Editing Quentin Tarantino (section)

=== Spike Lee criticisms ===
In 1997, [[Spike Lee]] questioned Tarantino's use of racial slurs in his films, especially the [[nigger|N-word]], particularly in ''Pulp Fiction'' and ''Jackie Brown''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/1997/voices/columns/lee-has-choice-words-for-tarantino-111779698/ |title=Lee has choice words for Tarantino |last=Archerd |first=Army |date=December 16, 1997 |website=Variety |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401063855/https://variety.com/1997/voices/columns/lee-has-choice-words-for-tarantino-111779698/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In a ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' interview discussing ''Jackie Brown'', Lee said, "I'm not against the word ... And some people speak that way, but Quentin is infatuated with that word{{nbsp}}... I want Quentin to know that all African Americans do not think that word is trendy or slick."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/04.09.98/cover/nigger-9814.html |last=Allen-Taylor |first=J. Douglas |title=New Word Order |publisher=Metroactive.com |date=April 9, 1998 |access-date=October 23, 2008 |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714080713/http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/04.09.98/cover/nigger-9814.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Tarantino responded on ''[[Charlie Rose (talk show)|The Charlie Rose Show]]'':

{{blockquote|As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are, all right? And to say that I can't do that because I'm white, but the [[Hughes brothers]] can do that because they're black, that is racist. That is the heart of racism, all right. And I do not accept that&nbsp;... That is how a segment of the black community that lives in [[Compton, California|Compton]], lives in [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]], where ''Jackie Brown'' takes place, that lives in [[Carson, California|Carson]], that is how they talk. I'm telling the truth. It would not be questioned if I was black, and I resent the question because I'm white. I have the right to tell the truth. I do not have the right to lie.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/5166 |title=Quentin Tarantino defends himself against Spike Lee for criticizing him in using the 'n-word'. |publisher=CharlieRose.com |date=December 26, 1997 |access-date=January 30, 2011|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123232730/http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/5166 |archive-date=January 23, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>|}}

Tarantino said on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'' that Lee would have to "stand on a chair to kiss [his] ass".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.robertschnakenberg.com/?page_id=4 |last=Schnakenberg |first=Robert |title=Secret Lives of Great Filmmakers: Spike Lee |access-date=April 8, 2010 |archive-date=April 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418143224/http://www.robertschnakenberg.com/?page_id=4 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Samuel L. Jackson, who has appeared in both directors' films, defended Tarantino. At the [[Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin Film Festival]], where ''Jackie Brown'' was screened, Jackson said: "I don't think the word is offensive in the context of this film&nbsp;... Black artists think they are the only ones allowed to use the word. Well, that's bull. ''Jackie Brown'' is a wonderful homage to [[Blaxploitation|black exploitation films]]. This is a good film, and Spike hasn't made one of those in a few years."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NT0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36 |title=Samuel L. Jackson Blasts Spike Lee For Criticizing Him For Using 'N-Word' in 'Jackie Brown' |magazine=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] |page=36 |volume=93 |number=15 |date=March 9, 1998 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |via=[[Google Books]] |access-date=May 9, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116213144/https://books.google.com/books?id=NT0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36 |url-status=live }}</ref> Tarantino argued that black audiences appreciated his blaxploitation-influenced films more than some of his critics, and that ''Jackie Brown'' was primarily made for black audiences.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/1998/jan/05/quentintarantino.guardianinterviewsatbfisouthbank |title=Quentin Tarantino interview (III) with Pam Grier, Robert Forster and Lawrence Bender |work=The Guardian |date=January 5, 1998 |access-date=December 12, 2016 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305104836/http://www.theguardian.com/film/1998/jan/05/quentintarantino.guardianinterviewsatbfisouthbank |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Django Unchained'' was the subject of controversy because of its use of racial slurs and depiction of slavery. Reviewers defended the use of the language by pointing out the historic context of race and slavery in America.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |title=Django Unchained: Film Review |date=December 11, 2012 |first=Todd |last=McCarthy |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/django-unchained/review/399663 |access-date=February 19, 2020 |archive-date=December 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217162406/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/django-unchained/review/399663 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Django Unchained and Race: Here's What Drudge Doesn't Tell You |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/12/django_unchaine.php |work=[[The Village Voice]] |access-date=December 18, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216005936/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/12/django_unchaine.php |archive-date=December 16, 2012}}</ref> Lee, in an interview with ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'', said that he would not see the film: "All I'm going to say is that it's disrespectful to my ancestors. That's just me ... I'm not speaking on behalf of anybody else."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Spike Lee slams Django Unchained:'I'm not Gonna See It' |magazine=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |access-date=December 24, 2012 |date=December 21, 2012 |url=http://www.vibe.com/article/spike-lee-slams-django-unchained-im-not-gonna-see-it |archive-date=December 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230180658/http://www.vibe.com/article/spike-lee-slams-django-unchained-im-not-gonna-see-it |url-status=live }}</ref> Lee later tweeted: "American slavery was not a Sergio Leone spaghetti western. It was a holocaust. My ancestors are slaves. Stolen from Africa. I will honor them."<ref>{{cite tweet |author=Spike Lee|user=SpikeLee |number=282611091777941504 |date=December 22, 2012 |title=American Slavery Was Not A Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western.It Was A Holocaust.My Ancestors Are Slaves.Stolen From Africa.I Will Honor Them. |access-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140909171436/https://twitter.com/SpikeLee/status/282611091777941504 |archive-date=September 9, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>