"brotha i ain't trying to be respectful I'm trying to win"
im out
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TV: American Crime Story - People vs. O.J. Simpson starring Cuba Gooding Jr.
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its much worse for us but I'm seeing its also a poor thing... a white former colleague of mine has been facing criminal charges since 2013 and can't get it to move forward to trial... he posted bail, but can't afford a high end lawyer... the DA claims ongoing investigation, but I've noticed the police just keep messing with him trying to provoke him in some way 2x a month or so since the end of 2014 and floating a news article every 6 months or so
I tend to disagree. Its a television show.. therefore some dramatization is expected. I also see him as even toned and articulate in most scenes.. certainly when addressing the public and during trial prep. Take for instance last nites scene in the conference room when his employee told him Shapiro was in the hall acting like a bitch. Johnnie nonchalantly said "its ok. dont tell me about it. he will come in when he does", and kept it moving. I see more emotion and passion in private moments, and i think thats just human.
Also keep in mind that some dramatization is used to flush out personalities of characters.
I get it & agree for the most part, but it just turns what is one of our most brilliant legal minds & professionals into a caricature. The "nigga please" shit & the "I'm here to win" is make believe bullshit that takes away from the real man. Stereotypical and angles him as a race baiter. I would just rather see him portrayed as the intellectual he was & not the fancy suit wearing, loud mouth they got him. They could've at least put him in his Rolls when they reenacted the pull over!
yeah an LA ADA pushing a Rolls
you're not paying attention - they have Johnnie looking like the lawyer everyone wishes they had
Maybe I'm tripping but I think that's how he's being portrayed or at least that's what I'm getting from it. Like Amajor said, the only time he's out of character is when he's not in the public and so I'm not sure if this is or isn't how Johnny was outside of when he wasn't in front of cameras. Like do we really know how he was in private moments with his wife, etc.? I don't think he's portrayed as a loud mouth here at all.
"Nigga Please"
yeah an LA ADA pushing a Rolls
If it's a lie, he told it straight out of his autobiography.
It's a dog whistle. Everything they've shown of him has been on some race shit. Nothing about actually breaking down the facts of the case. You know white folks created that bullshit "race card" and everything they've given of JC plays into that bullshit narrative. The whole redecoration was bullshit too. JC denied it & Kato said it wasn't like the show had it.
After looking more into it, Robert Shapiro gave Toobin the info to write his book. Considering that I see why they're portraying Johnnie like this, a hater told the story.
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That shit actually happened to me. Not in the same situation but I was 16 or so and in a white neighborhood area like they were police rolled up on me handcuffed me and then got my name and all of that shit.. cac's looking like damn he must be a thug. A couple teachers rolled by and saw me in handcuffs as well.
That shit hit home for real cause that's what really happens.
I feel you. I just don't subscribe to the "race bait" or "race card" schools of thought. They are both misnomers created by racist whites and used in attempts to discredit true instances or race based discrimination. It's bullshit.
Certainly in this case when you consider the case was literally lost because these racist pieces of shit planted evidence .
There was no "race baiting" here brother... Not on the part of black folk.
Courtney B. Vance is murdering this shit.
I thought the line of the night was going to be: "Brother, I ain't trying to be respectful... I'm trying to win."
But it turned out to be: "Nigga please."
He delivered that shit with such disgust.
"Nigga Please"
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"Im not removing those names brother"
Johnnie>>>>>>>>>>
Courtney Vance is killing this shit!
"Somebody got to fall on the sword , today is yo day brotha"
that nigga was soooooooooooo cold
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That was the perfect stamp after he read his ass.
do the look on the sista face when he shat all over chris. she was looking like wooo shit
perfect. will be used when dudes get clowned from now on.
This should be the first reply to every FUCK YOU post.
Thank you sideshow
Thank you
Thank you
Oh, no doubt. I'm saying its pandering to white folks fear & belief that OJ got off for any reason other than the state had a shitty case that the cops fucked up.
I don't believe in that race baiting/race card bullshit. They're just not giving him any credit for actually putting together a real defense. Bob Shapiro bitch ass telling this story & he definitely had an ax to grind.
Yea... i dont give a dam what white folk think my man.. He could be up there speaking the Kings english and praying to a white woman... cac's still gonna discredit the man and call bullshit. Its what they do.
Any retard with a modicum of brain power can see this man is fucking brilliant and the case was lost by dirty cops and outmatched prosecution.
yuuuuuuup
How old was this chris Darden nigga?
He mentioned being in law school in the 70s so I'm guessing early to mid 40s.
This show reminding me why I had doubt he did it back when it happened. Racist ass Furman jumped the fence and planted that shyt. Keeping a vial of blood in his pocket. Little droplets of blood planted here and there when the murder scene is a bloodbath.
Cuba makes a horrible OJ. I guess thats why I wasn't feeling the first few episodes. After catching up, the last two are excellent.
Cuba makes a horrible OJ. I guess thats why I wasn't feeling the first few episodes. After catching up, the last two are excellent.
Wonder what tonight's best line is going be?
I don't think we're going to get "if it doesn't fit, you must acquit" yet. Too soon.
Seems like the less Cuba is in it, the better it gets. Go figure. And he's the only member of the cast that has an Oscar.
I don't think we're going to get "if it doesn't fit, you must acquit" yet. Too soon.
Seems like the less Cuba is in it, the better it gets. Go figure. And he's the only member of the cast that has an Oscar.
Probably will in the second-to-last episode..
I got this episode on record