![]() True or False: Darden broke down in tears during his after-verdict press conference. True or False: The verdict was streamed live in Times Square. So no, we never wondered if Marcia and Chris would come out on top, but it’s important to remember they once did.įor this final, reflective, what-might-have-been fact check, we’re honing in on those moments that made “The Verdict.” Where did all those bodyguards come from? Did Darden really break down crying? Does O.J. Everyone on the show felt human-on either side. has been successful in one way, and maybe in the most important way. This isn’t to say the facts don’t matter (we’re about to check em!) but that to take the season as a whole, The People v. What true crime does, and does well, is build empathy-out of Marcia’s struggles, Johnnie’s frustrations, Fred Goldman’s grief and O.J.’s turmoil are infinitely better suited to screen-time dramatization than archived transcription. ![]() And it especially doesn’t in a case like O.J.’s. The suspense of an inspired-by-real-events courtroom drama doesn’t come from the verdict. It’s also one American Crime Story has been asking all season. “Marcia, what if we won?” It’s a question Darden asks in the finale of American Crime Story that lingers on, briefly, in a tender scene just before they learns their fate.
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