>Word Son... I feel that response..
>
>Despite what the movie may be about...especially since folks
>are trying to "offer an excuse" or highlight grains of
>socio-political commentary in this film...
>
>This film helps no one....and I guess we're stuck between
>defining what it is supposed to be and what it really is or
>what it *intends* to represent.

>Is this strictly for entertainment?
>
>Is this an (expired) piece of socio-politcal commentary?
>
>If entertainment...then entertainment for whom???
>
>If "medicine wrapped in candy"...What sickness are we treating
>exactly?
>
>What I've gleaned so far is that what subject matter needs to
>be serious isn't serious enough *if* this is *intended* as a
>teaching device....
>How do you cite historical context as justification when you
>have to take creative license to infuse humor? If there is a
>message it has just been cheapened...
>
>In short, that makes this product a lie... a mere device that
>sows discord.. Ain't shit entertaining about slavery
>
>
>
>I dunno man.... Is it even possible to accurately name
>something nowadays?
>
>I say ask Tarantino exactly what he calls this and decide for
>yourself whether or not his vision (as described by him) is
>bullshit...
>
>One revenge fantasy does not soothe generations of scarred
>psyches

you nailed it with all your points tho fam. I have no real desire to see this, or at least pay for it. Quentin Tarantino trades in "nigger" stock; this is like his IPO of it. I'm distrustful of him and his true motivations so was down on this idea the second I heard it.

I don't see how this will be HELPFUL. People already refuse to acknowledge how bad slavery or its vestiges have been, they can put this movie under the cover of "it's a Quentin Tarantino movie, all of his stuff is over the top" and whatever intended message he's trying to send (if taking him at good faith) would be lost. If it's taken seriously, it will be pegged as race baiting and trying to incite disharmony among the races in the "Obama era."

It will make money for sure. But I don't see it providing society with any enlightenment.