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August 14, 2017 -
So I rewatched Django Unchained tonight, and for those who don't know or remember, Samuel L. Jackson plays a house slave who is extremely loyal to Calvin Candie, a slaver, and this slave supports and participates in his master's racism and belief in the inferiority of blacks. Does this character have any special meaning beyond as a tool of the story? Is it an exaggerated representation of the idea of the house slave who accepted and sometimes participated in the system? If not, what, if anything, does this character represent?
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He is someone that benefited from a system that oppressed his entire race, he is set up to be almost as bad as Candy was
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Notice something about Candy. He speaks of all the inferiority of blacks. In the end you will note that Stephen is the one pulling the strings in the end. He's not the dragon, Candy is. Notice how much control he exudes after. He plays dumb with Candy but with Django he shows how much smarter he is. He's so much smarter and profits off the slavery system. The special meaning is Stephen is more then what he appears and further adds to the bullshit Calvin Candie and his family believes in.
2012 film by Quentin Tarantino
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Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Written by Quentin Tarantino
Produced by Stacey Sher
Reginald Hudlin
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Reginald Hudlin
Pilar Savone
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Written by Quentin Tarantino
Produced by Stacey Sher
Reginald Hudlin
Pilar Savone
Reginald Hudlin
Pilar Savone
Wikipedia
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Django Unchained - Wikipedia
1 week ago - Django Unchained (/ˈdʒæŋɡoʊ/ JANG-goh) is a 2012 American revisionist Western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Produced by Tarantino's A Band Apart and Columbia Pictures, it stars Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson with ...
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Variety
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Samuel L. Jackson on 'Django' Oscar Snub: Academy Loves Black Plain
June 16, 2022 - Jackson starred in “Django Unchained” as Stephen Warren, the head house slave for the villainous Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio). With Jackson’s career tied in part to Tarantino, it’s not a stretch to assume the actor will somehow ...
Samuel L. Jackson’s performance in Django Unchained doesn’t get praised enough. He steals the show in my opinion.
Idk if I'd say he stole the show, so many great performances, but man what a character. More on reddit.com
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January 8, 2025Can someone explain if Samuel L. Jackson's character in Django Unchained has some special meaning?
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August 14, 2017Django Unchained : Not sure if this has been discussed, but holy cow is Samuel L. Jackson amazing!
"Thank you Stephen, you're welcome Calvin" More on reddit.com
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August 20, 2014In Django Unchained (2012) we are first introduced to Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson) as he fills out a check. He even signs his master’s name. Stephen has full control of the finances, foreshadowing the revelation that he is the true master and Candie is simply an illiterate puppet.
At that time in Mississippi, it was illegal to teach slaves to read and write. If Candie really was illiterate, I think that should raise the question: who taught Stephen to read and write? More on reddit.com
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r/moviecritic on Reddit: Samuel L. Jackson’s performance in Django Unchained doesn’t get praised enough. He steals the show in my opinion.
January 8, 2025 - Him and Leo were great together as well, Django is a fantastic movie which gets credit but maybe isn't talked about enough ... Agreed. I also think that with regard to the actors, Waltz and Leo’s performances (as phenomenal as they were) were talked about more than Uncle Sam’s. He was kinda overshadowed by those two during the awards race tbh. ... To be fair, Samuel L. Jackson steals the show in every role he's in.
Vanity Fair
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Samuel L. Jackson on Finding the Right Skin Tone for Django Unchained and Making Leonardo DiCaprio Become Comfortable with the N-word | Vanity Fair
December 20, 2012 - Whether he’s playing a hit man ... stare seem like they were created specifically for Tarantino’s films. But with Django Unchained, the genre-melding director has handed the 63-year-old actor his most polarizing character ...
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Samuel L. Jackson Talks Tackling Slavery In "Django Unchained" Calling it "Honest & Very Dramatic" - Blavity
Samuel L. Jackson Talks Tackling Slavery In "Django Unchained" Calling it "Honest & Very Dramatic"
Entertainment Weekly
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'Django Unchained': Samuel L. Jackson on playing a 'hateful negro'
December 20, 2012 - Here's what Jackson said to his ... for the bloody western: "You wrote this 15 years too late for me to be Django, but now you really want me to be the most hated negro in cinematic history?"...
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The “Stephen” In You. Samuel L. Jackson is one of my favorite… | by Ritchie Carlyle | Medium
October 4, 2019 - His reprisal of John Shaft in Shaft”, Ordell Robbie in Jackie Brown Carl Lee Hailey in A Time to Kill and Danny Roman in The Negotiator are some of my Favorites. Arguably, his best role is Stephen in Django: Unchained.
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You Backing Out Of Your Own S**t?: Samuel L. Jackson Reveals Cut Django Unchained Scene That Went Too Far For Tarantino - IMDb
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Essence
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EXCLUSIVE: Samuel L. Jackson on 'Django' and Playing the 'Most Hated Negro in Cinematic History" - Essence | Essence
September 12, 2024 - Samuel L. Jackson has made a career of playing sinister characters. But none is quite as unlikeable, or controversial, as his character Stephen in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained.
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Django Unchained Wiki
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Stephen | Django Unchained Wiki | Fandom
2 weeks ago - Samuel L. Jackson Stephen (June 26, 1780 - May 7, 1859) was Calvin Candie's starkly loyal house slave and close friend. He is the secondary antagonist of Django Unchained.
Vulture
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Samuel L. Jackson on Django Unchained and Being Bill Cosby’s Stand-in
December 18, 2012 - Ever since his turn as an Ezekiel-spewing thug in Pulp Fiction, Samuel L. Jackson has perfected the art of playing irritable, outspoken types, frequently of moral ambiguity. He’s now a bona fide bad guy in Quentin Tarantino’s latest, the slave-revenge fantasy Django Unchained, this time playing a very different alpha-male role: manipulative house slave.
Amazon
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Amazon.com: Django Unchained : Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel Jackson, Walton Goggins, Dennis Christopher, James Remar, Michael Parks, Don Johnson, Franco Nero, Quentin Tarantino, Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone, Stacey Sher, Brown 26 Productions, LLC: Movies & TV
King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) to seek out the South's most wanted criminals with the promise of Django's freedom. Honing vital hunting skills, his one goal is to find and rescue the wife (Kerry Washington) he lost to the slave trade long ago. When their search ultimately leads to Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), the infamous and brutal proprietor of "Candyland", they arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson), Candie's trusted house slave.
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