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*** I see that last one differently. It shows that Stephen is on good enough terms with Calvin that he can playfully insult him without Calvin taking offense, despite Stephen being a slave. Given the era, that is ''massive'' latitude for a plantation slave.
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* The implied IncestSubtext between Calvin and Laura. Not only is Calvin ''excessively'' eager to see his sister, she presents herself in a way that seems less like a sibling greeting her brother, and more like a lover.

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* The implied IncestSubtext between Calvin and Laura. Not only is Calvin ''excessively'' eager to see his sister, she presents herself in a way that seems less like a sibling greeting her brother, and more like a lover.lover... she obviously dolled herself up for his arrival.
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* The implied IncestSubtext between Calvin and Laura. Not only is Calvin ''excessively'' eager to see his sister, she presents herself in a way that seems less like a sibling greeting her brother, and more like a lover offering herself for sex.

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* The implied IncestSubtext between Calvin and Laura. Not only is Calvin ''excessively'' eager to see his sister, she presents herself in a way that seems less like a sibling greeting her brother, and more like a lover offering herself for sex.lover.
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* The implied IncestContext between Calvin and Laura. Not only is Calvin ''excessively'' eager to see his sister, she presents herself in a way that seems less like a sibling greeting her brother, and more like a lover offering herself for sex.

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* The implied IncestContext IncestSubtext between Calvin and Laura. Not only is Calvin ''excessively'' eager to see his sister, she presents herself in a way that seems less like a sibling greeting her brother, and more like a lover offering herself for sex.
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* The sheriff's death. It's played off as dark comedy, but what if the sheriff had changed his evil ways? Maybe he felt guilty for his past crimes, so he decided to become a lawman as a way to make up for his sins.

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* The sheriff's death. It's played off as dark comedy, but what if the sheriff had changed his evil ways? Maybe he felt guilty for his past crimes, so he decided to become a lawman as a way to make up for his sins.sins.
* The implied IncestContext between Calvin and Laura. Not only is Calvin ''excessively'' eager to see his sister, she presents herself in a way that seems less like a sibling greeting her brother, and more like a lover offering herself for sex.
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* What is the origin of the handshake? To show good faith by demonstrating [[spoiler:you do not literally have a weapon up your sleeve]]. This makes Schultz's refusal (and subsequent action) quite poetic.
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* Broomhilda's nature as a textbook FlatCharacter and DistressedDamsel may seem strangely at odds with the movie's otherwise-progressive themes, but recall that the movie has a running theme of being based on the classic fairy tale plotline. Plus, a line from Stephen indicates that she actually ''has'' acted on her own initiative and tried to escape ''twice'' now.
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* One of the few consistent criticisms of the movie is that it could've ended with the shootout in Candieland immediately after [[spoiler:King's death]], but instead goes another half-hour. But if the film ends with the shootout, the movie is just about Dr. Schultz and his black ex-slave sidekick, another MightyWhitey plot where Django is only unchained by the grace of a white man's charity. Instead, we put Django back in the situation he faced at the beginning of the film, but now he's got the tools to get out on his own -- not only is he good with a gun, but he's quick-witted, he can spin a yarn, and he knows the bounty hunting trade. The climax is about how Django unchains himself.
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* Laura playing "Für Elise" -- an instantly recognizable piece written by a romantic idealist who advocated for national and personal freedom, played in a slave owner's house. It seems that the Candie siblings ''both'' follow trends and like to play at being educated, but never get beyond the superficial.

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* Laura Lara playing "Für Elise" -- an instantly recognizable piece written by a romantic idealist who advocated for national and personal freedom, played in a slave owner's house. It seems that the Candie siblings ''both'' follow trends and like to play at being educated, but never get beyond the superficial.
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** It's also a brilliant ViewersAreGeniuses moment: what's the science that Candie uses to disparage Django and Broomhilda? Phrenology. Phrenology, for those that know, is a pseudo-science that even before the events of Django had been disproven as ''complete bullshit.'' So not only is Candie [[CaptainObvious wrong]] on the "black brains are subservient to white brains" garbage, he's also an idiot ''by his own time period's standards.''

