Rosanna Arquette condemns the use of the “N” word in Quentin Tarantino’s filmography.
During an interview on Saturday with Times UKThe actress looked back Pulp FictionWhere she embodied the wife in the character of Eric Stoltz. Arquette noted that the film was “iconic” and “brilliant,” though she said she thought Tarantino had a “hall pass” when it came to using the word in his work.
She said about it: “It is a creative and wonderful film on many levels.” Pulp Fiction. “But I personally have gotten over using the N-word — I hate it. I can’t stand it.” [Tarantino] He was given an entry pass into the hall. “This is not art, it is just racist and scary.”
The use of the N-word in the director’s body of work has been scrutinized in the past. In particular, his 2012 film Django is unrestrainedwhich starred Jamie Foxx as the titular character of Django, a slave, generated controversy at the time. The film includes more than 110 times where black and white characters use the N-word.
Spike Lee spoke out against Django is unrestrained In 2012, he says Vibration magazine that “This is disrespectful to my ancestors. This is just me. … I’m not speaking for anyone else.” the Malcolm The director also particularly criticized Tarantino’s “excessive use of the N-word” after his film’s 1997 release. Jackie Brown.
“I have a clear problem with Quentin Tarantino’s excessive use of the N-word,” he told me at the time. “And let the record go that I never said he couldn’t use that word — I’ve used that word in many of my films — but I think there’s something wrong with him.”
Tarantino responded to critics backstage in the Winners’ Room at the 2013 Golden Globe Awards, after winning the Best Screenplay award tied to… Django is unrestrainedAnd he said the N-word himself.
“They think I should take it easy, that I should lie, that I should give a massage,” the director said. “I would never do that when it comes to my characters.”
Tarantino said before the film’s December 2012 release: Hollywood Reporter That “not a single word of social criticism directed my way changes a single word of any text or any story I tell.”
He added: “I believe in what I do with all sincerity and passion.” “It’s my job to ignore it.”
Django is unrestrained It received five nominations at the 85th Academy Awards; Christoph Waltz won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, while Tarantino won for Best Original Screenplay (his second Oscar).
