Wesley Morris

And it isn't so much that, you know, I think about him in the French connection. Right. One of the, if you think of, if you diagram the psyche of, you've diagrammed that sentence psychologically, this is like a terrible human being. He's a racist, like racist cop in New York City, shaking down people in bars just for kicks, basically.

And it isn't so much that, you know, I think about him in the French connection. Right. One of the, if you think of, if you diagram the psyche of, you've diagrammed that sentence psychologically, this is like a terrible human being. He's a racist, like racist cop in New York City, shaking down people in bars just for kicks, basically.

Yeah, but you know, Popeye Doyle never had an Eddie Murphy to come and give one of the great rebuttals to the racism in the movies, right? Yeah. Or like to anybody's racism in the movies. Popeye Doyle stands as a singular character Because he's never brought in to heal. Nobody ever wags their finger in his face in a way that means anything.

Yeah, but you know, Popeye Doyle never had an Eddie Murphy to come and give one of the great rebuttals to the racism in the movies, right? Yeah. Or like to anybody's racism in the movies. Popeye Doyle stands as a singular character Because he's never brought in to heal. Nobody ever wags their finger in his face in a way that means anything.

Yeah, but you know, Popeye Doyle never had an Eddie Murphy to come and give one of the great rebuttals to the racism in the movies, right? Yeah. Or like to anybody's racism in the movies. Popeye Doyle stands as a singular character Because he's never brought in to heal. Nobody ever wags their finger in his face in a way that means anything.

Because ultimately, he's looking for what a moviegoer will recognize as a kind of narrative justice. He's trying to solve this mystery. And the command, the, like, easy, like, kind of sexy command that he has in those bar, in those shakedown scenes, you know, he just, it's just a great, dirty, filthy character. Yeah. And the character works because he's got swag, you know?

Because ultimately, he's looking for what a moviegoer will recognize as a kind of narrative justice. He's trying to solve this mystery. And the command, the, like, easy, like, kind of sexy command that he has in those bar, in those shakedown scenes, you know, he just, it's just a great, dirty, filthy character. Yeah. And the character works because he's got swag, you know?

Because ultimately, he's looking for what a moviegoer will recognize as a kind of narrative justice. He's trying to solve this mystery. And the command, the, like, easy, like, kind of sexy command that he has in those bar, in those shakedown scenes, you know, he just, it's just a great, dirty, filthy character. Yeah. And the character works because he's got swag, you know?

Right.

Right.

Right.

And he didn't, he could turn that on and he could turn it off, but you really...

And he didn't, he could turn that on and he could turn it off, but you really...

And he didn't, he could turn that on and he could turn it off, but you really...

This is a great point.

This is a great point.

This is a great point.

Can I tell you how many years I thought that Tom Hagen was played by Gene Hackman? Right. I sometimes have to remind myself that Robert Duvall is not Gene Hackman in that movie.

Can I tell you how many years I thought that Tom Hagen was played by Gene Hackman? Right. I sometimes have to remind myself that Robert Duvall is not Gene Hackman in that movie.

Can I tell you how many years I thought that Tom Hagen was played by Gene Hackman? Right. I sometimes have to remind myself that Robert Duvall is not Gene Hackman in that movie.