Tuesday is the night all Kardashian groupies have been waiting for while watching FX’s The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story: It’s the assembling of Simpson’s “Dream Team” of lawyers — O.J.’s own personal Justice League of America, with a heavy emphasis on David Schwimmer’s Robert Kardashian as its Aquaman. Or maybe he’s its Atom — he ends up looking awfully small.
The opening scene of this week’s third episode shows Kardashian squiring li’l Kim and her siblings to a restaurant where the attorney and close friend of Simpson is asked point-blank by one of his children, “Daddy, do you think O.J. did it?” Schwimmer plays Kardashian’s reaction the way Friends’ Ross might react to an accusation of being unfaithful to Rachel. “No!” he squawks. He repeatedly refers to the accused murderer as “Uncle Juice,” and then delivers a killer speech, rich with irony given the subsequent existence of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, including such pearls of wisdom as, “We are Kardashians. And in this family, being a good person and a loyal friend is more important than being famous… Fame is fleeting and it’s hollow. It means nothing at all without a virtuous heart.”
The content of those words suggests that the late Robert Kardashian was an honorable person and a loyal friend. It’s the guy Kanye West is doubtless saluting when he wears his “In Loving Memory” Yeezy Season 3 T-shirt with the cheesy drawing of Robert. But in the context of The People v. O.J., Kardashian comes across as a soft dupe.
The opening scene of this week’s third episode shows Kardashian squiring li’l Kim and her siblings to a restaurant where the attorney and close friend of Simpson is asked point-blank by one of his children, “Daddy, do you think O.J. did it?” Schwimmer plays Kardashian’s reaction the way Friends’ Ross might react to an accusation of being unfaithful to Rachel. “No!” he squawks. He repeatedly refers to the accused murderer as “Uncle Juice,” and then delivers a killer speech, rich with irony given the subsequent existence of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, including such pearls of wisdom as, “We are Kardashians. And in this family, being a good person and a loyal friend is more important than being famous… Fame is fleeting and it’s hollow. It means nothing at all without a virtuous heart.”
The content of those words suggests that the late Robert Kardashian was an honorable person and a loyal friend. It’s the guy Kanye West is doubtless saluting when he wears his “In Loving Memory” Yeezy Season 3 T-shirt with the cheesy drawing of Robert. But in the context of The People v. O.J., Kardashian comes across as a soft dupe.
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