Director Boots Riley Slams Quentin Tarantino's 'OUATIH' Over Manson Family Depiction

Boots Riley returned to Twitter after a three-month silence with a shot directed at fellow director Quentin Tarantino. Speaking about "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood," the Riley said that depicting the Manson cult as "harmless, liberal hippies" wasn't done in good taste at all.

The "Sorry to Bother You" writer-director said that Austin Butler, Dakota Fanning, Lena Dunham, and Maya Hawke's characters weren't on point as followers of the Manson Family cult. He criticized the movie further for not portraying these "family members" as the racist, right-wing people that they were. This is important for the director, as most of these actors play real-life characters.

Riley wrote on Twitter that the Manson Family were "overt white supremacists" with the ultimate goal of starting a race war by killing black folks. He told his followers that these people weren't the harmless hippies they were in the movie. He explained they were right-wing believers and that Tarantino's allegory was wrong.

To further explain what Riley was talking about, the film concluded in a bloodbath, a staple of Tarantino's movies, but plans were altered when an angry Rick Dalton (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) confronts them. Those who are familiar with the Manson Family-committed murders know that the ending should not have been portrayed the way it was.

In the real murders, The Hollywood Reporter noted that actress Sharon Tate, together with coffee heiress Abigail Folger, hairstylist Jay Sebring, Steven Parent and Wojciech Frykowski were killed by the Manson Family members at 10050 Cielo Drive in Benedict Canyon. Tex Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel — also known as Katie — and Tex Watson were the culprits. Tate was also eight months pregnant at the time of the attack.

Nevertheless, the film also had some accuracies, such as the Spahn Ranch deal between George Spahn (Bruce Dern) and the family and Manson's visit to the Tate home months before the attack. Watson's infamous claim that he was "the devil...(doing) the devil's business" was accurately included in the film, as well.

Aside from the Manson Family, Tarantino's on-screen depiction of Bruce Lee (Mike Moh) was also criticized. The late actor's daughter, Shannon Lee, condemned the director for his portrayal of the martial artist. Lee's protégé Dan Inosanto also said that the film was not accurate in terms of how it portrayed the late actor.