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Carl Weathers Imbued Apollo Creed — The Embodiment of the American Dream —With Power, Confidence, and Intelligence
This is the land of opportunity, right?” says Carl Weathers as World Heavyweight Champion Apollo Creed in Rocky (1976) as he figures out a way to make his next bout “viral” by inviting a local Philadelphia palooka to contend for his belt. His promoter tells him the idea’s “very American” and Apollo says it’s not, it’s “very smart.” What was I supposed to make of a character like Apollo Creed when I was a 12-year-old kid watching the fourth installment of the franchise first, Apollo and Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky friends instead of adversaries, sparring partners who start the film with Apollo ... (full story)