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Posted on 03/09/2026 8:01:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Quentin Tarantino is firing back after Rosanna Arquette criticized his use of the N-word in his films during a recent interview.
In a career-spanning conversation with The Sunday Times, Arquette discussed her minor role in Tarantino’s 1994 black comedy, “Pulp Fiction,” saying that while it’s “a great film on a lot of levels,” she generally disapproves of the director’s repeated use of the racial slur in his films.
“Personally I am over the use of the N-word — I hate it,” Arquette said in the interview, published on Saturday. “I cannot stand that he [Tarantino] has been given a hall pass. It’s not art, it’s just racist and creepy.”
On Monday, Tarantino responded to Arquette’s criticism in a letter, calling out the actor for trashing the film and thus showing “a decided lack of class, no less honor.”
“I hope the publicity you’re getting from 132 different media outlets writing your name and printing your picture was worth disrespecting me and a film I remember quite clearly you were thrilled to be a part of?” the writer-director wrote in his statement, addressed directly to Arquette. (In the movie, Arquette played Jody, wife to Eric Stoltz’s drug dealer character Lance, and appears in scenes with John Travolta’s Vincent Vega.)
“Do you feel this way now? Very possibly,” Tarantino continued. “But after I gave you a job, and you took the money, to trash it for what I suspect is very cynical reasons, shows a decided lack of class, no less honor.”
Arquette’s criticism of Taratinto’s use of the N-word is far from the first expressed by other industry veterans and audiences. While the racial slur is uttered in “Pulp Fiction” about 20 times, Tarantino’s critics often cite “Django Unchained” as a problem since it features the racial slur nearly 110 times. However, Tarantino’s use of the N-word in his screenplays has long been defended by that film’s star Jamie Foxx and his frequent collaborator Samuel L. Jackson, who has appeared in nearly every Tarantino feature film to date, including “Pulp Fiction.”
Read Tarantino’s response in full below:
Dear Rosanna,
I hope the publicity you’re getting from 132 different media outlets writing your name and printing your picture was worth disrespecting me and a film I remember quite clearly you were thrilled to be a part of?
Do you feel this way now?
Very possibly.
But after I gave you a job, and you took the money, to trash it for what I suspect is very cynical reasons, shows a decided lack of class, no less honor.
There is supposed to be an esprit de corps between artistic colleagues.
But it would appear the objective was accomplished.
Congratulations
Q
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Watch that again and pay close attention to Vincent’s trigger finger. He clearly pulled it intentionally. I think that’s a good little detail that Quentin included.
Next time somebody asks you for your opinion, I suggest you offer one.
Gotta be among the most stupid movie ever made.
meme....
And the few words that say so much in the classic scene in Malcolm X by Denzel Washington in the role:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArHhMabjWwg
Best scene in the movie.
I didn’t recognize Robert Forster as being the now older version of the young tv journalist in Medium Cool, about the 1968 Dem. National Convention. Film contended the tv news journalists are uncaring, selfish, careerists. Died in 2019.
Ha. Today that would be an everyday news story. With annoying bleeps.
RE: That was back in the Desperately Seeking Susan days.
True. Here is a movie that is really obscure: One Cooks, the Other Doesn’t (1983 made for TV). Joseph Bologna ends up with his ex wife (Suzanne Pleshette) and new fiance the young Rosanna Arquette living together. The ex ends up overcoming dislike and teaches the young one how to cook. He then comes to his senses and realizes Pleshette had more qualities he liked and they had more in common so they get back together.
Good for him sticking to his guns. Every rapper and just about every “black” movie spews out ‘ neighbor’ every other word.
I’ve really lost any care for his movies. I think he puts in the “n.....” stuff out of cheap (lazy) shock value more than anything else.
* House Targaryen -- You are an ideological fanatic with a psychotic lust for power and control. You were born to white privilege, yet you feel uniquely qualified to be a "breaker of chains" for oppressed colored folk everywhere. You seek to spread revolution around the globe. You demand full compliance, and even love, insisting that haters "bend the knee" or else. You believe your tyranny is necessary for the greater good. You are patronizing to supporters, intolerant of opponents, emotionally fragile, and violently genocidal. You are a Social Justice Warrior.
Lee said that Tarantino seems to enjoy using it too much.
The whole Arquette family is deep in the Hollyweird BS. She’s a third generation actress in that family. And had a transgender brother who died of AIDS. Write the whole family off, they’re done.
CC
I can’t stand it when Tarantino says “nincompoop.”
The entire Hollywood Arquette clan are utter morons when it comes to politics.
I think far more black women think they are oppressed than your cartoon implies.
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