The new film Licorice Pizza has been met with a barrage of criticism since its wide release on Saturday, with many people taking to Twitter to express their displeasure with scenes depicting racist behavior toward Asian people and a storyline involving a 25-year-old woman in an implied romance with a 15-year-old boy.
- Gary (played by Cooper Hoffman), a 15-year-old character, is enamored with and tries to seek a relationship with Alana (played by Alana Haim), a 25-year-old nature. She reveals her breasts to him.
- It’s a racial satire and grooming film.’
- Please excuse me, but how did Licorice Pizza get the pass?
- Many moviegoers have been scathing the film on Twitter in recent days.
- Is it possible that the Japanese language is being mocked? Last Monday, the Media Action Network for Asian Americans released a letter to Rafu Shimpo.
- ‘Anderson defended the Higgins scene, claiming that the behavior shown in the film was accurate for the period. ‘
- “This picture doesn’t have a single provocative bone in its body,” director Paul Thomas Anderson stated.
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- 1 The film had a limited release last month before hitting theatres for the holidays, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, 51:
- 2 In recent days, many moviegoers have been critical of the picture on Twitter.
- 3 One user stated that they left the theatre due to the difficulties as mentioned above:
- 4 In an interview with The New York Times last month, Anderson addressed both topics, stating, “There isn’t a provocative bone in this film’s body:”
The film had a limited release last month before hitting theatres for the holidays, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, 51:
Gary (played by Cooper Hoffman), a 15-year-old character, is enamored with and tries to seek a relationship with Alana (played by Alana Haim), a 25-year-old nature, with one scene in which she reveals her breasts to him.
‘I’m sad she was 25, and he was 15,’ one person remarked, adding that the clip made them ‘uncomfortable.’ It’s revolting.’
One commenter said, ‘Watching a movie where a 15-year-old guy is enamored with a 25-year-old lady is odd. One individual said, ‘I’m sorry, but how did Licorice Pizza get the pass?’ It’s a racial satire and grooming film. Alana Haim is 30 years old, and Conner Hoffman was a teen when the movie was made.’
In a scene in which Jerry they made the movie Higgins), a white restaurateur has two Japanese-American wives and speaks to them in an exaggerated accent.
In recent days, many moviegoers have been critical of the picture on Twitter.
‘I like Licorice Pizza,’ said Manori Ravindran, Variety’s foreign editor. ‘John Michael Higgins’ weird anti-Japanese racist gibberish is the only thing that perplexes me.’ ‘PTA insists he doesn’t want to make a historical picture set in 2021, but it’s disconcerting and insulting.’
One user stated that they left the theatre due to the difficulties as mentioned above:
‘I had to leave the cinema an hour into Licorice Pizza due to how bizarre and racist it is,’ the user stated. ‘ Is there a connection between a 25-year-old lady and a 15-year-old kid in which she displays her breasts at him? Is the Japanese language being mocked?
On Monday, the Media Action Network for Asian Americans sent a letter to the Rafu Shimpo Los Angeles Japanese Daily News, demanding that the film be withdrawn from award consideration ‘due to the film’s casual bigotry.’
In an interview with The New York Times last month, Anderson addressed both topics, stating, “There isn’t a provocative bone in this film’s body:”
‘There’s no boundary that’s crossed, and there’s nothing but the proper intentions,’ Anderson stated when asked about the age disparity between Alana and Gary’s characters.
‘That would surprise me if there were a kerfuffle about it since there isn’t that much there,’ he continued. That is not, in any way, the tale we created.’
Anderson defended the Higgins scene, claiming that the behavior shown in the Licorice Pizza was accurate for the period. ‘I think telling a period picture through the perspective of 2021 would be a mistake,’ he remarked. ‘You can’t have a crystal ball; you have to tell the time the way it is.’
By the way, it isn’t to say it wouldn’t happen right now. Because my mother-in-law is Japanese and my father-in-law is Caucasian, I regularly hear Japanese accented English spoken to her. They’re probably completely unaware of what they’re doing.’
“This Licorice Pizza hasn’t got a provocative bone in its body,” director Paul Thomas Anderson stated. He was spotted in Los Angeles in 2018.
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