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Claudia Bianchi Geofilosofia del cinema 16 febbraio 2017

Geofilosofia

JIMMIE -- I'm talkin'. Now let me ask you a question, Jules. When you drove in here, did you notice a sign out front that said, "Dead nigger storage?" Jules starts to "Jimmie" him

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Mappe

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Parole come pietre

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Epiteti denigratori

• Espressioni offensive che colpiscono insieme

individui e gruppi di individui in virtù della sola appartenenza a quella categoria

• “nigger” e “black” o “African-American”
• “faggot” e “homosexual”
• “kike” e “Jewish”
• “bitch” e “woman”
• “negro” e “nero”
• “frocio” e “omosessuale”
• “terrone” e “meridionale”
• “puttana” e “donna”

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Jackie Brown, 1997

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Spike Lee

• "I want Quentin to know that all African-

Americans do not think that word is trendy or

• slick. I don’t expect them to change [the

movie], but I want him to know about it for future reference...I’m not against the word, and I use it, but not excessively. And some people speak that way. But Quentin is infatuated with that word. What does he want to be made—an honorary black man?" (intervista a Variety, 1997)

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Do the Right Thing, 1989

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Pulp Fiction, 1994

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"Nigger"

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Epiteti denigratori

• Potenziale offensivo

– variabile da epiteto a epiteto – variabile nel corso del tempo – indipendente dagli stati mentali dei parlanti

• Uso

– circondato da tabù – consentito in contesti pedagogici

• Causano

– danno a target e astanti – senso di complicità negli astanti

• Usati in contesti riappropriativi

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Via col vento (Fleming, 1939)

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Django Unchained, 2012

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Tarantino: storia

• "In each situation I’ve ever done it, it’s just been

the truth of the characters. And here it’s also the truth of the characters and the truth of the time

• period. Nobody’s actually suggesting that they

didn’t say it that much in 1858 in Mississippi . That would be ridiculous. They’re not even saying this, but they’re saying maybe I should have cleaned it up. Well that’s just not what I do. I don’t clean it up." (Tarantino, intervista a BlackTree TV, 2012)

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Django Unchained, 2012

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Spike Lee

• "I can't speak on it 'cause I'm not gonna see it.

All I'm going to say is that it's disrespectful to my ancestors. That's just me. ... I'm not speaking on behalf of anybody else." (intervista, Vibe magazine, 2012)

• "American Slavery Was Not A Sergio Leone

Spaghetti Western. It Was A Holocaust. My Ancestors Are Slaves. Stolen From Africa. I Will Honor Them" (Twitter, 2012)

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Jesse Williams

• "well-dressed Negresses

in flowing gowns, frolicking on swings and enjoying leisurely strolls through the grounds, as if the setting is Versailles, mixed in with occasional acts of barbarism against slaves.... That authenticity card that Tarantino uses to buy all those 'niggers' has an awfully selective memory." (CNN, 2013)

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Accuratezza storica?

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Tarantino: riappropriazione

• "My feeling is that the word “nigger” is

probably the most volatile word in the English

• language. The minute any word has that much

power, as far as I’m concerned, everyone on the planet should scream it. No word deserves that much power. I’m not afraid of it." (intervista a The Australian, 1998)

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Gangsta Rap: Nigga nigga nigga

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Lenny (Bob Fosse, 1974)

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