I'm probably like every other American, and regrets the fact that he knows exactly where he was when "the verdict" was read. So why view this documentary eight years after the fact? Because that's the time it took us to resonate the "truth" that had there been no O.J. Simpson, there would have been no sense of inequality (nor groans for equality) between black and white Americans. That's right: there was no Civil Rights Movement, there was no Martin Luther King Jr., there was no Rosa Parks. No, there is "black," and there is "white," and there is "O.J.," because the Juice is a part of that equation. Are you offended by this proposition? Perhaps you are, but you needn't be, because of all the names listed above, only O.J. Simpson's story unfolded (and, in many persons' views, also unraveled) on National Television - from appearances on the college field, to commercials, to cameos on TV shows like "Dragnet," to tiny little criminal trials that might have *seemed* like a good idea to get regular civilians interested in how law operates in this country. All the talking heads agree (although none actually say it), we have race relations only because it was good for Simpson's career, and he knew how to use the camera (even in his clumsier "Naked Gun" roles, which, conspicuously, are not mentioned in this hour-long expose).
