Like a Russian novel where the subtext dwarfed the plot, one could extrapolate highbrow concepts that were only tangentially connected to the case: the economics of justice, the deep-rooted prejudice against interracial relationships, an assertion that the high-profile exoneration of a guilty Black celebrity could serve as symbolic reparation for three hundred years of oppression. Yet there were also embarrassing moments of manufactured theatrics: When the prosecution (stupidly) forced Simpson to try on a glove found at the scene of the murder, Simpson histrionically behaved as if the glove
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