I was never OJ's closest pal, and the media would say that over and over, but I wasn't his enemy either.
One way of watering down the effects of violence is to approach it in a more lighthearted way. I don't mean to say that you laugh when somebody has their arm sawn off, but you can diffuse fear with humour.
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