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@SpikeLee MAN I been waiting for you to speak on it! Never is there a point in Inglorious Bastards where Jews are the butt of the joke...

@JSim07 @SpikeLee Not a huge fan of DJANGO, but (fwiw) at no point was slavery used for laughs, black characters made the 'butt of a joke'.

@ScottMendelson @SpikeLee My crowd laughed every time Django was referred to as that "n--- on a horse," often at Sam's Sambo-isms and...

@JSim07 @ScottMendelson @SpikeLee ....most times a slave or Django mispronounced or misunderstood something, or made a social faux pas

@JSim07 @ScottMendelson @SpikeLee also seems like that's on the audience, not the filmmaker. I don't think QT makes jokes at DJANGO'S exp.

@mtgilchrist @ScottMendelson @SpikeLee 2 hours of unintentional laughter? QT is a much more skilled filmmaker than that.

@JSim07 @ScottMendelson @SpikeLee only saying people react in stupid ways, laugh for the wrong reasons.

@SpikeLee Maybe you heard of a movie called Inglourious Basterds? That was about a holocaust too. Did Woody Allen piss his pants over it?

@Icky_Bob_Crane DId Michael Jackson Have To Pull His CD Off The Shelves Because Of So Call Anti-Semitic Lyrics?Don't Start With Me.

@SpikeLee the goal of the holocaust was death and destruction; the goal of American slavery was tobacco, indigo, rice, and cotton.

@rogueacademic Like Slaves Didn't Die?What Kind Of Academic Are You?And George Washington Didn't Own Slaves Too?

@SpikeLee @rogueacademic Strawman argument. Stick to making movies. At no point did he claim that slaves didn't die.

@SpikeLee have u seen Blazing Saddles? If so, what factor was different that made u watch it but not Django?

.@SpikeLee So why haven't you "unstolen" yourself back to your beloved homeland, thereby "honoring" your ancrstors? #tcot