Any discussion or viewing of King Richard will obviously be colored by The Slap, but Will Smith‘s antics shouldn’t obscure the well-made movie that made the moment possible in the first place. Some of the biggest losers from the fallout were the same people who were supposed to be championed by the film: the Williams family.
Venus and Serena Williams’ journey, and the unreal vision of their father, is a miracle of ambition and ingenuity. The tennis world had never seen anyone like them, and the breadth of their collective success is too big for one movie.
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