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scifiseries: Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon She glanced down as they passed several small, barred openings. The corridors and walls had a pristine quality, even more so than the rest of the planet. White coated the floors and the walls, and it looked as if no boot or hand had ever touched them. The Queen even made her prisons look beautiful. How fitting. Sora Trok, a modest spacer, aspires for the simple life of delivering goods in the Nebula, a galaxy ruled by a powerful monarch. But when he finds a group of teenage orphans on the run from the same monarch after a government shake-up, Sora finds that life in the Nebula is far more complicated. Suddenly caught in the middle of a conspiracy, Sora and his crew have to choose who to fight, who to trust, who to love, and who to hate. Even among each other. As each crew member goes on their own journey, enduring an action-packed war for their lives, they discover dark secrets that go far deeper than anything they could have ever imagined. : scifiseries: Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon She glanced down as they passed several small, barred openings. The corridors and walls had a pristine quality, even more so than the rest of the planet. White coated the floors and the walls, and it looked as if no boot or hand had ever touched them. The Queen even made her prisons look beautiful. How fitting. Sora Trok, a modest spacer, aspires for the simple life of delivering goods in the Nebula, a galaxy ruled by a powerful monarch. But when he finds a group of teenage orphans on the run from the same monarch after a government shake-up, Sora finds that life in the Nebula is far more complicated. Suddenly caught in the middle of a conspiracy, Sora and his crew have to choose who to fight, who to trust, who to love, and who to hate. Even among each other. As each crew member goes on their own journey, enduring an action-packed war for their lives, they discover dark secrets that go far deeper than anything they could have ever imagined.

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scifiseries: Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon She glanced down as they passed several small, barred openings. The corridors and walls had a pristine quality, even more so than the rest of the planet. White coated the floors and the walls, and it looked as if no boot or hand had ever touched them. The Queen even made her prisons look beautiful. How fitting. Sora Trok, a modest spacer, aspires for the simple life of delivering goods in the Nebula, a galaxy ruled by a powerful monarch. But when he finds a group of teenage orphans on the run from the same monarch after a government shake-up, Sora finds that life in the Nebula is far more complicated. Suddenly caught in the middle of a conspiracy, Sora and his crew have to choose who to fight, who to trust, who to love, and who to hate. Even among each other. As each crew member goes on their own journey, enduring an action-packed war for their lives, they discover dark secrets that go far deeper than anything they could have ever imagined. : scifiseries: Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon She glanced down as they passed several small, barred openings. The corridors and walls had a pristine quality, even more so than the rest of the planet. White coated the floors and the walls, and it looked as if no boot or hand had ever touched them. The Queen even made her prisons look beautiful. How fitting. Sora Trok, a modest spacer, aspires for the simple life of delivering goods in the Nebula, a galaxy ruled by a powerful monarch. But when he finds a group of teenage orphans on the run from the same monarch after a government shake-up, Sora finds that life in the Nebula is far more complicated. Suddenly caught in the middle of a conspiracy, Sora and his crew have to choose who to fight, who to trust, who to love, and who to hate. Even among each other. As each crew member goes on their own journey, enduring an action-packed war for their lives, they discover dark secrets that go far deeper than anything they could have ever imagined.

