http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2012/12/2...enn-story.html
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Quentin Tarantino has brushed off criticism of the racially-charged language used in his latest movie Django Uuchained, insisting the script reflects the reality of the time period.
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The Western, which stars Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio, is set in slavery-era Mississippi in 1858 but the repeated use of the N-word has caused some controversy.
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Spike Lee:
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I am not seeing it. It would be disrespectful to my ancestors to see that film."
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I haven't seen the film yet, and I do plan on it, but I don't see what the big deal is. I think I side with Tarantino. Hasn't there been plenty of "slavery-era" movies that drop the N-word all the time? Why the big deal now?