First post. Shout out to all members of the Coli
There's been a lot of discussion about Quentin Tarantino and Blacks in his movies. Dude just took it to a whole 'notha level.
When Director Spike Lee said that he wouldnt be supporting Quentin Tarantinos Django Unchained, my reaction was simple (and said with one raised eyebrow):
[Lee] has had a Black woman play a crackhead, a Black man get drunk and kill his wife, a Black woman make a living having phone sex with wealthy, White men and a Black teenager have a threesome with White women, but Django is whats disrespectful to our ancestors?
Go figure.
SEE ALSO: Spike Lee: Django Unchained Is Disrespectful To My Ancestors [VIDEO]
Now Tarantino is the recipient of the other raised eyebrow.
The fearless some might say reckless director says that Alex Haleys Roots is inauthentic.
Yes, clutch your pearls and grab the smelling salts. Roots, that Black cultural touchstone that makes White Americans glance at their Black comrades with trepidation after BET plays it on repeat over the holidays, has been deemed inauthentic by white as the driven snow Tarantino.
When you look at Roots, nothing about it rings true in the storytelling, and none of the performances ring true for me either, said Tarantino. I didnt see it when it first came on, but when I did I couldnt get over how oversimplified they made everything about that time. It didnt move me because it claimed to be something it wasnt.
But slavery contextualized as a Spaghetti Western is authentic storytelling?
Quentin, as someone who believes that you will be mentioned in the same breath as Andy Warhol and Truman Capote when it comes to mastery of their respective arts, I say this with respect:
Have a seat. As a matter of fact, buy all of the tickets to a showing of Django and just spend the entire movie going from chair to chair having seats.
Just because you pay Black people a lot of money to say ****** a lot of times on camera does not make you an authority on what rings true about slavery.
Read more at Rolling Out.
Quentin Tarantino: ‘Roots’ Was Inauthentic | Breaking News for Black America
Thoughts?
There's been a lot of discussion about Quentin Tarantino and Blacks in his movies. Dude just took it to a whole 'notha level.
When Director Spike Lee said that he wouldnt be supporting Quentin Tarantinos Django Unchained, my reaction was simple (and said with one raised eyebrow):
[Lee] has had a Black woman play a crackhead, a Black man get drunk and kill his wife, a Black woman make a living having phone sex with wealthy, White men and a Black teenager have a threesome with White women, but Django is whats disrespectful to our ancestors?
Go figure.
SEE ALSO: Spike Lee: Django Unchained Is Disrespectful To My Ancestors [VIDEO]
Now Tarantino is the recipient of the other raised eyebrow.
The fearless some might say reckless director says that Alex Haleys Roots is inauthentic.
Yes, clutch your pearls and grab the smelling salts. Roots, that Black cultural touchstone that makes White Americans glance at their Black comrades with trepidation after BET plays it on repeat over the holidays, has been deemed inauthentic by white as the driven snow Tarantino.
When you look at Roots, nothing about it rings true in the storytelling, and none of the performances ring true for me either, said Tarantino. I didnt see it when it first came on, but when I did I couldnt get over how oversimplified they made everything about that time. It didnt move me because it claimed to be something it wasnt.
But slavery contextualized as a Spaghetti Western is authentic storytelling?
Quentin, as someone who believes that you will be mentioned in the same breath as Andy Warhol and Truman Capote when it comes to mastery of their respective arts, I say this with respect:
Have a seat. As a matter of fact, buy all of the tickets to a showing of Django and just spend the entire movie going from chair to chair having seats.
Just because you pay Black people a lot of money to say ****** a lot of times on camera does not make you an authority on what rings true about slavery.
Read more at Rolling Out.
Quentin Tarantino: ‘Roots’ Was Inauthentic | Breaking News for Black America
Thoughts?
Rosewood happened after slavery in the 1920s. It was probably one of the most accurate depictions of how post Reconstruction life for black people and is a TRUE STORY. It was a great movie and was heart wrenching because happened to REAL PEOPLE over some Cac lie.
