Bruce Lee's daughter slams Quentin Tarantino's portrayal of him 'as a dispensable stereotype'

Shannon Lee the daughter of Bruce Lee has pushed back against filmmaker Quentin Tarantinos recent comments about the late martial artist and actorIn a guest column published by The Hollywood Reporter Shannon responded to Tarantinos comments about her father while he was on The Joe Rogan Experience earlier this weekTarantino was recently asked about the criticism regarding his depiction of Bruce getting easily knocked down by Brad Pitts character Cliff Booth in Once Upon a Time in HollywoodReplying to this the director said I can understand his daughter having a problem with itits her fing father I get that Everybody else go suck a dShannon expressed disappointment about Tarantinos comments saying the director had helped Hollywood in perpetuating her father as a dispensable stereotypeIf only hed take the name Bruce Lee off his lips now she wrote calling Tarantinos depiction of her father in the Oscarwinning film inaccurate and unnecessary to say the leastAbout Tarantinos comment she further stated And while I am grateful that Mr Tarantino has so generously acknowledged to Joe Rogan that I may have my feelings about his portrayal of my father I am also grateful for the opportunity to express this Im really fing tired of white men in Hollywood trying to tell me who Bruce Lee wasIm tired of hearing from white men in Hollywood that he was arrogant and an ahole when they have no idea and cannot fathom what it might have taken to get work in 1960s and 70s Hollywood as a Chinese man with God forbid an accent to try to express an opinion on a set as a perceived foreigner and person of color Shannon continued as she wrote about her fathers early days in HollywoodSaying that she is tired of white men in Hollywood mistaking her fathers confidence passion and skill for hubris Shannon added that they hence found it necessary to marginalize him and his contributionsShe further wrote Im tired of white men in Hollywood finding it too challenging to believe that Bruce Lee might have really been good at what he did and maybe even knew how to do it better than themShannon added And while were at it Im tired of being told that he wasnt American he was born in San Francisco that he wasnt really friends with James Coburn that he wasnt good to stuntmen that he went around challenging people to fight on film sets that my mom said in her book that my father believed he could beat up Muhammad Ali not true that all he wanted was to be famous and so much moreShe noted that she doesnt believe her grievances apply to all white men in Hollywood but that opinions about her father might be colored by personal or cultural bias and that theres a patternSpeaking about Bruces portrayal in the film she wrote Look I understand what Mr Tarantino was trying to do I really do Shannon writes Cliff Booth is such a bada and a killer that he can beat the crap out of Bruce Lee Character development I get it I just think he could have done it so much betterBut instead the scene he created was just an uninteresting teardown of Bruce Lee when it didnt need to be It was white Hollywood treating Bruce Lee as well white Hollywood treated him as a dispensable stereotype she addedShannon who has managed her fathers legacy for 21 years and wrote the book Be Water My Friend about her fathers teachings pointed out that Tarantinos continued attacks mischaracterizations and misrepresentations of a trailblazing and innovative member of our Asian American community are not welcome at a time when Asian Americans are facing increasing racial attacksDuring Tuesdays episode of Joe Rogans podcast Tarantino had said the scene is obvious in its declaration that Cliff tricked the character of Bruce played by Mike Moh Thats how he was able to do it he tricked himTarantino explained the moment is more fleshed out in his new novelization of the film and that Pitts character a stunt double deliberately manipulates Lee in a way that leads to the moment where the character of Bruce careens into a stationary carThe Pulp Fiction filmmaker also spoke about Lees history in the film industry and expressed affection for what he perceived as Bruces disrespect for American stuntmen working on his films Tarantino did not note that Lee was Chinese American and born in San FranciscoHe was always hitting them with his feet its called tagging when you hit a stunt man for real Tarantino told RoganHowever as per Fox News Lees biographer Matthew Polly previously told that Bruce was very famous for being very considerate of the people below him on film sets particularly the stuntmen and with regard to Tarantinos depiction thats just not who Bruce Lee was as a personThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason 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