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Tamas

#25740
April 21, 2013, 01:23:21 PM
whats the big deal with all the N-words in Django Unchained? Didn't backward texasians talk that way at the time? So why shouldn't it be full of the word?

garbon

#25741
April 21, 2013, 02:27:00 PM
Quote from: Tamas on April 21, 2013, 01:23:21 PM
whats the big deal with all the N-words in Django Unchained? Didn't backward texasians talk that way at the time? So why shouldn't it be full of the word?

You're joking with your initial question right?
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Tamas

#25742
April 21, 2013, 04:25:10 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 21, 2013, 02:27:00 PM
Quote from: Tamas on April 21, 2013, 01:23:21 PM
whats the big deal with all the N-words in Django Unchained? Didn't backward texasians talk that way at the time? So why shouldn't it be full of the word?

You're joking with your initial question right?

I vaguely recall reading something somewhere about it being used too much for effect, or such. I just watched it. I readily admit I am no expert of the vocabulary custom of the 1850s American South, but I would not imagine it far fetched to assume that they would not have trouble throwing the word around when referring to black people. :unsure:

garbon

#25743
April 21, 2013, 04:27:49 PM
Quote from: Tamas on April 21, 2013, 04:25:10 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 21, 2013, 02:27:00 PM
Quote from: Tamas on April 21, 2013, 01:23:21 PM
whats the big deal with all the N-words in Django Unchained? Didn't backward texasians talk that way at the time? So why shouldn't it be full of the word?

You're joking with your initial question right?

I vaguely recall reading something somewhere about it being used too much for effect, or such. I just watched it. I readily admit I am no expert of the vocabulary custom of the 1850s American South, but I would not imagine it far fetched to assume that they would not have trouble throwing the word around when referring to black people. :unsure:

Okay so you weren't. You can't see why some people might think a reviled word in America didn't need to be thrown about so frequently? And why "historical accuracy" could be seen as a weak defense in a movie that is more like historical fantasy?

I personally didn't take issue with it - but it seems pretty easy to envision why someone might.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

mongers

#25744
April 21, 2013, 04:32:55 PM
Tamas reveals his Eastern European sensibilities or lack thereof.
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

11B4V

#25745
April 21, 2013, 04:36:25 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 21, 2013, 04:27:49 PM
Quote from: Tamas on April 21, 2013, 04:25:10 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 21, 2013, 02:27:00 PM
Quote from: Tamas on April 21, 2013, 01:23:21 PM
whats the big deal with all the N-words in Django Unchained? Didn't backward texasians talk that way at the time? So why shouldn't it be full of the word?

You're joking with your initial question right?

I vaguely recall reading something somewhere about it being used too much for effect, or such. I just watched it. I readily admit I am no expert of the vocabulary custom of the 1850s American South, but I would not imagine it far fetched to assume that they would not have trouble throwing the word around when referring to black people. :unsure:

Okay so you weren't. You can't see why some people might think a reviled word in America didn't need to be thrown about so frequently? And why "historical accuracy" could be seen as a weak defense in a movie that is more like historical fantasy?

I personally didn't take issue with it - but it seems pretty easy to envision why someone might.

The use of the word didnt bother me nor a factor in me thinking the movie is crap.
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

garbon

#25746
April 21, 2013, 04:43:34 PM
We get it, you didn't like it.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

katmai

#25747
April 21, 2013, 04:45:52 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 21, 2013, 04:43:34 PM
We get it, you didn't like it.

Yet he likes Prometheus :rolleyes:
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

11B4V

#25748
April 21, 2013, 04:51:04 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 21, 2013, 04:43:34 PM
We get it, you didn't like it.

But, here's what I did like about it

Caprio's performance was good.
Franco Nero was in it. That was cool of Tarantino to cast him.
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

HVC

#25749
April 21, 2013, 04:52:27 PM
Quote from: katmai on April 21, 2013, 04:45:52 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 21, 2013, 04:43:34 PM
We get it, you didn't like it.

Yet he likes Prometheus :rolleyes:
he and ide can be Languish's siskel and ebert of wrong.
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

11B4V

#25750
April 21, 2013, 05:04:20 PM
Quote from: HVC on April 21, 2013, 04:52:27 PM
Quote from: katmai on April 21, 2013, 04:45:52 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 21, 2013, 04:43:34 PM
We get it, you didn't like it.

Yet he likes Prometheus :rolleyes:
he and ide can be Languish's siskel and ebert of wrong.

IIRC, I didnt think Ide liked it very much. So, in that case it would be mixed review.

;)
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Ed Anger

#25751
April 21, 2013, 06:17:39 PM
One of my alleged friends sent me a disguised link to wiki feet.

GROSS
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

katmai

#25752
April 21, 2013, 06:22:32 PM
vas is das wiki feet?
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

11B4V

#25753
April 21, 2013, 06:23:35 PM
I'M AFRAID TO LOOK.
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Ed Anger

#25754
April 21, 2013, 06:23:50 PM
Quote from: katmai on April 21, 2013, 06:22:32 PM
vas is das wiki feet?

Sorta obvious.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive
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