Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Criticizes Bruce Lee's Depiction in Tarantino Film

[ellie_andrews]

I thought you would like to read the article that I wrote for @THR about Quentin Tarantino’s film: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood regarding the films portrayal of Bruce Leehttps://t.co/DDMnR7wdIL
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (@kaj33) August 16, 2019

** feels "torn" about controversy because he is a fan of Tarantino movies. But Lee was his friend and

Comments

[rhapsodeeinblue]

"That’s why it disturbs me that Tarantino chose to portray Bruce in such a one-dimensional way. The John Wayne machismo attitude of Cliff (Brad Pitt), an aging stuntman who defeats the arrogant, uppity Chinese guy harks back to the very stereotypes Bruce was trying to dismantle. Of course the blond, white beefcake American can beat your fancy Asian chopsocky dude because that foreign crap doesn’t fly here."

So true and I'm glad he said it!

[xpirate_queenx]

It's so perfectly put.

[saintclaire87]

IA.

[deadendqueen16]

MTE

[devourlove]

mte, what an amazing takedown

[kobewife1]

mte

[gabzillaz]

His jealousy of asian (and black and latino) men is so blatant

[swissbeauty23]

it was so on the nose and painful

[numbedtoe]

Kareem has such a way with words. i know him more from his writing and acting than his basket ball playing days. i wasn't hatched yet lol. but yeah this was a brilliant take down.

[spread]

Friend, didn't lie!
All facts.

[bellwetherr]

yes!