Work in Progress: Marcia Clark
Drama Queens
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4.9 • 23.9K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
She became a household name in the 90s as the lead prosecutor in O.J. Simpson's trial, but her career in law was accidental. Marcia Clark initially wanted to be an actress!
Even though the prosecutor, author, and host had different career goals, she admits to Sophia that her interest in criminal law and solving mysteries started at a very young age! She also shares what it was like being in the eye of the storm during the trial of the century, the sexism directed at her, and how she felt when she first heard about the limited series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story.
Plus, Marcia talks about her new podcast, 'Informants: Lawyer X,' which is about a high-profile defense attorney who turned police informer against her own clients, and that is just the tip of the iceberg! 'Informants: Lawyer X' is out now on Wondery+.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, it's Sophia. Welcome to work in progress. Hey, whips smarties, today we are joined by a guest that has me absolutely geeked. I mean someone that I grew up watching on television whose story has now been |
| 0:26.6 | made into an incredible scripted drama who has led the most interesting life. |
| 0:33.5 | And I just can't wait to ask her all of the questions I have. |
| 0:37.8 | Today we are joined by none other than Marsha Clark, |
| 0:42.3 | prosecutor, author, television correspondent, and television producer. |
| 0:46.5 | She is perhaps best known for having been the lead prosecutor in the O.J Simpson |
| 0:50.3 | murder case. And during that case case she was really thrust into what has been |
| 0:56.4 | called the hell of the trial. She was made famous overnight in a way that was |
| 1:01.3 | kind of terrifying and her experience on that |
| 1:05.9 | trial was really a confluence of media and tabloid drama, early disinformation in the media and such incredible sexism, the craziest experiences of the way that a woman could be picked apart, a woman in a position of power in an era that was not |
| 1:24.2 | great for women no less. Everything from her arguing style to her hair, her |
| 1:30.4 | wardrobe, was picked apart on television television the LA Times even described her as resembling |
| 1:36.0 | Sigourney Weaver only more professional and the New York Times retorted that the transformation |
| 1:41.0 | was not entirely seamless. |
| 1:43.2 | Like, what? |
| 1:44.2 | This woman was prosecuting a murder trial. |
| 1:46.8 | It seems so wildly inappropriate today, but this is just a moment ago in our human history. After the trial Clark actually resigned from the |
| 1:55.6 | district attorney's office. She was so disillusioned with the justice system and |
| 1:59.7 | then she and Theresa Carpenter wrote a book about the case called without a doubt. |
| 2:04.8 | Since the trial, Marsha Clark has made numerous appearances on television. |
| 2:09.3 | She's been a special correspondent for entertainment tonight. |
| 2:12.3 | She has provided coverage of high profile trials |
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