Who is 2018's O.J.?
my granddaughter is in high school and recently has been watching The People vs. O.j. Simpson on netflix. She's become fascinated with the story and since i lived through it, has been asking me a lot of questions. the other day she came up with a good one: if it happened today, who would be the equivalent of O.J.? as in what famous person today closely matches up to the status O.J. had at the time of his infamy?
she mentioned Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan, but I said they're too famous to be compared to O.J. at that time. We threw around a bunch of names and i finally settled on Charles Barkley.
-- former athlete who was a star
-- lots of exposure on tv
-- has made appearances in movies and tv shows
the big difference, i said, is barkley is more controversial than o.j. was (before the murders, of course).
who would be your pick?
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