12 Years Later, I Finally Understand Django Unchained

[@lynnpehrson8826]

Schultz is a dentist, and calvin is candy

[@Tater4200]

Woa......

[@fraydizs7302]

Hes cracked the code

[@Mr.Lubbox-Lobsterlegz1]

Profound.

[@wambokodavid7109]

what about steven??? i tell u what he is.......chocolate

[@damoncooney6709]

Hahaha with bad teeth too! Why didn’t I see that.

[@comradethatmetalguy]

I like the way you philosophize boy.

[@thac0twenty377]

I like the way you comment boy

[@chiefblacklung1120]

​@@thac0twenty377I like the way you reply boy

[@thac0twenty377]

@@chiefblacklung1120 I like the way you don't have typos boy

[@chiefblacklung1120]

@@thac0twenty377 I like the way you appreciate good grammer boy

[@joshuahayes4825]

🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀💀

[@asmodiusjones9563]

The scene that has stuck with me for a decade is when Django takes revenge on the family that killed Dartagnian. When he bursts into the house, he could have said any badass phrase, or something about himself, or anything to make himself look cool. Instead he shouted the name of the slave he’d watched them kill. Most of the audience probably didn’t even remember that character’s name at that point, but Django had not forgotten.

[@DoloresLehmann]

I think he was also trying to wash off his own guilt, after all, he was the one who denied Schultz the possibility to safe D'Artagnan, just so he wouldn't endanger the plan to safe his wife.

[@christophergreen6595]

It was a real good beat.

[@asmodiusjones9563]

@@DoloresLehmann how could Schultz have saved D’artangian? They’d just gotten there.

[@tristanpotter2183]

​@asmodiusjones9563 Schultz was going to buy him but Django stopped him because it would blow their cover.

[@Vil_Vandelier]

@@tristanpotter2183 "We aint payin' a penny for that Pickaninny"

[@dustinheffker3524]

Living in the deep south myself, i loved the fact that the movie showed a french influence to the south. There is so much french and spanish influence in the coastal south that the rest of the country over looks, and Quentin Tarantino did a great shout out to it.

[@Hat_With_A_Hat_On]

I love how countries have weird little offshoots of other places. In Africa there's dudes called dandies who dress up in like forties to sixties style fashion from america. They spend genuine percentages of their income on just wearing dope suits, then walk through dirt road villages lookin dope. In canada they have newfies who have incredibly thick and odd accents somewhere crossed between Irish and gibberish. Like Cajuns. There's the Elvis people in Japan that dress up like Elvis in daily life. Like cool fifties gangs from TV.

[@marakalos3838]

@@Hat_With_A_Hat_OnI’ve met a few dandies like you described, from Africa and in my hometown in America. Often great manners and good minds to speak with, well usually. They taught me the best ways to make a flashy suit work!

[@69mikeoxlong-v3p]

The devils in the detail 🌃

[@69mikeoxlong-v3p]

Have you ever thought about opening your eyes?there is a thing called history,your a dappy James blunt😂😂😂,

[@Mavuika_Gyaru]

Well yeah, ever been to Louisiana? French influence in the bayou

[@magicbeatbox]

It’s funny how you don’t need any production values to make wisecrack content. You just need Jared’s mind and voice.

[@charles___]

Wisecrack is just another Breadtube now

[@RomanPhilosopher]

@@charles___ That's bad?

[@indu1133]

Yes I stopped watching wisecrack as it became boring and preaching not a mind opening content platform.

[@Pikminiman]

I thought I was a fan of Wisecrack. Turns out I'm actually a fan of Jared (and Thug Notes).

[@hermaeusmora2945]

@@RomanPhilosopher yes. When you claim to be philosophical or intellectual but only "argue" from one side and narrative and don't do it well, you've lost your way.

[@P-Mouse]

Django & Basterds make a good double feature: "Good Guy" Americans in Evil Germany / "Good Guy" German in Evil America

[@godzillazfriction]

this is very superficial vignette's that are drawn on a basis level...

[@TylerD288]

Comic book violence spread thin like veneer over a shallow story.

[@P-Mouse]

@@godzillazfriction sure is..

[@petermgruhn]

Parallelism is a thing which can help you make your point clearly.

[@john-paulhunt-q6t]

Sadly, the right wing would call this movie woke now too in the online and cable news media culture wars. This is why I don't go to the movies anymore. Everything is now a woke or anti woke culture wars piece of art/propaganda in winning elections in our country now.

[@jasonscottjenkins]

I noticed the way he dismissed the offering of the white cake as he "Doesn't go in for sweets" as the reason he still has good teeth while Calvins are rotting.

[@DChase-ky2pg]

#cakewalk It's has a different meaning now but back then, cake was given to slaves for going above and beyond to please the master.

[@pearcefitzpatrickodonovan480]

He's also a dentist, so I can see why his teeth would be in good condition

[@YokaiX]

@@jasonscottjenkins also he’s an ex-dentist who killed Candie (Candy)

[@YokaiX]

@@pearcefitzpatrickodonovan480 a dentist who killed Candie (Candy)

[@jong7513]

My 2x great grandfather's name was Jingo. He escaped slavery in South Carolina during the civil war, and joined the US Colored troops, and fought for his own freedom and mine. He passed in 1923, at age 106.

[@luigimafia10201]

Badass dude

[@theorderofthebees7308]

much respect 🙏

[@AlyssMa7rin]

Sounds like he was a great man.