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scifiseries: Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon She glanced down as they passed several small, barred openings. The corridors and walls had a pristine quality, even more so than the rest of the planet. White coated the floors and the walls, and it looked as if no boot or hand had ever touched them. The Queen even made her prisons look beautiful. How fitting. Sora Trok, a modest spacer, aspires for the simple life of delivering goods in the Nebula, a galaxy ruled by a powerful monarch. But when he finds a group of teenage orphans on the run from the same monarch after a government shake-up, Sora finds that life in the Nebula is far more complicated. Suddenly caught in the middle of a conspiracy, Sora and his crew have to choose who to fight, who to trust, who to love, and who to hate. Even among each other. As each crew member goes on their own journey, enduring an action-packed war for their lives, they discover dark secrets that go far deeper than anything they could have ever imagined. : scifiseries: Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon She glanced down as they passed several small, barred openings. The corridors and walls had a pristine quality, even more so than the rest of the planet. White coated the floors and the walls, and it looked as if no boot or hand had ever touched them. The Queen even made her prisons look beautiful. How fitting. Sora Trok, a modest spacer, aspires for the simple life of delivering goods in the Nebula, a galaxy ruled by a powerful monarch. But when he finds a group of teenage orphans on the run from the same monarch after a government shake-up, Sora finds that life in the Nebula is far more complicated. Suddenly caught in the middle of a conspiracy, Sora and his crew have to choose who to fight, who to trust, who to love, and who to hate. Even among each other. As each crew member goes on their own journey, enduring an action-packed war for their lives, they discover dark secrets that go far deeper than anything they could have ever imagined.

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phantomemes: startersΒ  /Β  prompts taken from f. d. soul’s work ,Β  between you and these bonesΒ .Β  feel free to change pronounsΒ  /Β  tenses as necessary . β€˜Β  the problem is you keep trying to use your eyesΒ  ’ β€˜Β  how i soften when you pull me against youΒ  ’ β€˜Β  you are teaching me to loveΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i will pretend that i have not already heard the question in your eyesΒ  ’ β€˜Β  you perhaps will become my swan songΒ  ’ β€˜Β  it is a very human thing to loveΒ  ’ β€˜Β  you are my good daysΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i have been loved dearlyΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i promise you will not always be this warΒ  ’ β€˜Β  thank god for the stubbornness of organsΒ  ’ β€˜Β  it takes me seven days to stop being in love with youΒ  ’ β€˜Β  there will always be another dayΒ  ’ β€˜Β  there will always be another mercyΒ  ’ β€˜Β  perhaps i will take up dancing againΒ  ’ β€˜Β  what a pretty little disaster you will beΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i am terrified for youΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i will fold inside of myselfΒ  ’ β€˜Β  today i am thankfulΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i didn’t want to sleep because i didn’t want to wakeΒ  ’ β€˜Β  come and get meΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i tell myself i do not need youΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i think i broke again last nightΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i’m just trying to connect with youΒ  ’ β€˜Β  you are an ocean that will perhaps never stop crashingΒ  ’ β€˜Β  burn the house down in search of yourselfΒ  ’ β€˜Β  don’t you dare ever stop lookingΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i struggle not to feel guiltyΒ  ’ β€˜Β  you are a wildΒ  ,Β  unkempt thingΒ  ’ β€˜Β  sometimes it is a very sad thing to be human and longingΒ  ’ β€˜Β  find that you are made of russian nesting dollsΒ  ’ β€˜Β  the trees are always kindest with spring comesΒ  ’ β€˜Β  teach yourself the hymns againΒ  ’ β€˜Β  he is every amen i have ever laid down on lipsΒ  ’ β€˜Β  this life is an altarΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i am sorry i do not have more timeΒ  ’ β€˜Β  there is a mountain in meΒ  ’ β€˜Β  by the morning i am a triumphΒ  ’ β€˜Β  there are words playing hooky in the back of your throatΒ  ’ β€˜Β  today is by far the most beautiful creature i have