Revisiting the case after two decades is vital for what it says approximately all of us and our culpability in creating a celebrity-driven culture – and an American dream shot through with racial resentmentsComparing The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story to American Horror Story is sort of like comparing Beethoven’s fifth symphony to those Beethoven movies approximately an affectionate St Bernard. American Crime Story,which debuts on FX on Tuesday 2 February at 10pm EST on FX (and comes to BBC2 later this month), is a wonderfully acted, and 10-episode treatise on race,celebrity and justice that is based in fact. American Horror Story is a paean to the supernatural whose greatest purpose is letting washed-up actors and pop stars chew the scenery on the way to winning awards. Really, the only two things the shows acquire in common are having the words “American” and “Story” in their titles. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com