[@martiendejong8857]

@@AlyssMa7rin but still an agent of state violence

[@lordmegatron4789]

that's really cool

[@pkvanderzee6226]

The story is timeless. Dr Schultz tells the story about a knight who must slay the dragon and save the princess...and that happens..And most of all I love movies where the main badguy is presented as late as possible..but has all the room/space to shine..(Kill Bill also) ..

[@apokatastasian2831]

there are no good guys in Kill Bill

[@MyPlantedAquarium]

@@apokatastasian2831where did he say something about good guy?

[@theorderofthebees7308]

Sugar was as profitable. as cotton in regards to the slave trade- The refusal of few bounty hunter to eat the cake is also a nod to his dislike of slavery

[@mohamedal-sharif9728]

Hellen Keller being pro Eugenics is a twist I didnt expect.

[@victoriajankowski1197]

Never underestimate the power of self hatred. She was consistent though, refusing to have any children of her own. Many people believed you could fight for the better treatment of disabled people while also denying them the right to have children, many still do. One of the great tradagies of the eugenics movement is how it actually stagnated science, hard to research hard questions when you to busy defending the subjects of your research from bigots who would rather they not exist at all, similar fights are going on in lgtbq+ communities even today, things that might be interesting or even helpful to know but dare you ask for fear the research will be misused or misinterpreted .....

[@Iamlegend1987]

Not sure if lgtbq needs more research. It really not that difficult.

[@thespacebanana1307]

She prolly didn't want anyone else to be Helen keller

[@aleksandrhaakon]

Hellen was a political activist with many nuanced and extreme political views and beliefs. it is however not something we know for certain, as there are some who believe it was her caretaker who held these positions and who just used Hellen and her fame as a mouthpiece of her ideas.

[@The_Faceless_No_Name_Stranger]

@@Iamlegend1987Yes and no. Yes we know what it is and how it shows but the whys are iffy. We know that some genetics and biochemical factors are the background on queerness but it isn’t the whole picture. We don’t think there is a “gay gene” but factors could be the cause of it. A mother could have 3 boys and 1 of them could be gay and it would be interesting to know why. The problem is that approaching it is iffy because it could be interpreted as you trying to find out to delete it or prevent it.

[@Ontonaut]

16:50 “Rich people get Ozempic. Poor people get body positivity” 😢 -Eric Cartman

[@23ahndra]

Body positivity isn’t about ignoring possible health implications of obesity. It’s about dismantling fatphobia that leads to harm in all facets of life. Medical doctors often don’t give fat people adequate care and blame EVRY ailment on weight. They often dont bother to look any deeper leading mis/late diagnosis.

[@nyanuwu4209]

"Body positivity isn’t about ignoring possible health implications of obesity." ...It very often is though.

[@BobBob-eb4io]

​@nyanuwu4209 yea 99 percent of the time, the body positivity movement is pathetic.

[@k.p.c7779]

That happens to everyone. Doctors don't know anything. Poor people get mental disorders instead of eating ones.​@23ahndra

[@g7924]

@@nyanuwu4209because you saw a fat person on instagram not hating themselves? 🙄 get a life

[@akultisgod5538]

did you notice how stephen was the one that signed the paperwork to release broomhilda, not calvin. stephen was the one that had to explain everything to calvin in the office over a glass of liquor. stephen was really running that plantation, but he acted stupid in public, speaking broken english and acting subservient to calvin. Stephen, portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson, is a fascinating and deeply complex character. While he outwardly presents himself as subservient to Calvin Candie, the plantation owner, his actions reveal that he wields significant influence and is effectively running the plantation from behind the scenes. Stephen’s signing of the paperwork to release Broomhilda, as well as his role in explaining matters to Calvin in the office, underscores his authority and intelligence. He is the one who truly understands the workings of the plantation and ensures its operation, while Calvin indulges in his superficial and flamboyant persona. This dynamic highlights a power imbalance that is hidden beneath societal appearances. Stephen’s public facade of broken English and exaggerated subservience is a performance that allows him to maintain control without appearing threatening to the white elite. It’s a survival mechanism but also a manipulative tool, as it gives him room to maneuver and wield power while avoiding scrutiny. His character is a chilling reminder of how power can be exercised in subtle and covert ways, even within oppressive systems. This duality makes Stephen one of the most cunning and controversial characters in the film, representing an internalized and weaponized compliance with the system of slavery for personal gain. It’s a brilliant piece of storytelling that adds layers to the narrative and invites deeper reflection on power, agency, and complicity within oppressive structures.

[@JohnDoe-ne4kg]

Thanks ChatGPT

[@Dodgecity403]

Aseer The Duke Of Tiers said the exact same thing concerning Stephen. Slaves don’t sign documents and checks. That’s was Stephen’s home and land. Go check out DUKE OF TIERS

[@chadiverson3796]

So Stephen is a slavery too...Just like 10,000 free blacks in the south that owned slaves

[@Linda-sw4cl]

Could’ve just called him a smarter uncle ruckus and called it a day

[@Blakchipskylark]

@@Linda-sw4clthank you 😂

[@solidsnake58]

I love Django Unchained and I’ve seen it a dozen or more times and I’m fascinated by it’s not only entertaining but full of nuances. I particularly love how Tarantino can take beloved actors like Jackson and Waltz and have them play both heroes and villains in his films.

[@jonathanyaloussa]

"We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and go to his day's work at Auschwitz in the morning." - George Steiner

[@pyropulseIXXI]

They had theater shows and a field for sports at Auschwitz

[@GeneralSamov]

​@@pyropulseIXXI How very progressive of them.

