The Review: Django Unchained [PHOTOS]

» by Latifah Muhammad (@TheLatifah) December 20, 2012, 12:00pm

Broomhilda being punished nearly to the point of no return, the sense of empowerment between the "field n***er" vs. the "house n***er," and the shots of slaves wearing metal rods over their heads like dogs back from the vet, reminds us of the pivotal character in this film. This is slavery, and there's nothing funny about it. Even when Johan Hill and Don Johnson joke about wearing white sheets over their heads as Klansman, but can't see out of the cut-outs for their eyes; this is still slavery. When Dr. Shultz offers a short but important commentary on the sheet wearing men, "Look at 'em run. Cowards tend to do that," you go back to the pink elephant in the room: slavery.

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Tags: christolph waltz, Django Unchained, don johson, Jamie Foxx, Jonah Hill, Kerry Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio, quentin tarantino, samuel l. jackson, Slavery

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Concerned

Don't support this mess. Slavery was only a small part of black history, and Hollywood keeps bringing the same stories about blacks to the forefront i.e. Driving Miss Daisey, the Help, the Butler, Djanjo,etc... Black people don't support this trash. We (black people in America) have better stories to tell than ones told through the eyes of others. Again, resist the temptation to support this film just because it has some of our favorite performers starring in it. We can do better than this. If this film flops, it will be a testiment to our voice as a concerned consumers that we want better and more diverse stories about blacks brought to the movie screen!!