That controversy has been multi-pronged, encompassing the film’s portrayal of Bruce Lee, the lack of dialogue given to Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate and, most importantly for the purposes of this article, the “exploitive” portrayal of Manson and his followers. Manson, who was arrested in August of ‘69 and spent the remainder of his life incarcerated, naturally went on to become something of a pop culture celebrity, a figure that according to late Adam Parfrey was “transmogrified by the electronic thaumaturgy of mass media into a mythic creation, a larger-than-life hieratic emblem of evil.” Among that media is Quentin Tarantino’s ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD, released on Jto a fair amount of success, and not a little controversy. The family’s August ‘69 victims were actress Sharon Tate, the pregnant wife of Roman Polanski (who was out of the country), and her companions as part of a series of Manson-ordered murders that came to include supermarket executive Leo LaBianca and his wife Rosemary. Something else it ushered in was a never-ending stream of “Mansonsploitation” media.Ī quick refresher: the Manson “family” refers to followers of the late cultist Charles Manson (1934-2017), who at the time of the killings were residing at the Los Angeles based Spahn Movie Ranch. This was an event many claim put a decisive end to the idealism of the 1960s and the carefree hippie ethos, ushering in a new era of fear and suspicion.
Augmarked the fiftieth anniversary of the murders committed by the Manson family.
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