As far as I was concerned, December 11th, 1992 was going to be just like any other Saturday. Per my usual routine, I took in the sights at South Dekalb Mall. I’d usually start out by perusing the rap section at Camelot Music. If nothing caught my eye, I’d sometimes walk across the road to Turtles. After that, I’d give the magazine section at the bookstore a once over. Then it was off to Champs or Foot Locker to check out the newest athletic gear. Around noontime, I’d meet up with my mom (and sometimes my grandmother) for lunch at the Piccadilly Cafeteria. Since my mom was a good listener, our lunches often turned into therapy sessions. That day, I was especially concerned about my friend Avery. Little did I know, he’d had been killed the night before.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
There and Back Again: In Memoriam
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Scottscope Talk Radio 12/26/2012: Beware The Wrath of Django Freeman!
On this edition of Scottscope Talk Radio, the roundtable
will be taking on Quentin Tarantino’s latest homage to the exploitation genre, Django Unchained! We’ll be discussing all of its most controversial
aspects. Is it inappropriate and/or racist
for Tarantino to use slavery as the backdrop for a violent spaghetti
western? Did he make this movie simply
to justify excessive use of the dreaded N-word in yet another one of his films? Is Tarantino’s realistic portrayal of slavery
done in the spirit of historical accuracy, or is it merely a way to indulge in
a bit of torture porn? Did Jamie Foxx end
up being a better fit for the lead role than Will Smith? Does Leonardo DiCaprio make a good villain? How does this film stand up to the spaghetti
westerns of yore? Is it in the same
class as Sergio Corbucci’s original Django? Where does it rank among Tarantino’s earlier
films? Is it among his very best, or his
very worst?
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Movie Review: Django Unchained
Two years before the start of the civil war, a mysterious
drifter makes his way through the Deep South.
When he happens upon a convoy of slaves, he takes it upon himself to
violently free one of them. Though courageous
and charitable, this act of liberation does not come without a price. The drifter, Dr. King Schultz (Christoph
Waltz), is a professional bounty hunter searching for a band of killers. Django Freeman (Jamie Foxx) is a slave who
has encountered the men Schultz seeks.
In exchange for his help, Django will be granted ultimate freedom. He will also be united with his wife Broomhilda
(Kerry Washington), who remains in captivity.
Thus begins a violent odyssey which ends at the doorstep of decadent plantation
owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).
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