The People v. O.J.
Its also a trickier work, crisscrossing the country and most of the 90s.
IfO.J.was an epic, this is a short-story collection.
Credit: Alexei Hay for EW
Some hit, some miss, all share a heartbreaking theme.
The premiere, directed by Ryan Murphy, doesnt waste time getting to the crime.
Theres a gunshot, then the cameras and a surreal media circus.
Ricky Martin gives a sensitive performance as Versaces partner Antonio DAmico.
Theyre all victims of Cunanan, but theyre also victims of an uncaring world.
In this not-distant-enough past, so much of gay identity was secret identity.
And Cunanans rampage occurred because law enforcement agencies didnt care about gay people.
(And they knew it.)
But theres something flimsy in the foundation.
And the portrait of the Versace family feels respectful to the point of hagiography.
Oddly,Versaceis best when it leaves Versace behind.