[@steffenpanning2776]

​@@GeneralSamov The Nazi-Party was very progressive. It loved to use new and modern things for it's goals. Being progressive doesn't make you automatically good or right.

[@SanctusPaulus1962]

​@@pyropulseIXXI Yeah... for the guards. Not the prisoners.

[@SSC941]

You'd be surprised. The Orchestra, cinema and brothel wasn't limited to the guards.

[@selalewis9189]

“We tried to tell y’all.” ~ ancient African proverb

[@Power2thediaspora]

I’m sayin

[@taylo7]

I'm only here to hear what he didn't understand the first time he watched. Lol

[@Iburn247]

There are literally still slaves IN africa

[@MrsBrown-mz3co]

@@taylo7same.. 👀

[@CloudSephiroth]

Jared seems like a cool guy- doing cool things such as philosophizing, eating pizza, and playing video games. Cool that you can make a living doing that dude.

[@stupled]

i bet he is set for life after selling Wisecrack....but i don't know

[@smileyp4535]

I think Jared is a pretty cool guy, eh makes wisecracks and doesn't afraid of anything

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

...and watching movies, which he seems to do a lot, too. I want to be like him and make a living doing cool things, too!

[@pyropulseIXXI]

Only one of those things is cool

[@eugenegreen2285]

@@pyropulseIXXI the pizza, right?

[@jonsrecordcollection7172]

The bullet piercing a carnation is also an allusion to the 1968 spaghetti western, The Mercenary.

[@xuxuang8574]

Tarantino often does this... Takes scenes from other films and recontextualises them to imbue them with meaning. In one sense, the whole of Django unchained is like this, he took the classic Django movies and recontextualises them to be about slavery.

[@davidcombs3617]

And Brittle's blood splattering on cotton was a reversal of "Strange Fruit" and its "blood on the leaves."

[@LikeCarvingACake]

As an exYugo, Europeans really got the racism on lock. The best way I can describe it is like when you walk into a paint shop and there are 300 shades of white but each shade thinks the other shade isn’t white

[@LarthV]

Because in Europe it is _all_ about culture. I mean, the were talking „Gaulish“ (French) vs „Germanic“ (German) vs „Anglo-Saxon“ (English) as races.

[@GiggaGMikeE]

@@LarthV You still get that in the US. It's just that the American style of racism is to fit as many groups as you can sway into the category of "White" when it serves a purpose, and then slowly tighten the circle as the targeted groups get oppressed and then create new targets of the people who get pushed out. At one point Irish weren't considered White, until it was beneficial to pit the poor Irish against newly freed slaves. Conversely, there were times where North African Muslim people were considered White. Jewish people have basically been slapped back and forth over the "Are they White?" line for generations. More often than not, American racism is about wealth control and pitting the poor "White" people against other poor people of darker tones. That's arguably similar to racism in most of the world, but places like Europe also tend to have hundreds-thousands of years of interactions that might have led to animosity, not just 250 years or so of American history

[@blackblack1167]

The other day, I saw this Ghanian woman talking about her Lithuanian husband online (nothing bad). There were a whole bunch of comments from Lithuanians saying that man ruined his bloodline by marrying that woman I paid no mind to it because I’ve actually done some research on some European cultures. I knew responses she’d get Meanwhile, so many people were shocked people were saying that. They were even more shocked because it was Europeans saying it

[@LarthV]

@@blackblack1167 That is sad, but not unexpected. Though to be fair, I would also expect the same if that woman was of another European background (in a Lithuanians case, Russian in particular), and from people in Ghana and any other place in the "old world" in reversed roles. That kind of thing is, if not mainstream, so at least pretty common in all old world cultures, I assume - I could easily see a (say) group of Polish, Moroccan, Tutsi, Tamils, Iranians or whatever make the same supremacist comment w.r.t. their culture. Things are still quite "tribal supremacist" here...

[@juannaym8488]

​@@blackblack1167there was a lot of outrage couple of months ago when an Albanian woman married a Pakistani man. Also the "ruined your bloodline" argument

[@Shenanirats]

I wouldn't say that religion won the debate over eugenics as much as Hitler simply showed where eugenics would logically take a society. Suddenly it wasn't so popular to push, and the urban elites and their ilk in academia and politics decided it best to sweep it under the rug. Sort of. It's still around in various forms.

[@Iamlegend1987]

Hitler was coming for most of the world. America as a big dog couldn’t allow that. It’s always over resources most cases especially if it’s large scale.

[@DanielLewis-x8x]

Excellent point

[@РрооНгоее]

What Hitler did wasn't eugenics simply because DNA was discovered only in 1950s

[@MikePerreman]

Yeah, the science vs religion aspect to that bit really missed the mark. Like its not even true, plenty of religious folk were eugenicists, and plenty of scientists recongized it as utter bullshit.

[@VanellaMusic-kl3kk]

@@MikePerremanBut plenty of religious people lead the fight against it. The Civil Rights movement was a religious movement.

[@MC-bh8ph]

It's absolutely crazy to me that some people called Tarantino a racist over the use of the N word in Django Unchained. It's one of the most anti-racism movies ever made

[@Thedarkknight2244]

A movie about slavery that ends with a slave becoming a badass. Truly a genius achievement

[@greatsol2444]

You have obviously no idea what you’re talking about. The “most anti racist movie ever made”?? 😂😂😂😂😂lmmfao

[@treborkroy5280]

Its not anti racist. It's just black revenge fantasy.