ever come acrossΒ  ’ β€˜Β  there are many things that will fit beneath your skinΒ  ’ β€˜Β  forgiveness does not take up much roomΒ  ’ β€˜Β  some days you will breathe and it will be enoughΒ  ’ β€˜Β  you do not have to hold it quite so tightlyΒ  ’ β€˜Β  there is a prayer in meΒ  ,Β  stillΒ  ’ β€˜Β  you scare me a littleΒ  ’ β€˜Β  you can be a good thing and not a whole thingΒ  ’ β€˜Β  there are flowers in my chest againΒ  ’ β€˜Β  the rain comes and sounds like youΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i cannot tell you why i still trust godΒ  ’ β€˜Β  find peace and build a home out of itΒ  ’ β€˜Β  there is never an endΒ  ’ : phantomemes: startersΒ  /Β  prompts taken from f. d. soul’s work ,Β  between you and these bonesΒ .Β  feel free to change pronounsΒ  /Β  tenses as necessary . β€˜Β  the problem is you keep trying to use your eyesΒ  ’ β€˜Β  how i soften when you pull me against youΒ  ’ β€˜Β  you are teaching me to loveΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i will pretend that i have not already heard the question in your eyesΒ  ’ β€˜Β  you perhaps will become my swan songΒ  ’ β€˜Β  it is a very human thing to loveΒ  ’ β€˜Β  you are my good daysΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i have been loved dearlyΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i promise you will not always be this warΒ  ’ β€˜Β  thank god for the stubbornness of organsΒ  ’ β€˜Β  it takes me seven days to stop being in love with youΒ  ’ β€˜Β  there will always be another dayΒ  ’ β€˜Β  there will always be another mercyΒ  ’ β€˜Β  perhaps i will take up dancing againΒ  ’ β€˜Β  what a pretty little disaster you will beΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i am terrified for youΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i will fold inside of myselfΒ  ’ β€˜Β  today i am thankfulΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i didn’t want to sleep because i didn’t want to wakeΒ  ’ β€˜Β  come and get meΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i tell myself i do not need youΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i think i broke again last nightΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i’m just trying to connect with youΒ  ’ β€˜Β  you are an ocean that will perhaps never stop crashingΒ  ’ β€˜Β  burn the house down in search of yourselfΒ  ’ β€˜Β  don’t you dare ever stop lookingΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i struggle not to feel guiltyΒ  ’ β€˜Β  you are a wildΒ  ,Β  unkempt thingΒ  ’ β€˜Β  sometimes it is a very sad thing to be human and longingΒ  ’ β€˜Β  find that you are made of russian nesting dollsΒ  ’ β€˜Β  the trees are always kindest with spring comesΒ  ’ β€˜Β  teach yourself the hymns againΒ  ’ β€˜Β  he is every amen i have ever laid down on lipsΒ  ’ β€˜Β  this life is an altarΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i am sorry i do not have more timeΒ  ’ β€˜Β  there is a mountain in meΒ  ’ β€˜Β  by the morning i am a triumphΒ  ’ β€˜Β  there are words playing hooky in the back of your throatΒ  ’ β€˜Β  today is by far the most beautiful creature i have ever come acrossΒ  ’ β€˜Β  there are many things that will fit beneath your skinΒ  ’ β€˜Β  forgiveness does not take up much roomΒ  ’ β€˜Β  some days you will breathe and it will be enoughΒ  ’ β€˜Β  you do not have to hold it quite so tightlyΒ  ’ β€˜Β  there is a prayer in meΒ  ,Β  stillΒ  ’ β€˜Β  you scare me a littleΒ  ’ β€˜Β  you can be a good thing and not a whole thingΒ  ’ β€˜Β  there are flowers in my chest againΒ  ’ β€˜Β  the rain comes and sounds like youΒ  ’ β€˜Β  i cannot tell you why i still trust godΒ  ’ β€˜Β  find peace and build a home out of itΒ  ’ β€˜Β  there is never an endΒ  ’

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admiralyurii: acquaintedwithrask: stoneandbloodandwater: forthegothicheroine: youkoofthelovespot: jali-jali: charmory: this is the most romantic thing i’ve seen all day No shit. That tom cat was like: β€œThis thorn invested wall means nothing.” β€œI will gladly walk on it a thousand times over, if that means I could be with you, my lady.” and the lady cat was all: β€œMy brave darling.” OOOPS MY HAND SLIPPED!! Suddenly my muse insisted me to draw the personification version of the last pic, and who am I to reject inspiration when it comes so willingly to me? At least this will help with the artblock issue I currently have to deal with. Russian imperial era inspired because hot damn. Note: I tried google reverse image (and other reverse image search engines) those photos and came up with nothing. I wish I knew the original photographer because