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Accueat's Interpretation Of Basquiat

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In short, from Basquiat's work, I would say the man is brilliant, but the movie's interpretation I would think otherwise. In the beginning of the movie, young Basquiat was presented with a crown on his head to symbolize the greatness he had in store. Through out the movie, he mad amazing art, but the character portrayed was not what I saw on his canvases. The film's interpretation made him seem like a child (which is fairly represented in his work). Basquiat in the film made many dumb decisions such as using drugs, being unfaithful to his girlfriend, and loosing out on a friend because of an article in a tabloid. And this version of him makes me question, does he really create art? Or just scribbles of an intoxicated "man-child" And I come

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