..."Django Unchained" is on pace to be Quentin Tarantino's highest grossing movie ever...will rack up more at the box office than "Pulp Fiction" ($213.9 million worldwide), "Kill Bill Vol. 1" ($180.9 million worldwide), "Kill Bill Vol. 2" ($152.1 million worldwide) and previous record holder, "Inglourious Basterds" ($321.4 million worldwide).
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[I will] stop being surprised that whenever I say anything in public about racism or white privilege, I get called a “kike” or a “race baiter”...After comments about white privilege that I made on MSNBC and CNN, and after the piece I wrote...about Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained,” I was treated to a barrage of bigoted and anti-semitic Facebook posts and emails. For some bizarre reason, I was surprised by this. But here’s the thing: getting called a “kike” or a “race baiter” for daring to mention obvious truths about is gross, offensive and appalling. One thing it is not, though, is surprising in a country with such a persistent tradition of bigotry.
David Sirota, at Salon, from his New Year's resolutions.
...the violence and hints of sex are cartoonish as hell. That’s probably a pretty good indicator of the nature of the movie... what RZA is trying to achieve...
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the new, international trailer for Django Unchained.
Quentin Tarantino:
...audiences will definitely be uncomfortable with the racism depicted in the movie...
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The marketing machine has officially begun for Quentin Tarantino's...slavery revenge tale, Django Unchained...
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What if Quentin Tarantino had directed "For Colored Girls"?
some thoughts, at Racialicious.