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

[bohemiancouture]

Can I 100% get what he's saying but also think that it's just a movie and it's fiction? The whole story is kind of ridiculous. It's not real life and sometimes I wish people would just leave it at that. I tried not to read too much into it as a historical reference or whatever.

[fabulousdoll]

his own words: "And, even though we know the movie is fiction, those scenes will live on in our shared cultural conscience as impressions of those real people, thereby corrupting our memory of them built on their real-life actions"

[zharia]

"Of course, Tarantino has the artistic right to portray Bruce any way he wants. But to do so in such a sloppy and somewhat racist way is a failure both as an artist and as a human being."

[josiefier]

This is kind of where I'm at. The last scene alone proves how much of the movie is fantasy.

[zharia]

ah yes, fantasy and fiction could not possibly be racist.

[devourlove]

didn't you know? no one is EVER influenced by what they see in the media, never ever

[gumby]

"And, even though we know the movie is fiction, those scenes will live on in our shared cultural conscience as impressions of those real people, thereby corrupting our memory of them built on their real-life actions"

[thesugarman]

That would be an acceptable reasoning if Tarantino hadn't tried to defend his portrayal of Bruce Lee as a pompous asshole by saying it was totally realistic (based on a quote he misattributed to Lee and an anecdote he completely misunderstood).

[ellie_andrews]

that is addressed in the second bullet point, sis lol

[backrolls]

this is just intellectually lazy

[yeezus_christ]

yet again, #ontddoesntread

[nene718]

oh ppl are still using the "it's just a movie" argument as if we don't already know media both reflects and shapes societal attitudes...

[icedevil0289]

mte

[sluttyroyals]

Yep

[jellycar]

right? I enjoyed the movie and tarantinos other work but this is exactly mte

[devourlove]

ikr?? astounding