[@rumplstiltztinkerstein]

@@greatsol2444 "the most anti-racist" was definitely a bit too much. Its just a well written movie. We are too obsessed with media being "the best" and "the greatest". Being a good movie is good enough.

[@grisflyt]

People tend to have a huge issue with the word. On the other side you have those upset they can't use it. They usually also complain that they can't say Christmas. Both are equally ridiculous. The Iraqis became sand n-s. And now the Palestinians. That's the very problem with the word. It's used to denote something beneath contempt. The whole white people should be allowed to use the word is a bad faith argument. Mel Brooks was once told you can't make a movie like Blazing Saddles today. He replied that you couldn't make a movie like that back when he made it either. The persecution and victim complex run deep in some people.

[@DoctorFatman]

I'm just here to say that I'm so glad that Jared still makes videos. Videos that are still as insightful as during his time in Wisecrack, and often more so.

[@deionroulhac3245]

okay, so he did leave Wisecrack? Did he mention why he left?

[@jasonjohnson8634]

1:36 "Lets dive in Butt first" 😂

[@21stcenturyhiphop]

Leonardo DiCaprio suggested the phrenology scene to Quentin, who added it to the script.

[@NobodyC13]

And Leo actually cut his hand sawing and breaking the skull apart, but was so in the moment he didn't stop. That's his blood right there.

[@TickleHellmo]

@@NobodyC13no I believe not. Rather, They paused to clean and tend to the wound. They talked about adding it to the scene, got some extra movie blood, and then they talked to Kerry Washington about wiping her face with fake blood. But yes, the idea of all that came from the incident of cutting his hand during the performance.

[@raed3240]

​@@TickleHellmohe smashed a glass with his hand and smeared his real blood on her

[@TickleHellmo]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@brooksfleming7643]

​@@raed3240F outta here.

[@coinsinthecushion5800]

Leo deserved an Oscar for his role as Calvin Candy.

[@Wh4L205]

Then he would win best supporting actor over Christoph Waltz. Dr. Schultz had some of the best dialogue ever. Especially that opening scene. And the marshall/sherrif scene.

[@omarholder9036]

​@@Wh4L205but he deserved it more than Waltz. Or at least, he deserved to have his performance tested against his. The artificial cooking of the books the academy did to ensure the good white character in the movie won was insulting to my intelligence. Not only was Leo not nominated, the Academy only nominated 4 supporting actor performances that year. They left one slot empty. Meaning it implied only 4 performances were worthy of consideration, which we all know was false. Basically, they nominated Waltz and left Leo and Samuel Jackson with nothing to ensure that the Django fans wouldn't split the votes among the many great supporting performances from that movie.

[@MikePerreman]

​@@omarholder9036"The artificial cooking of the books" Oh fuck off, its a ceremony where celebrities give themselves awards.

[@gaborrajnai6213]

He basically played an evil version of himself in it. He was frenetical though.

[@jgonz260]

@@omarholder9036 Correct. However, award nominations in Hollywood as we know, are largely political a lot of the time,

[@squelish]

I just found Jared again after a few years and it's great to see you doing videos again! SUBSCRIBED!

[@markrwatanabe]

Same here. I need to watch the video of why he left wisecrack because apparently his content was the only real reason I was watching it.

[@dentoncrimescene]

Me too. Chuffed.

[@robarteller]

Jared dude I love your content. I feel you always manage to keep a red line though your videos that makes them so coherent. No one else on KZbin manages to convey complex ideas this way. Keep up the good work my man.

[@inspireengineering479]

Leo and Samuel give some of their best performances? I feel like Jaime, Kerry & Christoph do as well. I don’t think there is really a single actor in this movie that wasn’t stellar

[@withalittlehelpfrom3]

Django is also one of the earliest depictions of a Black cowboy/ranger type in the 21st century, which has been erased by history, and only just started making appearances d in the last few years with Watchmen 2019 and the Bass Reeves show.

[@joeshoe6184]

If you study the history of the West, there are several black folks that figure prominently. Edward Rose, James Beckwourth Nat Love etc etc.

[@bekanimal]

Also Denzel Washington in magnificent seven, 2016

[@thomasecker3074]

It's a retelling of the tale of Brunhilda. Jackson is the dragon

[@stardude111]

Any thoughts on the casting of Christoph Waltz as Dr. Schultz in Jango? I always wondered if Tarantino had a deeper motive for casting him as the ‘good’ German after having him play a very very evil German.

[@slakerfiftytwo3932]

the duality of germans

[@pyr0digm]

@@slakerfiftytwo3932 as played by an austrian.

[@GiggaGMikeE]

Besides the fact that he's an amazing actor with a delightful mastery of accents?

[@Iamlegend1987]

@@slakerfiftytwo3932ppl in general

[@SJPaladinHawk]

One thing I wish got a bit more discussion is the concept of Dr. Schultz as the Failed Ally. So many people valorize his actions without realizing just how much he further endangered, let down, and actively profited off of Django. Freeing slaves was a moral bonus to him, but just that - a bonus. And when the choice came down to his pride or /the lives of the people involved/, he picked pride. And so many "allies" of so many movements are exactly like this. They're romantically engaged with Doing the Good Thing so long as it's presented to them romantically, but when it comes time to make hard choices or face criticism, they fold, falter, or actively make a mess on other people's behalf. Because it's not about liberation for them - it's about /ego/. And if they can also make stacks on it? Believe that they will, and actual minorities will be lucky to ever see a dime of it. (Hi, Elvis!)

