I watched The People v. O.J. Simpson and I won't deny it was expertly done as I watched it all in one sitting. In the end though you still get the feeling of having seen a by the numbers TV movie (with the washed up cast) or a Law & Order episode on steroids (including being slanted to the prosecution). Unfair remarks, as the show does an excellent job with its character writing, capturing an era and having the ambition to say some meaningful stuff but at times I was wondering if they didn't miss the forest for the trees sometimes : for instance, media influence is brought up quite a bit however it's not shown how cameras ended up in the courtroom in the first place.
Anyway, nitpicks. Overall an excellent show with great performances (Paulson, B.Vance, K.Brown and I like what Gooding Jr. does with a difficult part despite not looking like OJ), impeccable pacing and certainly more thoughtful than crass even if it doesn't always avoid some dramatization.
