Django - It's not only the 'D' that is silent.
I have generally had a love, love, hate, meh, ehh, boke, yawn relationship with Quentin Tarantino (although he neither knew nor cared, and given the sensitivity of my feet that's exactly how I would like it to stay) and I was going to write a post in critique of Django Unchained (2012) but what would be the point of that? It's too late and I'd clearly be wrong after the glowing reviews a nd awards lavished upon it. I was going to say that I agree with David Walker that the racial furore surrounding Django Unchained seems particular fascinated by Tarantino's use, or overuse, of the word 'nigger', a point that I think is well argued by David Walker is that this discussion side steps all the real issues; The word and its meaning come attached with an incredibly complex history that no one wants to discuss. Nigger is the symptom of a disease called racism, which is the byproduct of slavery, which we as a nation have yet to fully comprehend or deal