Imo what he's saying is pretty harmless- and really the entire movie is a thought experiment about this. "What if this seemingly wonderful person who was murdered horribly was instead allowed to go on living" seems like a pretty nice sentiment to me!
https://twitter.com/THR/status/1416147143421841413
The book spends even more time with her & paints her as smarter & more thoughtful than pretty much everyone else in the story. Whether or not he did change the perception of Sharon Tate, I think it was worthwhile to try- and okay to feel proud that he did. Shit, no one else had!
So much of the utterly garbage discourse around OUATIH has to do with people not understanding how prevalent that Mason murders were in media at the time. How much "hippies" were a real cultural force for good and for ill. How sensationalized Sharon Tate's murder was.
I get that QT is a tool and says dumb shit sometimes for sure. But as an artist I'd have a really hard time not seeing the greatness and sensitivity at play in his work. That dichotomy is hard for people to understand! A lot of great artists are, imo! Art is complex sometimes!
My least favorite thing about this age of social media discourse is the flattening of opinion that happens. "I don't like this person/thing" becomes "This person/thing is objectively evil and you should feel bad for liking them/it." It's a dumb and harmful way to talk about art.
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