Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley criticises Tarantino’s use of the n-word

Yahoo! finance ^ | 6/12/2020 | Keiran Southern

[mykroar]

The Oscar-winning screenwriter who led the calls for Gone With The Wind to be removed from a streaming service has criticised Quentin Tarantino for his “painful and infuriating” use of the n-word.

John Ridley, who wrote 2013 period drama 12 Years A Slave, successfully called on WarnerMedia to temporarily take down 1939 classic Gone With The Wind from its HBO Max platform.

He argued its depiction of slavery in the pre-Civil War American South reinforced harmful stereotypes of people of colour.

[mykroar]

Anyone have any popcorn?

[CaptainK]

Here we go!!!! And let’s not forget to mention all the actors in his movies who uttered the word.

[freedumb2003]

>>He argued its depiction of slavery in the pre-Civil War American South reinforced harmful stereotypes of people of colour.<<

Yes, because people today get their attitudes about races from films made 81 years ago based on books written 84 years ago about events 150 years ago.

Well, stupid liberals do.

[SkyDancer]

How soon will Mark Twain’s Life On The Mississippi be pulled from libraries and other places? I think it has already been pulled from school libraries.

[SmokingJoe]

John Ridley, who wrote 2013 period drama 12 Years A Slave, successfully called on WarnerMedia to temporarily take down 1939 classic Gone With The Wind from its HBO Max platform.

The thing with the Internet is, you can't ban anything. One site bans some video stream you cant get the same stream from thousands of other streaming sites.
I didn't even know HBO has a streaming service. I have had GWTW on VHS DVD etc for decades. One of my all time favorite movies.

[teeman8r]

It seems to me that slaveowners would make life good for their slaves being they were investments in his wealth and productivity... mistreating a slave would make them more likely to escape and then they would have to be put down...

Perhaps there was a how to treat your slave properly guide for the new slave owner...

[teeman8r]

Banning books should be done niggardly in a free society.

[SamAdams76]

Ironically I just re-watched “Django Unchained” on Netflix last night. That was really an underrated movie as the acting and dialogue was phenomenal. The only flaw was that the ending was a bit over the top.

[hanamizu]

“reinforced harmful stereotypes of people of colour.”

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All ‘people of color’ or just black American people of color. I remember very few hispanics, Asians, or other POCs in the film.

[Hildy]

I believe he himself has uttered it many times. I am betting Tarantino will not apologize.

[fhayek]

Huckleberry Finn has a most copious use of the, uh, "N-word". Mark Twain used it. Mark Twain most definitely wanted to use it. Anyone who reads Huckleberry Finn must understand that the word has a purpose and a meaning necessary to the story. Anyone who proposes banning the word and/or the book is a brain dead moron. The book is about as anti-racist as you can get. Sam Clemens knew what he was doing. I doubt if the current crop of book burners has a capacity for nuance and literature.

[Vermont Lt]

These people are the biggest snob a-holes in the world. I love how they have turned on each other.

[LouAvul]

Quentin Tarantino for his “painful and infuriating” use of the n-word.....

Anybody watch "Pulp Fiction?" Tarantino is fussing at Sam Jackson and John Travolta and repeats the phrase, "..dead nigger storage!"

Where's the outcry about that? Burn the film! Fine Tarantino a Political Correctness penalty. Assess him a cultural appropriation fee.

[Striperman]

Tarantino he’s a lefty but I really like his movies. Hollywoodland was hoot!

[mumblypeg]

Best to hold on to our DVDs, CDs, records & books.
The ferals want all knowledge of the past erased from the internet.

[mumblypeg]

LOL. Tarantino has been pounded repeatedly for the hilarious scene in Pulp Fiction in which he cameo’ed and uttered the infamous line, “Did you see a sign on my garage that says ‘dead n****r storage’?”
The scene’s setup: the 2 protagonists, Vince, white, & Jules, black, were riding in a car with Marvin, a black guy.

Jules is driving & hits a bump, causing Vince’s gun to go off, accidentally blowing Marvin’s brains all over the back seat.
Vince & Jules want Tarantino, white, to help them hide the bloody car & Marvin’s body.

They assume he’ll be ok with it *because* he has a black wife.
Tarantino’s character OTOH, knows his black wife will be furious when she returns home in a few minutes & discovers the mess.

Ironically, black scholar Randall Kennedy, in his book “N*****r: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word,” defended Tarantino’s use of the word, despite being a white man, due to the humorous context of the scene.
It’s an intersting book, btw, about the many historical contexts & meanings of the n-word.
I expect Kennedy & his book will be hauled into kangaroo court any day now.

[dfwgator]

"Say 'N...er' Again!"

[dfwgator]

LOL. Tarantino has been pounded repeatedly for the hilarious scene in Pulp Fiction in which he cameo’ed and uttered the infamous line, “Did you see a sign on my garage that says ‘dead n****r storage’?”

If they didn't notice, the Tarantino character's wife is black, she's a nurse, as a nod to the TV show "Julia"

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Hattie McDaniel was unavailable for comment.

[windsorknot]

See, I told you so.