![]() ![]() John wants no part of it, but he’s taken aside by the American diplomat George Washington Williams (Samuel L. In London, John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke (Alexander Skarsgård), formerly known as Tarzan, is summoned to a meeting at 10 Downing Street: Great Britain hopes to do business with King Leopold’s dirty dealers and asks him to go to the Congo as a friendly observer and the invited guest of the Belgian government. The action takes place in the eighteen-eighties, set in the historical context of the colonization of the Congo and the efforts of King Leopold of Belgium to subjugate and enslave its population. PHOTOGRAPH BY JONATHAN OLLEY / WARNER BROS. ![]() The good intentions of the filmmakers behind “The Legend of Tarzan,” starring Alexander Skarsgård, can’t mask the underlying racism built into the character. ![]()
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