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At the time of its release, Douglas's father, actor [[Kirk Douglas]], declared: "He played it brilliantly. I think it is his best piece of work to date."<ref name="McCook">{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ddwgAAAAIBAJ&pg=4190%2C2142647 | title=Kirk Douglas Defends Son |date=March 23, 1993 | publisher=[[McCook Daily Gazette]] | access-date=June 28, 2012}}</ref> He also defended the film against critics who claimed that it glorifies lawbreaking: "Michael's character is not the 'hero' or 'newest urban icon'. He is the villain and the victim. Of course, we see many elements of our society that contributed to his madness. We even pity him. But the movie never condones his actions."<ref name="McCook" /> |
At the time of its release, Douglas's father, actor [[Kirk Douglas]], declared: "He played it brilliantly. I think it is his best piece of work to date."<ref name="McCook">{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ddwgAAAAIBAJ&pg=4190%2C2142647 | title=Kirk Douglas Defends Son |date=March 23, 1993 | publisher=[[McCook Daily Gazette]] | access-date=June 28, 2012}}</ref> He also defended the film against critics who claimed that it glorifies lawbreaking: "Michael's character is not the 'hero' or 'newest urban icon'. He is the villain and the victim. Of course, we see many elements of our society that contributed to his madness. We even pity him. But the movie never condones his actions."<ref name="McCook" /> |
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''Falling Down'' was released in theatres less than one year after the [[1992 Los Angeles riots]], during which Korean Americans and their businesses were targeted by rioters. The Korean American Coalition<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/ |
''Falling Down'' was released in theatres less than one year after the [[1992 Los Angeles riots]], during which Korean Americans and their businesses were targeted by rioters. The Korean American Coalition<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,305859,00.html|title='Down' Beat—Up in arms over ''Falling Down''—Laid-off workers are offended by the Michael Douglas film|last=Appelo|first=Tim|date=March 12, 1993|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=March 17, 2012|archive-date=October 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018035801/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,305859,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Korean Grocers Association<ref name="TENN">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/113107389|title="Falling Down" Under Fire|date=March 3, 1993|newspaper=The Tennessean|access-date=October 6, 2016}}</ref> protested the film for its treatment of minorities, especially the [[Korean Americans|Korean]] grocer. Warner Bros. Korea cancelled the release of ''Falling Down'' in [[South Korea]] following boycott threats.<ref name="RMN">"'Falling Down' won't play Korea." ''[[Rocky Mountain News]]'', March 10, 1994.</ref> The outcry by the Grocers Association led to Michael Douglas meeting with the organization's members at the Warner Bros. Studio because they "were there and they were pissed. So we had a conversation and I told them, 'Look, I'm very sorry, but there's a reason the screenwriter picked certain things to put in the film.'"<ref name="EW2">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/15/life-film-michael-douglas-8-his-greatest-roles|title=Michael Douglas on 8 of his greatest roles, from Gordon Gekko to Liberace|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=October 6, 2016}}</ref> Unemployed defense workers were also angered at their portrayal in the film.<ref name="ew" /> |
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The character of D‑FENS was featured on magazine covers, including the March 29, 1993, issue<ref name="newsweek">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/white-male-paranoia-191128|title=White Male Paranoia|date=March 28, 1993|work=Newsweek|access-date=April 12, 2017|language=en}}</ref> of ''[[Newsweek]]'', and reported upon as an embodiment of the "[[angry white man]]" stereotype.<ref name="Gutiérrez">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Zc0e8caLkEC|pages=61–65|title=Critical race narratives|author=Carl Scott Gutiérrez-Jones|publisher=NYU Press |year=2001|isbn=978-0-8147-3145-1}}</ref> |
The character of D‑FENS was featured on magazine covers, including the March 29, 1993, issue<ref name="newsweek">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/white-male-paranoia-191128|title=White Male Paranoia|date=March 28, 1993|work=Newsweek|access-date=April 12, 2017|language=en}}</ref> of ''[[Newsweek]]'', and reported upon as an embodiment of the "[[angry white man]]" stereotype.<ref name="Gutiérrez">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Zc0e8caLkEC|pages=61–65|title=Critical race narratives|author=Carl Scott Gutiérrez-Jones|publisher=NYU Press |year=2001|isbn=978-0-8147-3145-1}}</ref> |