• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Stephen King uses the N-word in dialog as a blatant “this character is a piece of shit” cue.

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        So racist he put Pam Grier in a role originally written as a White woman?

        And made a movie about slaves killing their masters?

        We should have more racists like that.

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        I doubt he’s a racist. For one, Samuel L Jackson vouches for him. But mostly the actual content of his works and his obviously provocative choices. He knows how the dialogue makes various characters look and he’s not shy about being rough and edgy to generate the impact he’s looking for. Nobody would ever accuse him of being a subtle filmmaker but he understands humans.