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The same went for the other two victims murdered by Bickle.

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At the same time, Keitel always looked silly imitating a Black pimp.

The movie itself doesnt shy away from blatant racism.

The result is as disturbing as Schrader had predicted more so.

This inversion lets us confront everything that was missing in the great but odd original.

Jafas 73-minute film plays variations of the scene over and over again.

Scar wears a Black Panther button.

In one scene, he sings a Stevie Wonder song that filled the summer of 1976.

Jafa even gives the pimp an actual scar on his face.

Taxi Driverdepicted all kinds of racism.

My Travis Bickle is Dylann Roof, Jafa told theTimes.

I think he always was Dylann Roof.

The 73-minute loop of racially motivated murder in ***** is the masterpiece thatTaxi Drivernever was.

The question it asks is whether we have the courage to see it.