[@leonfrancis3418]

Having this discussion requires seeing the film of Django for what it is. It's not an empowerment film. It's not a revenge film. It's not even a movie about Django. It's a move about Schultz and how it takes "whìte good" to conquer "whìte evīl." He's the main character. That's why Django's story only begins when he is freed by him and taught how to do everything he then goes on to do. The story isn't Inglorious Basterds, but with sIavery, it's a whìte savior complex story about a "good" German who steals someone's sIave that he needs, uses that sIàve as his own, and then repays him by teaching him skills and failing to rescue his wife and endangering the plot to save her because of supposed principles. Schultz is meant to be the white audience. His imperfect allyship is exactly the level of care the viewer is meant to have about Aměrican SIăvery. Surface level, while feeling their own participation of and reaping of the benefits from the institution, is fine so long as they openly declare they think it's icky.

[@SJPaladinHawk]

@@leonfrancis3418 These are the same people shouting "My Khaleesi!", so I'm not shocked. Day 1 trash and they were surprised when leopards ate white faces.

[@Wh4L205]

Sadly I've seen this example so many times in the construction world. Main reason I don't trust ppl on the job no matter how nice they come off being

[@kellharris2491]

But at the same time we shouldn't discard these kind of 'allies' because we still need them. In truth slavery is about economic power. (It's still ongoing in many forms and many places) When it shifted that racial issues helped those in power, is when we found leverage. If people want to help us, even out of their own self righteousness we need to use these people. Between people who actively hate us, versus those that are ambivalent about us ,motivated on self interest, we need to use the latter. If we reject both we are missing an opportunity to help ourselves through negotiation. Part of being successful in both business and politics is using any tool that you are given to push your agenda including the psychology of others. What made MLK so effective wasn't just his speaking and rhetoric, he was a savvy politician with the ability to read other politicians and influence public perception. When we reject every hand offered to us because the motives aren't good we lose opportunities to advance our own agendas. Politicians were scared of Malcolm x and were more willing to work with MLK because of it. That's another thing. The carrot and the stick. We need to be clever to advocate for ourselves. That's how the game is played. Do you know how the trans-atlantic slave trade got shut down? Through the colonial British Empire playing "white savior." They even eventually leveraged to get the British Empire to pay for reparations. But really it was about future economic interests and relations. See how that works? That doesn't mean we trust these people until they give us reason to trust, but no we can't just dismiss these people either.

[@SJPaladinHawk]

@@kellharris2491 And now MLK is on cereal boxes and in Fox News' mouth. And his messages against fairweather moderates and anticapitalist were bled out for social taxidermy. MLK is white folks Elmo now. Use whoever - but never forget who they are. And what they do once they have what they want.

[@christophergreen6595]

What I especially loved was the careful look at the 'geography' of the plantation... that trip into Candyland, where the outermost limits are wildlands and the only 'civilization' is the plantation. Planters in the south discouraged market towns and independent commerce, as they were essentially feudal lords with their own blacksmiths etc.

[@answerman9933]

3:33 Skin colour is used because it is just the easiest to see and categorize.

[@shontoo6979]

Hair color is quite easy to see, eye color as well.

[@thesouloftheinternet4829]

skin color is used because white people are still very racist and black people are still under their violent thumb. look at the guy who is not being allowed stand your ground because he killed two white agitators. the old white man that killed that black grandmother and is granted bail .. it goes on and on until we stop it.

[@MarcoBonechi]

Height is easier

[@thesouloftheinternet4829]

the best part of your statement is the truth has people stating ridiculous other factors because they are part of the hateful. the hateful will try and dismiss their hate because it really is all they have..

[@NicotineRosberg]

It's been 12 years? Damn I'm old

[@adrianpetyt9167]

Highly cultured reactionary villains have been a cliche for a long time. "I am zer nazi general who listens to classical music on zer gramophone viz my eyes closed und says, 'You see, captain, ve are not all barbarians. '"

[@TheRealDarrylStrawberry]

You cut perfectly at the moment Shultz *ticks at Django's hat on the table.

[@ChrisGuerra31]

Another great one, Jared! You're introducing me to a lot of discussion on subjects I previously thought were cut and dry, or which I wasn't aware of at all. Thank you for helping us think about it and figure it out 🙏

[@theenatashasheree]

3:59 the origin of the terms “white” and “black” reveal this as well

[@ActualLiteralKyle]

Glad to have you back and see you continuing to post. Years of Wisecrack videos not one sounded interested but I’ll be damned if I didn’t click on this before even realizing it was you.

[@wattsnottaken1]

Thank you for reminding me to re watch this masterpiece. I’m Very sad that Tino is currently making his “Last Movie”

[@iiicuuubreathingfullyoohoohooh]

“Pretending to be inferior is a part of the job.” Very astute observation there. Cinema that supports people activating their executive function in our own lives seems to be time well spent, in my opinion. This was the last film that my brother and I got to see in the theater with our father. The need to have this conversation across the Atlantic where we can really look, listen, & question to see what the contrast between what is artificial verses genuine progress is can be noble work indeed. Thx for remaining open to your cast and crew through the process of filming Django unchained, Tarantino. Now I want to listen to The Roots album titled Phrenology again.

[@Speedkid]

Candy is shit in a silk stocking. It still stinks.

