On the surface, there are plenty of connections to draw between “O.J.: Made in America” and “The Last Dance.” Both have, at their center, athletes who came to be globally recognized superstars who each had their own challenges dealing with their separate fames.
Both have become mammoth ESPN-aired deep dives, each illustrating different areas of life in the 1990s and the factors inside and out of the sports world that helped shape them.Both also feature the pivotal work of archival producer Nina Krstic, who was just a few months removed from finishing her central work on “O.J.: Made in America” when “Last Dance” director Jason Hehir asked her to join another gargantuan documentary series effort.“I think my only reluctance was, ‘Am I really ready to jump into another multi-hour series?’ But I started reading, I started watching, and the more I talked to Jason, the more I just felt his excitement,
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