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Drudge Report Drops N-Bomb
Rabbit of Caerbannog:
Okay so it's censored a bit, but this is the headline for Drudge today:
The people at HuffPost are as baffled as I am. Granted, I know this is about Quentin Tarantino, and he has a movie coming out (much to the ire of many White Supremacists) called "Django: Unchained". It's Tarantino's long-awaited Southern-style Spaghetti Western flick, and it takes place prior to the Civil War. Naturally, the N-word is going to get thrown around a bit. But I can't fathom the point Drudge is trying to make other than just being controversial for the sake of being controversial.
Thoughts?
Captain Jack Harkness:
If you go to the Drudge report now, it links to Variety's review of the movie. The movie's pretty fucked up, from the sounds of it. Not only is "Nigger" thrown around 109 times (more than a "bit"), but it also seems to delight in being hyperviolent.
Hell, it's possible that the "Nigger x 7" link linked to the Variety review of the movie. Huffington Post never mentions this.
I think that they were trying to bring attention to the movie. This is the first time I've heard of it. I can't blame them for being disturbed, seeing as how people love to throw around the "conservative = racist" meme so goddamn much. Despite the fact that I'm sure the movie has cotext for the word, I'm sure they're likely pissed that the movie isn't being trashed for the subject material.
Rabbit of Caerbannog:
--- Quote from: B-Man on December 12, 2012, 05:51:45 pm ---If you go to the Drudge report now, it links to Variety's review of the movie. The movie's pretty fucked up, from the sounds of it. Not only is "Nigger" thrown around 109 times (more than a "bit"), but it also seems to delight in being hyperviolent.
Hell, it's possible that the "Nigger x 7" link linked to the Variety review of the movie. Huffington Post never mentions this.
I think that they were trying to bring attention to the movie. This is the first time I've heard of it. I can't blame them for being disturbed, seeing as how people love to throw around the "conservative = racist" meme so goddamn much. Despite the fact that I'm sure the movie has cotext for the word, I'm sure they're likely pissed that the movie isn't being trashed for the subject material.
--- End quote ---
Well a few of things. First, it sounds as though you're unfamiliar with Quentin Tarantino films. They're all hyperviolent and contain copious amounts of gore, torture and death. Second, the Huffington Post link says the following: "The splash linked to, of all things, a review in The Hollywood Reporter which mentions the n-word twice, never spelling it out as much as Drudge." Yes, it said it links to a review of the movie.
Also, if conservatives want to stop being viewed as racist then they should stop championing people like Rush Limbaugh and John Derbyshire. Or inviting White Nationalists to events like CPAC. I could go on, but you get the idea.
The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist:
Regardless of what Drudge was trying to accomplish, that's a remarkably poor way to execute it.
Also, 109 times in a single film seems... excessive.
Dakota Bob:
Quentin Tarantino does not know what "excessive" means.
Also, if the Drudge Report were trying to make some kind of point, I believe they failed. Epically, even.
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