Wesley Morris

He could be somebody trying to break into the White House.

He could be somebody trying to break into the White House.

He could be somebody trying to break into the White House.

Anything. I think that his also that kind of does speak in some weird way to what America is. And I know this sounds like cheesy and corny and cheap, but like if you are coming to this country for the first time and you want to you like one of the many things that tells you that you're in the United States of America, it's probably Gene Hackman. Right.

Anything. I think that his also that kind of does speak in some weird way to what America is. And I know this sounds like cheesy and corny and cheap, but like if you are coming to this country for the first time and you want to you like one of the many things that tells you that you're in the United States of America, it's probably Gene Hackman. Right.

Anything. I think that his also that kind of does speak in some weird way to what America is. And I know this sounds like cheesy and corny and cheap, but like if you are coming to this country for the first time and you want to you like one of the many things that tells you that you're in the United States of America, it's probably Gene Hackman. Right.

This is a person who in all of the jobs that he could be doing seems credible in them. He's not conventionally good looking. Like the idea that he and Warren Beatty are supposed to be brothers and Bonnie and Clyde is just one of the most laughable things I've ever seen. Like, yeah, adopted brothers. I don't know. I just it's just it's comical. There is something also like unpredictable about him.

This is a person who in all of the jobs that he could be doing seems credible in them. He's not conventionally good looking. Like the idea that he and Warren Beatty are supposed to be brothers and Bonnie and Clyde is just one of the most laughable things I've ever seen. Like, yeah, adopted brothers. I don't know. I just it's just it's comical. There is something also like unpredictable about him.

This is a person who in all of the jobs that he could be doing seems credible in them. He's not conventionally good looking. Like the idea that he and Warren Beatty are supposed to be brothers and Bonnie and Clyde is just one of the most laughable things I've ever seen. Like, yeah, adopted brothers. I don't know. I just it's just it's comical. There is something also like unpredictable about him.

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.

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.