So we can make the argument he threw in the riots and whitety bulger character so he could use nigger. My man be inventin scenarios to justify the use of nigger in his movies and people be otay with it.

he's a smart man. he racist but he smart.

>Departed was a remake of a Hong Kong action thriller that
>threw in some Whitey Bulger aspects to Nicholson's character.
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>There's very little in that movie that you'd confuse with a
>realistic police/crime drama. Needless to say, Whitey Bulger
>was NOT gunned down by his police mole after a micro-chip deal
>gone bad with some Chinese triad types.
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>If Scorsese really wanted to make a Goodfellas-type "this is
>what the life is/was like" movie about the Boston police
>force, with all its ugly aspects (including racism), I would
>whole-heartedly support it. But that's not at all what
>Departed is.
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