Django Unchained: How to DESTROY An Ideology – Wisecrack Edition

I like how seamlessly Christoph Waltz goes from being the most evil representation of a German in Inglorious Basterds to the idealized good representation in Django, in back to back movies

It’s also fitting that Stephen faked being crippled his whole life to stay in the house, then django actually cripples him

I liked the part where Django said "Auf Widersehen" to the corpse of Schulz.

"I like the the way you video essay boy.." Django voice

What about Shulz was a dentist fighting Candy

I didn't even realize it was Candy's clothes he was wearing in the end of the film. They look so much better on him than on Candy. What a power move, stealing something like that from your enemy.

Whether it’s Django Unchained or Inglorious Basterds, there is a theme in Tarantino’s films, Germans (namely Waltz) humiliating Americans trying to speak European languages.

God I still get chills thinking about Waltz's portrayal of Shulz. He follows his hero into the very depths of hell to rescue the princess. And all he has to do to walk away alive is shake hands with the devil. And he can't do it. Even knowing it will cost him his life, to look true evil in the eye without destroying it would cost him more. Such a fantastic movie.

That Klan scene nearly killed me how funny it was. Lol "My wife was up all night making these bags and all I here is CRITICIZE CRITICIZE CRITICIZE."

I want to throw out another interesting detail in Django Unchained which I feel was intentional and probably noticed before, even if rarely: Dr Shulz is a DENTIST and the main villain is a man named Calvin CANDY, who by the way has terrible dental hygiene. Schultz refuses the 'white cake' saying that he doesn't go in for sweets. What is candy and cake made out of? Sugar, which was produced largely in the Caribbean by slave labour making many unethical people rich while feeding the masses something sweet. Dr. Shulz refusal is another layer of critique against that bullshit system.

Django WAS NOT dressed like one of the 3 Musketeers. Ha was dressed like a character from a painting by Thomas Gainsborough, "The Blue Boy".

There's SO MUCH GOING ON in this movie. Just today noticed the very, very last thing happening in the movie is Hildi taking a gun into her hands as well as they ride away from Candyland's ruins. As if Django's empowerment started to have a rippling effect.

The clearest refutation of slaves being incapable of logos is Brunhilde's fluency in German. She can speak the same language as Schultz, where no-one else at Candie-land can.

You did not get the whole point of the Beethoven-scene. Beethoven is the first free artist. He is literally a symbol for freedom in art. So Dr. Schultz can't stand the violation of this symbol.

When the aussi tells django "you're allright for a black fella". A phrase still used today by people not realising the utter racism.

I looked up Christop Waltz and it’s hard to believe how little he has actually been in considering how good of an actor he is

"When a German meets a real live Siegfried that's kind of a big deal" love it

One of my favourite moments is when Schultz toasts to Candy in German (“Prost”) and Candy replies by muttering the word “German” 😂 cracks me up every time

Django Unchained was always my favorite Tarantino movie, followed by Kill Bill and Inglorious Basterds. Waltz is as convincing playing Dr. Schultz as he is playing Hans Landa. His two Oscars are well deserved. (Leo should have got his Oscar for Candy, too, not for the Revenant.)

How to destroy an ideology: 1) Shared values: Scrape the surface of civilisation and expose the ignorance and backwardness 2) Disidentification: complicate the direct association between symbols and users and make it meaningless 3) Act out:. Be patient and smart. Play the difficult role till you get your opportunity