Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker, actor, film programmer, and cinema owner.
His films are characterized by nonlinear storylines, satirical subject matter, aestheticization of violence, extended scenes of dialogue, ensemble casts, references to popular culture and a wide variety of other films, soundtracks primarily containing songs and score pieces from the 1960s to the 1980s, alternate history, and features of neo-noir film.
Samuel L. Jackson slams Joe Rogan’s N-word use, defends Quentin Tarantino
nypost.comtold the Times in London.Rogan’s prolific use of the N-word was called out last month by singer India Arie, who shared a montage of more than two dozen times that the host had used the epithet on his podcast over the past 12 years.Rogan, 54, apologized as the offenses came to light, though he said the clips were “taken out of context” by Arie.
He added that the admission was “the most regretful and shameful thing I’ve had to talk about publicly.”But Jackson isn’t buying the apology.“He is saying nobody understood the context when he said it, but he shouldn’t have said it.
It’s not the context, dude — it’s that he was comfortable doing it,” he said.There are moments when the word is appropriate, the “Pulp Fiction” actor continued, like when it’s “an element of what the story is about.”“A story is context — but just to elicit a laugh?
That’s wrong,” the 73-year-old actor said.Jackson then cited director pal Quentin Tarantino to make his point. Tarantino, too, has been called out for using the N-word in the past — but it’s different for him, according to Jackson.“While we were rehearsing ‘Django Unchained,’ Leo [DiCaprio] said, ‘I don’t know if I can say [the N-word] this many times,’ ” Jackson said. “Me and Quentin said that you have to.“Every time someone wants an example of overuse of the N-word, they go to Quentin — it’s unfair,” he added. “He’s just telling the story and the characters do talk like that.
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