"Scorsese's 'Killers of the Flower Moon': A Controversial Adaptation"

Martin Scorsese's film adaptation of "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann, about the Osage Nation murders in the 1920s, falls short in capturing the nuance and insight of the source material. While Grann's book explores the collective evil and systemic racism that enabled the crimes, Scorsese's film focuses on individual characters and their internal struggles, ultimately centering on the white villains. The article argues that a story about white supremacy and structural violence requires a different approach, one that avoids pulp gestures and celebrity turns, and instead delves into the undramatic but horrifying reality of collective permission, hate, envy, and discrimination.