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Fairly accurate representation of slave hierarchies
- In conclusion, it is evident that Django Unchained communicates a fairly accurate representation of slave hierarchies during the nineteenth century. The depiction of field slaves, house slaves and black slavers as well as the relationship they maintain with one another is mostly convincing.
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Jan 4, 2016 · In conclusion, it is evident that Django Unchained communicates a fairly accurate representation of slave hierarchies during the nineteenth century. The depiction of field slaves, house slaves and black slavers as well as the relationship they maintain with one another is mostly convincing.
At least, Django is not. There were indeed monsters like Calvin Candie, but the true monstrousness of slavery lay not in bloodsport but in sale and forced labor -- the annihilation, in the name...
- Stephen Kantrowitz
Jamie Foxx plays a slave named Django who was bought by a man named Dr. Shultz (Christoph Waltz), who is actually a bounty hunter in need of Django’s help to identify his next target. They work out a deal and Django agrees to help him in exchange for his freedom and compensation.
Dec 29, 2012 · Is Django Unchained "ethically serious" as A. O. Scott puts it, or does it exploit the sufferings of slaves for cheap sensationalistic entertainment? Tarantino appears to do both simultaneously.
Jan 24, 2013 · He does not free slaves. The most damaging character is Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson), who is the ultimate loyal slave to Candie and attempts to sabotage any hope Django has in retrieving his...
- Kellie Carter Jackson
Jan 14, 2013 · At nearly three hours long, Django Unchained is as much about slavery as a spaghetti Western is about the realities of the American West. Slavery is little more than a backdrop, a plot device for...
As such, Django Unchained tends instead to reinscribe the assumptions of the quietly racist dominant narrative that downplays the con- tribution of systemic racism to the continuing social problems confronted by
