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Does he use the N-word in every movie?

posted a year ago by LiquidOcelot (2399)
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Is his usage of the N-word often completely unnecessary? I think so.

Reservoir Dogs - check. Completely unnecessary scene where Steve Buscemi's character talks about how niggers are unprofessional and always fighting.

True Romance - check. Now he didn't direct this but he wrote it. There's a whole speech about how 'niggers' polluted Sicilian blood.

Pulp Fiction - check. Tarantino himself shouting at Sam Jackson about niggers.

Jackie Brown - check. General usage by Chris Tucker and Sam Jackson.

Kill Bill 1 and 2 - one of the few movies I can't remember it being used at all but I may be wrong.

Inglourious Basterds - check. Only black character in the movie referred to as a nigger on several occasions.

Django Unchained - check. 'Nuff said.

The Hateful Eight - check. Right from the opening scene.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - can't remember. Only movie of his i've only watched once.

At best I think it's a minority of his movies where the word is required to tell the story. At worst it's completely unnecessary and I see why people get offended by it.

[–] BKB (9881) a year ago

https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/every-curse-word-quentin-tarantino-movies-1202162900/

Tarantino used the "N" word over 110 times in PULP FICTION with the "F" word being used 265 times..

"Jackson was even more defensive in an interview with Esquire earlier this year. “It’s some bullshit,” the actor said. “When we did ‘Pulp,’ I warned Quentin about the whole ‘n–ger storage.’ I was like, ‘Don’t say ‘n–ger storage.’ He’s like, ‘No, I’m going to say it like that.’ And we tried to soften it by making his wife black, because that wasn’t originally written. But you can’t just tell a writer he can’t talk, write the words, put the words in the mouths of the people from their ethnicities, the way that they use their words. You cannot do that, because then it becomes an untruth; it’s not honest. It’s just not honest.”

[–] LiquidOcelot (2399) a year ago

So even Jackson knew it would be a problem. Of course he will defend Tarantino now as he basically jumpstarted his career.

[–] almonigal (1283) a year ago

Tarantino doesnt need to be defended. He can use any words he likes is his movies. Its not like he promotes slavery or racism.

[–] Kowalski (75523) a year ago

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[–] Boromir (10005) a year ago

Tarantino explained used the word "nigger" in Django Unchained:
https://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/14/us/tarantino-why-i-used-n-word-in-film/index.html

Also in other interview:

“You talk about being the conductor and the audience being the orchestra,” host Chris Wallace told Tarantino. “So when people say, ‘Well there’s too much violence in his movies. He uses the N-word too often.’ You say what?”

“You should see [something else],” Tarantino responded. “Then see something else. If you have a problem with my movies then they aren’t the movies to go see. Apparently I’m not making them for you.”

Tarantino has long received outcries about the N-word being in his screenplays including 2012 slavery epic Django Unchained, where the slur is used nearly 110 times.

Samuel L. Jackson, who appeared in Django amongst other Tarantino films, told Esquire that the N-word outrage was "some bitches."

"You can’t just tell a writer he can’t talk, write the words, put the words in the mouths of the people from their ethnicities, the way that they use their words," Jackson continued. "You cannot do that, because then it becomes an untruth; it’s not honest. It’s just not honest."

https://www.okayplayer.com/culture/quentin-tarantino-tells-viewers-offended-by-n-word-use-to-go-see-something-else.html