[@mariusknappe1562]

"the vile eye" made a great summary of candy; "the only thing calvin candy is good at, is being racist"

[@clownroyal1]

Just stumbled upon your channel today. LOVE IT!!!

[@JubeiKibagamiFez]

5:28 Also historically, the antebellum south had wide distribution of a "Negro Edition" bible, that was heavily edited to strengthen the slave owners stance in favor of indefinite slavery of the African peoples and their diaspora.

[@davidcombs3617]

@@JubeiKibagamiFez I especially liked how the slave Bible removed the book of Exodus. In case the slaves got any ideas other than the natural desire to be free

[@JubeiKibagamiFez]

@@davidcombs3617 Yes, indeed. That was the most egregious thing for me. And The New Testament was heavily altered as well.

[@dcoderjr]

This was great and enlightened me as to why the movie felt like it was saying so much more than just the story. I love the layers of messaging in this type of art.

[@YD-uq5fi]

Great review. A lot of little details that I didn't catch before.

[@Chessheromusic]

So many stories and films I see even rewatch have so much more meaning and truth than when I saw them as a young man

[@TheFairyGoblin]

One of my favorite films hands down. There is so much to unpack, and You really outdid yourself, sir! Your film analysis videos are always my favorites. Maybe I could request you doing another Tarantino? Or covering another film that depicts the dismantling of social norms? Even if it’s a three hour video about snails, I’ll be here for it! ✌️ à bientôt!

[@IMelkor42]

Stephen drops the cane just before (he thinks) Django is probably about to kill him. I interpreted this as him thinking 'If I'm about to die, I'll do it standing on both of my feet', not 'He was faking needing the cane the entire time'

[@tyleryoung6360]

This is so great. Truly, Wisecrack lost it's soul after you left. You have a wonderful way to bring up philosophical questions that doesn't seem political, or perpetuating a side of any agenda. But you are a great example of someone pointing out interesting observations and asking thought provoking questions about our pop culture and entertainment. I would like you to know that I've watched you for years and you've inspired me to always be willing to take a closer look at my entertainment.

[@charles___]

It's Just another Breadtube now

[@shroomfaerie139]

JARED! Finally found ur channel on my suggestions!

[@wipis59]

I like how he featured the stratification among black slaves as well. Black slavers, house servants, field workers, and free men. Broomhilda was given a German name and taught German so she could be a companion. We see slaves given leisure time and we see slaves beaten and branded. Some slaves were close friends to the family. Others were just meat. Deep details for a cowboy/ revenge/ action movie.

[@kellharris2491]

Yeah and see how they were a pitted against each other.

[@MadamOst]

Django Unchained is one of my all time fave films. Every scene is filled with so much depth and detail. Very good vid Mr. Bauer.

[@URCO70]

It’s interesting how this Di Caprio’s character is a parody of Elon Musk.

[@summerrunner1755]

Kind of true, but Glass Onion did it better

[@parrin96]

In the book, "Flight to Canada" by Ishmael Reed, there is a slave who plays dumb for decades, outsmarts his master, and ends up receiving his ENTIRE plantation once he died. His storyline is almost identical to Steven's in this movie. I have always wondered if Quentin has read the book.

[@dragonhead99]

Hey, Jared. Love your videos. Can you do one about Blade Runner?

[@ChrisGuerra31]

Seconded

[@Itharl]

Fantastic analysis as always, this was a layer of the story that I completely missed (not that I needed more reasons to love this movie, but nice).

[@mpalfadel2008]

Alexander Dumas was a very wealthy French noble who had a mother who was a slave To his father, his sons noble past mattered more than his skin color Haitians looked upon Dumas’s social class in the same fashion as they looked in rich white slavers Edit: I mixed up General Alexandre Dumas (born in France) with Haitian General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas

[@jacobdane]

We know that social division is at the heart of racism, but Candy believed noble traits were physiological, so Dumas is a perfect example for Schulz to use

[@mpalfadel2008]

@@jacobdane wasn’t arguing that I was attempting to give a little historical context on Dumas given his highly unusual background

[@MidnightatMidian]

First of all, his grandmother was a slave, not his mother. The man was the biggest fraud in French litterature. All his life he exploited unknown authors, stole their manuscript then publish them in his name. He was always broke, left all the women he went with debts, he was a libertine with no responsability. He died in misery.

[@MidnightatMidian]

Also he lived in la Reunion. Isle of la reunion is certainly not Haiti. Dude. You're trying to get historical context or are you straight up inventing stuffs??? Dear god!!

[@mpalfadel2008]

@@MidnightatMidian you got me I mixed up Alexandre Dumas with the Haitian General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas I’ll edit

[@CactusCJ]

Wow, I'm so glad I found this channel! I watched two videos to make sure it wasn't a lucky good video, and now I'm off to dive into the catalog as a subscriber!

[@Fangs1978]

The unfortunately now dead channel MrBtongue made a video much like this one 9 years ago called Django Uncomplained. You all should check it out if you liked this video, he touches on a few additional subjects as well.

[@debrachambers1304]

An amazing video! I was going to comment about it, it's interesting to hear someone analyze Tarantino's language (which he obviously fixated upon) more in-depth.

[@EJD339]

Well now I have to find this channel and check out some of their videos.

[@nathan_codes]

I'm really liking this series Jared, I rewatched the Prestige after your video and totally forgot David Bowie played Tesla lolol Each year so many movies come out, it's easy to forget and not appreciate the gems, it's why video essays and apps like Letterbox are helpful, keep up the great work!

