Rosanna Arquette says Quentin Tarantino’s use of N-word in Pulp Fiction is ‘racist and creepy’
Arquette says 1994 film is ‘great on may levels’ but she ‘cannot stand that [the director] has been given a hall pass’Pulp Fiction and Desperately Seeking Susan star Rosanna Arquette...
By Andrew Pulver · The Guardian Culture
Arquette says 1994 film is ‘great on may levels’ but she ‘cannot stand that [the director] has been given a hall pass’ Pulp Fiction and Desperately Seeking Susan star Rosanna Arquette has said she found Quentin Tarantino’s use of the N-word in Pulp Fiction to be “racist and creepy”. In an interview with the Sunday Times , Arquette said of the film, in which she plays the tattooed and pierced wife to Eric Stoltz’s syringe-wielding drug dealer: “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. I cannot stand that [Tarantino] has been given a hall pass.” Continue reading...