Does OJ Simpson kind of ruin your enjoyment of the movie now

...you're watching an innocent man...

...who, unbeknownst to most of us, regularly beat the crap out of his wife at the time.

As a kid, I loved "The Juice". Once I realized he was a serial wife-beater who finally took it to the next level by murdering Nicole and Ron, he became nothing but another waste of oxygen.

When news of the murders first broke, I remember the bucket of cold water that Keith Olbermann threw on everybody who at one time idolized Simpson, when he said on ESPN something like, "People are shocked that someone about whom they've never heard a bad word could possibly be involved. For me, having covered sports in Los Angeles for 9 years, I personally never heard a GOOD word about the man."

So, yes, for me, his presence does sort of ruin the movie for me whenever he appears on screen. It's very sad, because you immediately realize that Nicole and Ron were still alive at the time and had no idea what was about to happen to them at the hands of this vile waste of organic matter.

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