[@jemicabond3916]

Leo is an outstanding actor

[@WilliamTeller]

JARED! Glad you got your own channel now! This was phenomenal. Thank you!

[@trevorcunningham8687]

This is the greatest movie ever made. And let's not forget it's a love story.

[@Rooskie91]

When you were talking about phrenology, I couldn't help but think of economics as the same thing for our time.

[@citizencj3389]

Economics is a real Science. Phrenology is a pseudoscience.

[@flamingostringfellow5399]

Man your channel on my youtube feed and I’m blown away with your intellectually honest assessment of issues. The only agenda I see in your commentary is thought-provoking truth. We must do due diligence in our assessment of any situation. First conclusions are usually wrong conclusions and we have a tendency to let our ideology determine our facts instead of letting the facts speak for themselves. I once heard in old adage that really makes sense: “There’s three sides to every story, there’s a right and a wrong and the truth.”

[@marcellycalica6568]

Watching at work

[@user-zb8ss9xb1b]

Is that why I'm still waiting for my Uber??

[@mightyone3737]

I rode my bike in truly ungodly weather to both pick up this movie and enough booze to get through it, I rode through slush that was 4 inches deep consistently, blizzard weather, and the temperature was dropping rapidly, meaning that slush would end up solid if I tried to take a break. Anyways, I made it and enjoyed the movie. I'm not sure if you really added anything to my knowledge (I was a bad student but I did pay attention in arts classes), but it's nice to think about that movie again, because I did enjoy watching it, so thanks for that!

[@kennethferland5579]

It should be noted that nearly all societies on transition from the stone age to the bronze or iron age became very heirahcical. But piror to any inter-continental travel and the presense of people who would even be remotely differentiated on phenotype these societies usded OTHER means to brand their lower classes. The most popular method was SPEACH. Elites would simply have an accent, vocabulary and sometimes even an outright seperate language which would be impenetrable to lower social classes, while lower classes would have a 'vulgar' speach which would mark them for life as members of a lower class as firmly as skin color would be used by modern racists. England is one of the few surviving examples where elite/vulgar speach patterns survived to the modern day.

[@Iamlegend1987]

Ahh some who thinks beyond the surface level.

[@UserNameAnonymous]

Hierarchies exist in most species, not just humans.

[@bullz3718]

What an amazing breakdown! Just watched this film and your analysis is spot on.

[@Thedarkknight2244]

A movie that fully shows the horrors of slavery while making black people feel like bad asses on the back of it. Incredible achievement

[@godzillazfriction]

i just gotta love the superficial, polarization regarding the labeling of 'black ppl' as viewing 'Black ppl' as separate entities & holding your labelling to a pedestal for what the movie achieves at...

[@Thedarkknight2244]

@@godzillazfriction you have similar discourse around Schindler’s list. Is that polarising?

[@g7924]

And how would you know how black people feel?

[@godzillazfriction]

@@Thedarkknight2244 keep informally distorting... you'll get there.

[@Thedarkknight2244]

@@godzillazfriction I don’t think you realise Quentin has done this multiple times. Inglorious B is the obvious example. Kill Bill has Quentin quoted as saying: I want young girls to see this and feel like they want to kick ass and not let anyone keep them down. Much to the dismay of the critic interviewing him for the perception of promoting violence among young children. To some extent, Jackie Brown speaks to Black people also. Specifically in the casting of Pam Grier who was massive in the black cinema scene, an entire film industry made for black people. So yes, different group do think and feel different things when watching these movies. As, believe it or not, every human being is different

[@brandirichardson1491]

Oh my God! Revenge fantasy! That's the genre of Quentin Tarantino movies! Thank you, I could never categorize them before!😮

[@kehaar3641]

2:39 *South

[@fitforfreelance]

I missed the clues of false sophistication. Thanks! Well done video

[@overtoke]

steven as played by supreme court justice clarence thomas

[@dakinayantv3245]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@methos1999]

💯

[@wolfh9831]

I was looking for Candace 👀

[@WaltherPPK007]

Ok the dude that was falsely accused of sexual misconduct when he was nominated for Supreme Court justice? Whatever you fucking say man

[@WaltherPPK007]

Okay the dude that was falsely accused of sexual misconduct when he was nominated for Supreme Court justice? Whatever you say bud.

[@jaythomas3224]

Schultz called Django the "fastest gun in the south" i just caught that on yesterdays rewatch

[@theordinarychannel9334]

Clearance Thomas was diabolical in Django Unchained

[@JJ718BK]

Love This Movie and Watched it Several times. Never picked up on some of these concepts. Good Job. Great Video.

[@YamiVT]

wait, I didn't even know you had your own channel until now?

[@markrwatanabe]

Same!

[@guyphawkes]

I am a former bounty hunter. I would explain that "Bond" on someone, was just modern slavery. If we owned someone's bond, that person's freedom belonged to us. We could chose to hand it back to the bail clerk, with the "Bailed" or "Bonded" person, and toss them back in Jail, until trial if we wanted to. We as the owner of the bond we could put rules on that person, and enforce them as much as or as little as we wanted, because the court had trusted that person to US, to make sure they appear at trial, if we thought they might skip, or if they stopped checking in, or actually tried to run, or they ran, we could legally go into another state, and apprehend that person, no law enforcement could stop us, because we owned that person's bond or "Freedom" until trial. AND, it was always about the money.

