He first insists on coaching his daughters himself before realizing that a more experienced instructor would better benefit Venus and Serena. He is also far more reactionary than he would like to admit, his "plan" taking 90-degree turns seemingly at every crossroad it encounters. ![]() Richard is a man whose expertise in tennis comes from a blind reliance on that which he has learned from instructional videos and watching matches on television, yet his refusal to listen to established coaches makes him seem like he was a former world number one. In reality, he's winging it even more than everyone else. Or at least that's what he wants his audience to believe. While the sisters are the ones swinging the rackets, Richard’s plan functions as the key stuck in the operation's ignition. He envisioned it before their birth and sticks to it throughout their whirlwind of a journey from playing in the rain on the streets of Compton to a ritzy academy in Florida and eventually under the brightest of lights. An 85-page plan on how his two (biological) daughters will grow up to become professional tennis players. But, despite the filmmaker's intentions, King Richard works better as a satire of how success changes the public perception of those who achieve it. Director Reinaldo Marcus Green does his best to make it seem like his titular character is deserving of all the praise the film heaves onto him. Instead of assigning the moments of inspiration to the sisters who actually enacted them, it placed their wildly eccentric father and former coach Richard Williams ( Will Smith) on the throne, and tried to show how Venus and Serena's success was all masterminded by their dad. But that's exactly what 2021's King Richard did. So when the inevitable biopic surrounding their rise to the top was announced, it was only natural that the sisters' limelight was sucked up by their father who replaced them as the subject for celebration. ![]() It's a tale tailor-made for American audiences, the type of rags-to-riches inspiration that celebrates the power of perseverance, the fortitude of family, and a sprinkle of the spectacular that has had audiences wooing in movie theaters ever since theaters showed movies. The two sisters from Compton grew up to become the faces of a sport previously monopolized by those with wealth. For the entirety of the 21st century, Venus and Serena Williams have dominated tennis in the public domain.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |