Mary McNamara: 'Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood' is Quentin Tarantino's 'Make America Great Again'
I have seen a lot of "Who would win in a fight?" lists, from the classic - Batman versus Superman - to the current - Nancy Pelosi versus Kellyanne Conway - but I can safely say none included Butch and Sundance versus Tex Watson and the Manson girls.
Until now, of course.
In "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood," Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stuntman Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) are not real cowboys, but they play them in the movies. Like the titular leads of "Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid," Rick and Cliff find themselves facing obsolescence in a culture with dwindling interest in their particular skill sets or brand of "High Noon" masculinity. Like Butch and Sundance, they are granted one last stand.
Only this time, the cowboys win.
In a plot twist that required the use
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