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Forget Leon—
ardo DiCaprio;
Lily Gladstone
is the one to
watch in Mar-
tin Scorsese’s
“Killers of the
Flower Moon.”
Courtesy photo
Review: The three-and-a-half hour movie flies by
continued from page 17
own, and she ultimately
concludes that the neph-
ew of the independently
wealthy “King” Hale has no
need to chase her for her
money.
Unfortunately for Mo]-
lie, she underestimates the
white man’s greed and the
duplicitousness of the pa-
ternalistic, self—proclaimed
“King of the Osage,” since
we see “King” Hale tak-
ing the time to address
the Osage people in their
language, by their proper
titles, extending a variety of
financial and medical assis—
tance that inevitably turns
out to be hooked bait.
As much as I would have
preferred Gladstone to have
received more of the screen
time set aside for DiCaprio
and De Niro, De Niro does
a better job ofjustifying his
time on screen, as he offers
insidious suggestions to his
more simple-minded neph-
ew, first that Ernest should
court an Osage woman who
would inherit oil rights, and
then that he should see to
her medical care.
Not that this lets Ernest
off the hook for his complic-
ity, because for as much as
he claims to love his wife,
what DiCaprio does very
well is depict the rough—
hewn wheels slowly turning
inside the man’s otherwise
empty head, before be de—
liberately turns a blind eye
to what he himselfis doing,
to the woman he claims to
love.
The wake—up call that
Scorsese is sending to
privileged people, that re—
mains relevant to this day,
is that it doesn’t take much
to cajole ordinary folks into
going along with the power—
ful preyng upon those who
don’t deserve it;
A little acquisitiveness,
some envious resentment
and a repressed insecurity
will go a long way, which is
why Scorsese opens his film
by showing the Osage peo-
ple enjoying their sudden
good fortune, with white
chauffeurs and maids.
Portrayals of Native
Americans enjoying materi-
al success are all too rare in
popular culture, and Scors-
ese makes his point explicit
by also referencing the
“Black Wall Street” mas-
sacre of Tulsa, Oklahoma,
which occurred during this
same period of history, to
illustrate the backlash that.
minority success can incur
from jealous whites.
For all these harrowing
lessons, the three—and-a-
half hours of “Killers of the
Flower Moon” practically
fly by.
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