Did a Race Swap Save 'Taxi Driver' or Undermine It?
Travis Bickle wasn't supposed to be an anti-hero; his genocidal motivation was erased from the film to avert controversy.
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Taxi Driver Was Always About Race
Perhaps no character in American cinema has proved more relevant to our times than Taxi Driver’s Travis ... of the pimp — Sport, played by Harvey Keitel — from Black to white from political ...