Tarantino Clashes with Arquette Over N-Word Usage

0:00On March 10th, Quentin Tarantino has clapped back at actress Rosanna Arquette for calling out his frequent use of the N-word in movies. Arquette, who starred in his 1994 hit Pulp Fiction, labeled the language racist and said he gets special treatment other directors do. Not. She shared her views in a recent interview with a British newspaper expressing frustration after years of seeing the word in his work. Tarantino responded sharply in the statement, suggesting her timing now reeks of a publicity grab after she heavily tipped the role and paychecked back. Then, this spat highlights a long-running debate over Tarantino scripts. Films like Pulp Fiction feature the slur about 20 times, while Jackie Brown from 1997 has it over 30 times, and Django. Unchained clocks in with more than 100 uses. Tarantino has always stood by his choices, saying the dialogue matches real history and character voices, especially in stories set during slavery, or the Civil War. Actor Samuel L. Jackson, who has worked with him on six movies, backs this up, arguing

1:05no races can make such films or team up so often with black talent. The back and forth keeps the conversation alive about language in Hollywood, with fans and critics still split on where art ends and offense begins.