. Today its just another paragraph in the obits like any other.