I want to love hug him/her so hard for capturing such inspiring moments. OMG that’s the cutest thing ever and the best courtly love ah so brilliant. Few romantic heroes could do better. I don’t post cats often butΒ that illustration. that ILLUSTRATION OMG : admiralyurii: acquaintedwithrask: stoneandbloodandwater: forthegothicheroine: youkoofthelovespot: jali-jali: charmory: this is the most romantic thing i’ve seen all day No shit. That tom cat was like: β€œThis thorn invested wall means nothing.” β€œI will gladly walk on it a thousand times over, if that means I could be with you, my lady.” and the lady cat was all: β€œMy brave darling.” OOOPS MY HAND SLIPPED!! Suddenly my muse insisted me to draw the personification version of the last pic, and who am I to reject inspiration when it comes so willingly to me? At least this will help with the artblock issue I currently have to deal with. Russian imperial era inspired because hot damn. Note: I tried google reverse image (and other reverse image search engines) those photos and came up with nothing. I wish I knew the original photographer because I want to love hug him/her so hard for capturing such inspiring moments. OMG that’s the cutest thing ever and the best courtly love ah so brilliant. Few romantic heroes could do better. I don’t post cats often butΒ that illustration. that ILLUSTRATION OMG
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kiittsune: Apparently I’m shippos reincarnation what are you? Yay i’m Sango ^-^: The A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT AGNOS ESULT WHOSE REINCARNATION ARE YOU? you ge lests yo u should A FORTUNE-TELLING GAME FOR ALL INUYASHA FANS! Just answer the questions and you'll find out who you were in a previous life during the Warring 1. You feel something round in your stomach. YES Diagnosis A 2. You like dogs. past and we tes era NO > Go to 2 YES β†’ Go to 4 NO β†’ Go to 3 3. When angry, you never show it on your face. YES> Go to 5 NO β†’ Go to 6 4. You hit first and ask questions later. YES Go to 6 NO β†’ Go to 7 5. You care about your clothes. Diagn YES> Go to 8 NO β†’ Go to 9 INGA OFS 6. You cannot be honest about the opposite sex. YES Go to 11 NO β†’ Go to 9 7. You are overlooked when people are passing out snacks. YES Diagnosis E 8. You like people who have mature personalities. YES Go to 11 NO β†’ Go to 8 YOU CAN NO β†’ Go to 10 SOLVE YOUR dand 9. You are told that you look older than your YES Diagnosis D LOVE WORRIES WITH THIS?! actual NO β†’ Diagnosis F age. 10. Your hair is like soft seaweed. wind and at YES Diagnosis H NO β†’ Diagnosis G 11. It is okay to love two people at the same time. YES Diagnosis B NO β†’ Diagnosis C TRACKED INSURED ENOSIS SULTS Diagnosis A Diagnosis B REINCARNATION OF INUYASHA KAGOME HERSELF r did you get? Your refects your current Au should learn axt and work daily to What are you Just like Inuyasha you get involved in trouble easily. However, if you try hard you will find your true path. Your personality suits a leadership position. doing?! Hurry through the Bone Eater's AAH Well! You have enough spiritual power to survive whatever happens. There is nothing to worry about! Diagnosis D Diagnosis E Χ” hoked in trouble dve enough power to survive whatever happens. There is spiritual easily However i you try hand you will find your true path. Your personality suits a leadership position. nothing to worry about! Diagnosis D REINCARNATION OF MIROKU Diagnosis C Diagnosis E REINCARNATION OF SHIPPO EINGARNATION OF SANGO Whatever world you live in, you You are You are unre- earnest. If you are a girl, you will be a wife markable now but you have the are easy- power to attract others. going. Your luck in love is who takes care of your husband well. If you are a boy, jou will be a good husband. If you find something you are good at, it will help you in life. Many love you, but maybe not the one you love. good. You would make a good teacher or counselor-jobs which require communication skills. Diagnosis H REINCARNATION OF NARAKU Your deep Diagnosis G Diagnosis F REINCARNATION REINCARNATION OF SESSHOMARU INUYASHA QUIZ luck in love is care of your shand well. If you are a boy, l be a good husband. If good. You would make a good teacher or counselor-jobs which require communication skills. power to attract others. Many love you, but maybe not OUR RIES find something you are d at, it will help you in life. the one you love. Diagnosis G REINCARNATION OF SESSHOMARU Diagnosis F Diagnosis H REINCARNATION OF NARAKU LEINCARNATION OF KOGA You should look both you use your talents, you will never have a prob- lem eating. Friends If Your deep feelings are powerful enough to smash rocks, but you should not hold grudges ways before you get on an iron vehi- cle or before Mass you are few, but form deep bonds with them. You should treat them with around you Vou cross roads. Your person- ality is suited to globetrotting jobs. should against people and you not fear failure. You should be honest with people you like. care. ROAD SAFETY PRAYER FOR A GOOD MATCH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT kiittsune: Apparently I’m shippos reincarnation what are you? Yay i’m Sango ^-^

