death of Williams, why so gruesome?
Why is the death of Williams played by the late Jim Kelly so grusome and brutal? He is battered and then stabbed and chopped by han, in front of women who are sitting there laughing at his demise. Then we later see his dead body strung up for roper to see before it is dropped in a pool of hot water or acid?
What was the point? none of the other characters suffered a demise like that. Did they wanted to make a point or example of the black guy? Some black viewers when they saw it, thought maybe Han or the chinese did not like black men learning martial arts, or it was a case of hollywood, 'putting the black guy in his place', payback for beating up white cops and stealing their squad car?
thoughts anyone?