Sam Jackson is great and Django Unchained is great. These things are undeniable. So when “Emmy Winner” Jake Hamilton of Jake the Movie Guy asked real life Jules Winnfield about the “controversy” surrounding the use of the n-word in the movie, Mr. Jackson — the guy who drops f-bombs on live television — awesomely flipped the script on the whole idea of a controversy by saying he wouldn’t discuss it unless the interviewer was willing to say the word. SPOILER ALERT: Jake gets uncomfortable.
The cast interviews video below is a couple weeks old but — between the holidays and the length — Reddit just got around to unearthing the best part. It’s auto-forwarded for your viewing convenience.
Reminder to Jake Hamilton: Jon Cryer is also an Emmy Winner. Calm it down a notch.
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Yeah, I’m sure he’s NEVER said the word before…
Exactly. I don’t understand why he would even say that.
“I’ve never said that word before! Hell, some of my best friends are n-words!”
“I don’t understand why he would even say that.”
Because he was sitting across from Jules Fucking Winnfield, that’s why. He was probably afraid SLJ was going to jump up, shoot him in the leg and shout “Say n****r again!”
I’ve only said it in an academic context, with a Black professor, and even then it was referencing a piece of dialogue or a song title. We had an interesting discussion about the nature of racism and the use of words springing from that, as she pointed out I probably would not be bothered by being called a honky.
It’s fun to joke on Emmy Winner Jake Hamilton but can’t say I wouldn’t have looked any less foolish in the same situation. Would like to think I would have never asked a stupid question about a non-controversy though.
Like Dan mentioned, the only way to answer the “have you ever said it?” question is being like, “only when referring to a song title or lyric.” Now we all have that one in the chamber.
I agree that I’d like to think I wouldn’t have even asked such a stupid question. The only person who thinks it’s controversial is probably Spike Lee. And even if Emmy Winner Jake Hamilton has never said that word before, you don’t use that defense! It comes off as total bullshit. It just reminds me of the Louis CK bit where he says that using the phrase “n-word” is white people’s way of saying the actual word and getting away with it.
Called me a cracker. Ruined my day.
Out of curiosity is“only when referring to a song title or lyric” the same as “rapping aloud in the car”?
y’all are a bunch of liars, don’t sit there and tell me you never told a black joke as a teenager and said it.
That was kind of the point of my original comment.
oh i was more referring to “i’ve only used it an academic context” Dan.
What’s the difference between a black guy and a large pizza?
One’s a pizza and the other is a human, RACISTS,
This is just fucking beautiful. I love this clip.
Today on “Samuel L. Jackson Makes White People Uncomfortable”….
Wu-Wear.That is all
Does Marcellus Wallace LOOK like a BITCH ??!!??
Say “WHAT” again.
I love how the movie set in a period where it actually makes sense to have rampant use of the word becomes a controversy. Where were all this people for the rest of Tarantino’s filmography?
The only thing that gives a word power is stigma or connotation. If you use a word with the intention of hurting, it becomes a “bad word”. Otherwise, it’s just a word. People need to get over this fear of language.
Couldn’t have said it better. Its not that a specific word is said, IT’S THE CONTEXT that the word is used in.
“Try it”
“I don’t like to…”
“TRY IT”
Something about SLJ yelling at a white man to say the word “nigger” is funny and scary all at the same time.