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solacekames: 8:08 AM PDT 8/16/2019 by Kareem Abdul-JabbarThe NBA great and Hollywood Reporter columnist, a friend of the late martial arts star, believes the filmmaker was sloppy, somewhat racist and shirked his responsibility to basic truth in β€˜Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.’Remember that time Dr.β€―Martin Luther King Jr. kidney-punched a waiter for serving soggy croutons in his tomato soup? How about the time the Dalai Lama got wasted and spray-painted β€œKarma Is a Beach” on the Tibetan ambassador’s limo? Probably not, since they never happened. But they could happen if a filmmaker decides to write those scenes into his or her movie. 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.That’s why filmmakers have a responsibility when playing with people’s perceptions of admired historic people to maintain a basic truth about the content of their character. Quentin Tarantino’s portrayal of Bruce Lee in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood does not live up to this standard. 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.This controversy has left me torn. Tarantino is one of my favorite filmmakers because he is so bold, uncompromising and unpredictable. There’s a giddy energy in his movies of someone who loves movies and wants you to love them, too. I attend each Tarantino film as if it were an event, knowing that his distillation of the ’60s and ’70s action movies will be much more entertaining than a simple homage. That’s what makes the Bruce Lee scenes so disappointing, not so much on a factual basis, but as a lapse of cultural awareness.Bruce Lee was my friend and teacher. That doesn’t give him a free pass for how he’s portrayed in movies. But it does give me some insight into the man. I first met Bruce when I was a student at UCLA looking to continue my martial arts studies, which I started in New York City. We quickly developed a friendship as well as a student-teacher relationship. He taught me the discipline and spirituality of martial arts, which was greatly responsible for me being able to play competitively in the NBA for 20 years with very few injuries.During our years of friendship, he spoke passionately about how frustrated he was with the stereotypical representation of Asians in film and TV. The only roles were for inscrutable villains or bowing servants. In Have Gun - Will Travel, Paladin’s faithful Chinese servant goes by the insulting name of β€œHey Boy” (Kam Tong). He was replaced in season four by a female character referred to as β€œHey Girl” (Lisa Lu). Asian men were portrayed as sexless accessories to a scene, while the women were subservient. This was how African-American men and women were generally portrayed until the advent of Sidney Poitier and blaxploitation films. Bruce was dedicated to changing the dismissive image of Asians through his acting, writing and promotion of Jeet Kune Do, his interpretation of martial arts.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.I might even go along with the skewered version of Bruce if that wasn’t the only significant scene with him, if we’d also seen a glimpse of his other traits, of his struggle to be taken seriously in Hollywood. Alas, he was just another Hey Boy prop to the scene. The scene is complicated by being presented as a flashback, but in a way that could suggest the stuntman’s memory is cartoonishly biased in his favor. Equally disturbing is the unresolved shadow that Cliff may have killed his wife with a spear gun because she nagged him. Classic Cliff. Is Cliff more heroic because he also doesn’t put up with outspoken women?I was in public with Bruce several times when some random jerk would loudly challenge Bruce to a fight. He always politely declined and moved on. First rule of Bruce’s fight club was don’t fight β€” unless there is no other option. He felt no need to prove himself. He knew who he was and that the real fight wasn’t on the mat, it was on the screen in creating opportunities for Asians to be seen as more than