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Birth of the Dragon: anger over whitewashing of Bruce Lee biopic

posted 8 years ago by The Guardian
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The whitewashing controversy surrounding Birth of a Dragon comes in the wake of a similar backlash to the news that Scarlett Johansson was to take the lead in anime adaptation Ghost in the Shell, while the casting of Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One (a ... read full story on The Guardian

[–] Guitar King (4911) 8 years ago

So, the usual SJW crybullies got this movie buried and the public doesn't get to see this movie to decide for themselves? What kind of Orwellian bullshit is this?

[–] sleepingtiger (712) 7 years ago

Uh,no---the truth is, the movie wasn't considered to be that great, and from what I heard, it was more about some random white guy than it was about Bruce Lee. That was said to be the main problem with it. Basically, it sounds like the filmmakers didn't think Bruce Lee could carry his own story, which was stupid on their part. It has nothing to do with SJWs or whatever, and everything to do with the fact that it was said to not even be that good in the first place. I mean, it was made over a year ago, and still didn't get much promotion.

[–] Guitar King (4911) 7 years ago

Well I just saw it, and it's good. There is already Dragon the Bruce Lee story and this movie avoids being a copy of that.