[@Stop_Gooning]

The concept of "the White Race" is uniquely American; here, where so many white people lost their European National Identities and replaced them with a unified concept of race (the exact mirror of how black people formed a racial identity in America after losing their African National Identities [or Tribal Identities, as the case may be]).

[@dudeplayinadudeplayinadude]

I literally stopped this video 5 seconds in and rewatched django unchained

[@trancendental5373]

15:05 To be fair the Catholic church has changed a lot. They used to have some programs that legitimately helped the poor. The Catholics of that era would not recognize what their Church has become today.

[@ModernEphemera]

Pope Francis is still in that tradition, it’s alt-right adult converts that are giving the Church a bad reputation in this regard

[@ModernEphemera]

Pope Francis is still in that tradition of sympathy for the poor and social justice causes. But yeah there’s a lot of alt-right Catholics (usually layman adult converts) giving the Church a bad rep in this regard.

[@ModernEphemera]

Pope Francis is still in that tradition of sympathy for the poor and social justice causes.

[@LucienMahikai]

​@@ModernEphemera If the CEO of a despicable company is a nice guy, but the company is still despicable, is the CEO really a nice guy?

[@intrepidus3378]

This is really good stuff. Glad I stumbled onto this channel.

[@gb1234ist]

Polacks and Irish where literally considered the negroes of Europe at one point. Italians where on the same level as blacks during the early immigration erra in the US. Hell during the great migration, poor southerners where described similarly as blacks. It has always been a ploy to use discrimination to keep the status quo/power/monopoly on violence.

[@Iamlegend1987]

Ppl don’t wanna understand this they wanna feel special. They also don’t read enough.

[@DjComplex72]

@@Iamlegend1987 WHO WAS GETTING LYNCHED ?

[@agentbullwinkle991]

​@@DjComplex72 You're exactly who we're talking about

[@leonfrancis3418]

​@@DjComplex720:01 Thank you for cutting through the BS with a simple question none of them can answer. Everyone wants to downplay what was done to BĪăck Americans. It's sick.

[@DChase-ky2pg]

Same level?

[@1999MARINE1]

I missed your voice. It's nice to hear it again. I always loved your work. Please keep it up.

[@chiefreficul9774]

i think the point of every tarantino movie is to give him the excuse to say the "n" word.

[@templar2094]

I can only think of 2 Tarantino movies where he says it. The other being pulp fiction.

[@caa3rdrail]

@@templar2094 He used it in every script with the exception of KILL BILL, INGLORIOUS & OUATIH. DJANGO used the slur 110 times, JACKIE & HATEFUL had it over 35 times each. Up through DJANGO, the n-word was said about 200 times in Tarantino movies, the third most of ALL profanities used. Might be a good idea to deal with the reality of his fascination with the slur, even in plots not inherently racist.

[@brownieelf6171]

I can’t imagine seeing Django 12 years ago and walking away like “what the hell was that about?!”

[@hollywooda111]

Wisecrack went down hill so fast when this man left. Amazing.

[@Padtedesco]

No, it didn't, in my opinion. It went different, but I have space in my heart to differences.

[@miquebts]

​@@Padtedescoit did, you can keep simping but wisecrack still 💀

[@Delekhan]

Excellent video. Love your analysis and I think in the end, history will prove you right. ;) Thank you!

[@AETorrePuerto]

In texts with over a 100 years, race isn't such a specific word. In older books it seems to mean just a given group of people with a common ancestry (which might be the same or mixed). It might be applied to the entire human race, or just to a family. And it makes sense that way.

[@coma13794]

Your script writing is incredible. The way you introduced the history of race and walked through it as a social construct was really well done. Tip of the hat.

[@natmanprime4295]

"new ideas like REASON" LOL as if reason is a new idea

[@adamgengenbach8183]

Love this video. James's insight always helps me clarify and understand the sentiments I pick up from mkvies .

[@glamourweaver]

So Schultz is definitely a good man who Django chooses to honor at the end - but I think his moment of failure in the movie is really important. The white liberal f-ed up everything because he stopped prioritizing the empowerment and material benefit to the oppressed he was advocating for and instead made out-smarting and beating his regressive rival his first priority. Making decisions that weren’t about Django and Brunhilda and instead about his hatred of Candy, is what led to the sh-t hitting the fan. I think there’s a fair amount bing said there about the failures of well intentioned white liberalism.

[@Grathom15]

i walked away initially thinking this as well that schultz meant well but failed in that moment, still indeed a lesser of evils though to be fair. however people have since mentioned to me that calvin had been planning to double-cross them and would've stolen their money and killed the 2 of them once they left. not sure if that is true or not, but if it is there is a chance schultz realized this, being a bounty hunter for years, he might've just picked up on some subtley. though to be fair to your point i thought the same as you initially. now i am not so sure of what the intention of calvin was at the end, whether he simply wanted a handshake or whether it was a foretelling of being betrayed.

[@beingdavidwatts2024]

This commentary was well thought out and appreciated. Thank you for this!!!

[@priam2882]

Leo played candy a little too well 🤨

[@hankworden3850]

Oh give me a break, Commie.

[@malvarez8484]

I’m sorry to say this and I don’t want anyone make anyone upset, but when the the Portuguese people started exploring the African coast, they made a reasonable logical observation. The African black tribes they encountered were significantly more primitive than Europeans. That by no means justifies what they did, but we also have to live in reality and understand why Europeans felt “superior”.

[@TheUrekMazino]

The right-wing never changes, eh?