grinning stereotypes. Unfortunately, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood prefers the good old ways.: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Bruce Lee Was My Friend, and Tarantino's Movie Disrespects Him 8:08 AM PDT 8/16/2019 by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Alamy Stock Photo Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bruce Lee during the filming of 1978's 'Game of Death.' solacekames: 8:08 AM PDT 8/16/2019 by Kareem Abdul-JabbarThe NBA great and Hollywood Reporter columnist, a friend of the late martial arts star, believes the filmmaker was sloppy, somewhat racist and shirked his responsibility to basic truth in β€˜Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.’Remember that time Dr.β€―Martin Luther King Jr. kidney-punched a waiter for serving soggy croutons in his tomato soup? How about the time the Dalai Lama got wasted and spray-painted β€œKarma Is a Beach” on the Tibetan ambassador’s limo? Probably not, since they never happened. But they could happen if a filmmaker decides to write those scenes into his or her movie. 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.That’s why filmmakers have a responsibility when playing with people’s perceptions of admired historic people to maintain a basic truth about the content of their character. Quentin Tarantino’s portrayal of Bruce Lee in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood does not live up to this standard. 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.This controversy has left me torn. Tarantino is one of my favorite filmmakers because he is so bold, uncompromising and unpredictable. There’s a giddy energy in his movies of someone who loves movies and wants you to love them, too. I attend each Tarantino film as if it were an event, knowing that his distillation of the ’60s and ’70s action movies will be much more entertaining than a simple homage. That’s what makes the Bruce Lee scenes so disappointing, not so much on a factual basis, but as a lapse of cultural awareness.Bruce Lee was my friend and teacher. That doesn’t give him a free pass for how he’s portrayed in movies. But it does give me some insight into the man. I first met Bruce when I was a student at UCLA looking to continue my martial arts studies, which I started in New York City. We quickly developed a friendship as well as a student-teacher relationship. He taught me the discipline and spirituality of martial arts, which was greatly responsible for me being able to play competitively in the NBA for 20 years with very few injuries.During our years of friendship, he spoke passionately about how frustrated he was with the stereotypical representation of Asians in film and TV. The only roles were for inscrutable villains or bowing servants. In Have Gun - Will Travel, Paladin’s faithful Chinese servant goes by the insulting name of β€œHey Boy” (Kam Tong). He was replaced in season four by a female character referred to as β€œHey Girl” (Lisa Lu). Asian men were portrayed as sexless accessories to a scene, while the women were subservient. This was how African-American men and women were generally portrayed until the advent of Sidney Poitier and blaxploitation films. Bruce was dedicated to changing the dismissive image of Asians through his acting, writing and promotion of Jeet Kune Do, his interpretation of martial arts.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.I might even go along with the skewered version of Bruce if that wasn’t the only significant scene with him, if we’d also seen a glimpse of his other traits, of his struggle to be taken seriously in Hollywood. Alas, he was just another Hey Boy prop to the scene. The scene is complicated by being presented as a flashback, but in a way that could suggest the stuntman’s memory is cartoonishly biased in his favor. Equally disturbing is the unresolved shadow that Cliff may have killed his wife with a spear gun because she nagged him. Classic Cliff. Is Cliff more heroic because he also doesn’t put up with outspoken women?I was in public with Bruce several times when some random jerk would loudly challenge Bruce to a fight. He always politely declined and moved on. First rule of Bruce’s fight club was don’t fight β€” unless there is no other option. He felt no need to prove himself. He knew who he was and that the real fight wasn’t on the mat, it was on the screen in creating opportunities for Asians to be seen as more than grinning stereotypes. Unfortunately, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood prefers the good old ways.

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