News24 | Trial by Media: Opera about Oscar Pistorius court case is as weird as it sounds

News24 | Trial by Media: Opera about Oscar Pistorius court case is as weird as it sounds

Joel Ontong

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As a crowd was waiting at the Artscape to watch the premiere of Conrad Asman’s opera about Oscar Pistorius, Trial by Media, news broke OJ Simpson had died.

It was a weirdly poetic moment, since their stories have so much in common – both were revered athletes involved in highly covered court cases concerning the killing of their partners.

Pistorius’ downfall is well documented, and his courtroom saga still makes headlines.

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