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Django Unchained

Presented by Dejah Washington

The Overview

Synopsis

Django Unchained is a movie about a slave named Django (Jamie Fox) and a bounty hunter named Dr. King Schultz (Christopher Waltz) and their mission to bring down the Brittle Brothers. Django is a valuable asset to Dr.King because he can identify the Brittle Brothers and is a very skilled gun handler. In the same manner Dr.King is willing to grant Django his freedom and the opportunity to find his wife, in exchange for his knowledge.

Main Characters

Stephen

The head slave on Candie's plantation. He's very likes to see other slaves suffer and uses his power to ensure the other slaves stay in line. He hates Django and is very skeptical of him.

Stephen

Calvin Candie

Head master of the "Candyland" plantation. He's very wealthy but he's also very sick in the way he treats his slave. Stephen is his friend and they both work to take Django down. He fails in the end, but he has great blood on his hand for all the slaves he killed before his ultimate demise.

Calvin

Candie

Django

The star of the movie. He starts off as a slave but is eventually freed by Dr.King . He looking for his wife and is helping Dr. King find the Brittle Brothers. He's also a bounty hunter and skilled gunman.

Django

Dr.King Waltz

Dr.King

a bounty hunter who used to be a dentist. He frees Django as an attempt to locate the Brittle Brothers. The two become good friends and go to Candyland together to steal Brunhilda. Unfortunately, He's killed by Pooch during a shootout.

Brunhilda van Shaft

The lovely wife of Django. Candie keeps her and tortures her when she attempts to run away. She's able to speak german, which fortunate because Dr. King can too.

Brunhilda

von

Shaft

Portrayal

Pre-Industrial America

Django Unchained dates before the industrial period of America and portrays the later years of slavery. This can be identified in the movie through the modes of transportation (cart and Horseback), clothing, occupations, old-time western music playing in the background, and vulgar language. Though the characters in Django Unchained may have been imaginary, some historical people gave inspiration to the character. Some believe that Bass Reeves lives through the character of Django. Reeves was a U.S. deputy marshall that "who was born a slave, arrested 3,000 felons, killed 14 men and was never shot throughout his 32-year career as a federal lawman" (). Another aspect that portrays Pre-industrial America is the violence inflicted against slaves. Quentin Tarantino, didn't hold back in depicting the realities of slavery.

Noel Hypothesis

applying the Noel Hypothesis to Django is not very difficult. Having some prior knowledge over the colonization of America and the enslavement of Blacks helps apply this hypothesis quite well. Three characteristics must be supported when acknowledging the Noel hypothesis: ethnocentrism, competition and differentials in power.

Noel Hypothesis

Ethnocentrism:

can be see through the white society making themselves superior to the slaves. They degrade and torture the blacks

Competition:

During this period of slavery the competition between whites and blacks was skewed. White people had already made sure that black people would never be able to make it ahead

Differentials in power:

White slave owners were in high power and kept slaves and freed slaves beneath them

Did Django "Get it Right"?

The movie Django Unchained is very controversial when concerning Historical Accuracy. In my opinion, I believe that Tarantino was overall pretty accurate, but for theatrics effect he need to put a twist on some elements. According to some Critics the Mandingo fight was not an accurate representation of the times. They claim that the masters were businessmen and wouldn't participate in such actions in order to protect their goods (slaves). However I believe and know there were plantations and people twisted enough to mutilate slaves for pure entertainment, so a Mandingo fight is not too far fetch.

Accuracy

My Opinion

My opinion

Django and I have some history, so of course I liked the movie. My grandpa introduced me to a lot of slave movies because he felt it was necessary for me to know about it. My only hate towards the movie is my man Leo playing a racist plantation owner. I love how he's able to keep character but it's hard to see him in that light. I feel that the movie is long enough to experience multiple emotions. Tarantino did take a time to make sure the dominant-minority relations was exhibit in this film. Its actually very explicit when you view the content.

Public Opinion

Django received a lot of "hell" when it came out because it was very controversial. Quentin Tarantino wanted to preserve some authenticity but even I agree some scenes were a little superficial. People were also taken aback by the usage of the N word, especially by my man Leo. But despite all this, the movie had a high viewing by the black community.

Public Opinion

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