Pulp Fiction’s Rosanna Arquette Blasts Quentin Tarantino’s Use Of N-word In Films: ‘It’s Not Art, It’s Just Racist’

There’s no white person on the planet who loves saying the N-word more than Quentin Tarantino, and he seems to have a pass to do so given that he not only includes the word liberally in his movies, but always seems to cast himself as a character that can say it in his own films.

Well one person who isn’t too happy about that is Rosanna Arquette, who played Jody in Tarantino’s 1994 classic Pulp Fiction.

On Pulp Fiction itself, Arquette told The Times this week: “It’s iconic, a great film on a lot of levels. But personally I am over the use of the N-word — I hate it.”

On Tarantino using the word in all his films: “I cannot stand that he has been given a hall pass. It’s not art, it’s just racist and creepy.”

Funnily enough, the black actors that Tarantino casts in his movies don’t take issue with. Samuel L. Jackson, a frequent Tarantino collaborator, has previously defended the director, arguing that a writer must be honest to how characters actually speak in their specific environments.

Similarly, Jamie Foxx has defended Tarantino’s use of the N-word by claiming he “uses it correctly”, whatever that means.

As for the critics, I suppose it’s not that they don’t understand that racist characters would talk this way, but rather just think it’s a little sus that Tarantino often casts himself as the characters who say it.

Tarantino has previously defended his writing, stating at the 2013 Golden Globes that he refuses to “whitewash” or “massage” the language of his characters.

He also went on Howard Stern once and used the N-word a bunch of times, while Stern’s black co-host sat there awkwardly:

What can you say really? Apparently the guy has an N-word pass and that’s that. Fair play to him. Now can we give John Davidson one? You know, seeing that he can’t help it and all.

For news that Tarantino wants to give Bruce Willis his final ever movie role, click HERE. Now that would be awesome.