THE 10 BEST SHOWS
by DANIEL D’ADDARIO
Dec 19, 2016
3 minutes
1. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, FX
This majestic dramatization of O.J. Simpson’s 1995 murder trial made complex arguments about gender, race, class and celebrity with unparalleled confidence. The 10-episode miniseries was fair to its characters: all of them, from Simpson (Cuba Gooding Jr.) to widely mocked defender Johnnie Cochran (Courtney B. Vance) to hated prosecutor Marcia Clark (Sarah Paulson), get their humanity back. But it’s relentless in showing their complicity in a system that, on many levels, failed to deliver justice. It’s hard
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