What’s Aged the Worst?
Poor athlete doubles, historical inaccuracies, Armand Assante concerns, the title, and an excessively racist prosecutor scene
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- The Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier doubles have aged poorly — Bill Simmons
- The Wilt Chamberlain double is also criticized — Bill Simmons
- Joe Morton’s stylized mustache is criticized, though the real subject may have worn it
- Armand Assante playing the Italian mob boss is initially criticized on mistaken ethnicity grounds
- Research establishing Assante’s Italian and Irish ancestry retracts that objection — Bill Simmons
- The romance between Frank and Eva is judged underdeveloped — Chris Ryan
- Blue Magic is proposed as a better title than American Gangster
- No-knock warrants have aged poorly — Van Lathan
- The prosecutor’s racist dialogue during the coffin search is criticized as excessive and dramatically crude — Van Lathan