tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472869014482667644.post8483609411498479059..comments2023-06-17T03:52:05.305-04:00Comments on UrbanRhetoric: DJANGO UNCHAINED [review]...by jayare20kurbanrhetorichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05428762264141674847noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472869014482667644.post-34107587249136060682013-01-20T17:30:37.634-05:002013-01-20T17:30:37.634-05:00not to add fuel to the qt-fire but he did drop the...not to add fuel to the qt-fire but he did drop the n-bomb at the golden globes press conference. best part?<br /><br />don cheadle was to be interviewed after him. he told the press: "no n-word questions. just black people questions"<br /><br />boom. love don cheadle.<br /><br />~purbanrhetorichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05428762264141674847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472869014482667644.post-24368462309180793582013-01-09T01:37:32.702-05:002013-01-09T01:37:32.702-05:00Great review. I just watched an interview with QT...Great review. I just watched an interview with QT in which he quipped something about defying anyone to tell him that the N-word wasn't used that frequently in that part of the south at that time period. Then he said his job is to tell the truth... I was on the fence about what I thought about this flick until then although I had been leaning towards disliking it. Now, I'm officially not endorsing the movie. I own every single other movie Tarantino's been involved with much less wrote or directed, but he lost me on this one.<br /><br />All the things jayare20k mentioned that cause concern did bother me. The mere fact that a white dude is more comfortable scribing the n-word for this one movie than John Singleton, Spike Lee, and the Hughes Brothers combined... that concerns me. (BTW: Word! re Pulp Fiction, jayare). I have to take away points for not being able make your point with a more judicious use of the word. That whole truth telling line, QT, is bull. Moreover, did you need to show us the ballsack like area on Django as he hung upside down and what's with putting another "tough" brother in the bondage ball-mask thing? I think Quentin is working out some stuff publicly, but I don't have to cosign any manifestation of it simply because it sparked discourse. Many things do and not all of those sorts of expressions get a pass from me. <br /><br />My only disagreement with the review is that despite my disdain for some of the writing choices (and visuals)... I thought it was a decent flick. Not his best by a long shot, but there were entertaining segments and visually compelling stretches immersed in ridiculousness that only comes from QT or Robert Rodriguez. I'll watch the bootleg in a few to see if I'm still as offended as I was a couple weeks ago when the conscious white couple next to me were wondering why so many people were chuckling at things that shouldn't be funny (Bravissimo Mr. and Brs. Caucasian.imTHATdudehttp://urbanrhetoricblog.blogspot.com/search/label/IMTHATDUDEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472869014482667644.post-6257342505921853192012-12-31T13:07:24.154-05:002012-12-31T13:07:24.154-05:00Very interesting review! "This topic shouldn&...Very interesting review! "This topic shouldn't be taken lightly in ANY WAY. Or should it... ?" <- I had this conversation way too many times after seeing the movie. The confusion for me lies in the fact that the movie isn't about slavery but it IS still about a slave (Freed or not, he was still enslaved). It's about Jamie Foxx becoming a Bounty Hunter, rescuing his wife, and doing all this while kicking butt and taking names. We see this plot in every action /romance flick. Because it's set on a plantation does that make it any different? Of course it does, but not really. The fact remains that this movie wasn't supposed to be another Red Tails or Roots. It was supposed to be a QT movie with tons of action, a QT cameo, and an interesting storyline. Done. With all that being said though I DESPISED the Ku Klux Klan scene and all the N jokes at the dinner table. Some of it was funny of course but I refused to laugh because the white guy next to me thought it was all so hysterical. It's all fun and games until you have flashbacks of those scary civil rights history clips smh.MAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16309670918390730856noreply@blogger.com