Django

[firecat]

http://whiteseducatingwhites.tumblr.com/post/39365279657/whiteness-unchained-when-a-national-shame-becomes-camp

This article makes Django look like The Help with extra torture scenes. (I haven't seen it,

Comments

[nancylebov]

I'd say it isn't a particularly fair review

[firecat]

He didn't guess how black people will take the movie, IMO ("I could never imagine the diverse experiences Black folks might have when/if they see this movie"), but I certainly agree it's not an objective review.

[sabotabby]

Having seen it (and standard disclaimer that I'm white and obviously can't speak for the viewing experience of black people, and also that I completely love everything that Tarantino does), I feel like the reviewer completely missed the point.

I'm not black, but I'm Jewish, and my experience watching Inglorious Basterds was not that Tarantino was disrespectful to history or the millions who died in the Holocaust, but was a) presenting an incredibly satisfying revenge fantasy, b) making a statement about the relationship between film and audience, and c) making the only kind of fictional movie about the Holocaust that I can stand to watch. I don't want to see my people's history represented by Tragedy! And Sad Music! And Serious Acting! That's manipulative. The opening sequence in that movie is worth a bazillion Schindler's Lists (and why does no one ever criticize that movie for being about a white saviour...but I digress).

I had a similar feeling about Django Unchained. You simply can't represent the horrors of slavery in a way

[firecat]

Thanks! I haven't been able to watch a Tarantino movie all the way through, so I don't understand his intentions, and I'm glad to have the perspective of someone who's a fan.

[sabotabby]

FYI, one of my friends wrote a review that sums up my opinions better than I can.

[firecat]

Thank you, that is an excellent article!