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Seagalogy[edit]
I am not sure that the term 'auteur theory' applies in connection to 'Seagalogy', which focuses on Seagal's various roles as actor. The closing credits for 'Today you Die,' for instance, lists a unit-producer first, and not director. In most of the of the films listed in this article Seagal does not have a director credit. 2600:6C54:77F0:7880:EC23:2F17:CCAE:BDFE (talk) 03:58, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
PR-like tone[edit]
I agree that the tone of this article appears to downplay the validity of allegations against Seagal and reads like a PR defense campaign. Each of the criticisms are presented as one would expect legal defenses to be written: "Here is a watered-down recap of the accusation, and here is an explainer on why that accusation has been rendered invalid or irrelevant."
I suspect a PR entity or Russian friends have locked-down the narrative here. This reads like it is essentially a fan page and resumé for Mr. Seagal's accomplisments, not an objective encyclopedic article, which would include a comprehensive array of critical perspectives. navkat (talk) 18:08, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
- Agreed. But it seems Wikipedia is conveniently ignoring that. Alexandermoir (talk) 23:26, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
Phonetic pronunciation wrong[edit]
The IPA pronunciation for his last name is correct, but the layman version next to it is wrong. (SEH-gull) would sound like the words “say gull.” Alexandermoir (talk) 23:27, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
Moving to Japan to avoid draft?[edit]
The article suggests, using the weasel word “allegedly” that Seagal moved to Japan to marry and thereby avoid the draft. But his wife is quoted as saying she met Seagal in 1974 in California. 1974 is one year after the end of the draft. So the claim that the marriage was connected with an attempt to avoid the draft is utter nonsense. 2.96.167.44 (talk) 12:17, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
- Exactly. Seagal turned 22 in 1974. Last US troops left Vietnam in early 1973. May still have been a draft but no chance of being sent to Vietnam. 2601:644:500:C900:25EB:5588:E363:EB71 (talk) 05:37, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
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