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** It's also a brilliant ViewersAreGeniuses moment: what's the science that Candie uses to disparage Django and Broomhilda? Phrenology. Phrenology, for those that know, is a pseudo-science that even before the events of Django had been disproven as ''complete bullshit.'' So not only is Candie [[CaptainObvious wrong]] wrong on the "black brains are subservient to white brains" garbage, he's also an idiot ''by his own time period's standards.''
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** The only survivor of the raid, Willard, RageQuit the raid because the rest of the group were [[EvenEvilHasStandards unfairly persecuting his loved ones and he stood up to them.]] This redeeming feature saved him from death.
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* It's white cake because they're racists.

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* It's white cake because they're racists.
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* The sheriff's death. It's played off as dark comedy, but what if the sheriff had changed his evil ways? Maybe he felt guilty for his past crimes, so he decided to become a lawman.

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* The sheriff's death. It's played off as dark comedy, but what if the sheriff had changed his evil ways? Maybe he felt guilty for his past crimes, so he decided to become a lawman.lawman as a way to make up for his sins.
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* The sheriff's death. It's played off as dark comedy, but what if the sheriff had changed his evil ways? Maybe he felt guilty for his past crimes, and decided that being a lawman would make up for his dark sins.

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* The sheriff's death. It's played off as dark comedy, but what if the sheriff had changed his evil ways? Maybe he felt guilty for his past crimes, and so he decided that being to become a lawman would make up for his dark sins.lawman.
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* The marshall's death. It's played off as dark comedy, but what if the marshall had changed his evil ways? Maybe he felt guilty for his past crimes, and decided that being a lawman would make up for his sins.

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* The marshall's sheriff's death. It's played off as dark comedy, but what if the marshall sheriff had changed his evil ways? Maybe he felt guilty for his past crimes, and decided that being a lawman would make up for his dark sins.
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* The marshal's death. It's played off as dark comedy, but what if the marshal had changed his evil ways? Maybe he felt guilty for his past crimes, and decided that being a lawman would make up for his sins.

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* The marshal's marshall's death. It's played off as dark comedy, but what if the marshal marshall had changed his evil ways? Maybe he felt guilty for his past crimes, and decided that being a lawman would make up for his sins.
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** An Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom post takes that idea and runs with it into the realm of pure {{dystopia}}.

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** An Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom post takes that idea and runs with it into the realm of pure {{dystopia}}.{{dystopia}}.
* The marshal's death. It's played off as dark comedy, but what if the marshal had changed his evil ways? Maybe he felt guilty for his past crimes, and decided that being a lawman would make up for his sins.
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* According to Stephen, the Le Quint Dickey Mining Company kills their slaves when their backs give out, then tosses them down a hole. One of the miners is Quentin Tarantino in a cameo. So, unlike Jimmie, [[PulpFiction storing dead niggers is his business.]]

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* According to Stephen, the Le Quint Dickey Mining Company kills their slaves when their backs give out, then tosses them down a hole. One of the miners is Quentin Tarantino in a cameo. So, unlike Jimmie, [[PulpFiction [[Film/PulpFiction storing dead niggers is his business.]]
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* It's white cake because they're racists.
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* The scene where Big Daddy and his men attack Dr. Shultz's wagon and attempt to kill him and Django you can hear Big Daddy shout "get that nigger out from under that wagon and get that nigger lover out of the wagon!", of course [[spoiler: niether of them were there but they'd gone to the effort of placing a dummy under the wagon]] because although Dr. Schaltz doesn't consider black people to be inferior to him he knew that the men after them did and would expect Dr. Schultz to at least have, what they consider to be, some "standards" in his treatment of Django.

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* The scene where Big Daddy and his men attack Dr. Shultz's wagon and attempt to kill him and Django you can hear Big Daddy shout "get that nigger out from under that wagon and get that nigger lover out of the wagon!", of course [[spoiler: niether neither of them were there but they'd gone to the effort of placing a dummy under the wagon]] because although Dr. Schaltz Schultz doesn't consider black people to be inferior to him he knew that the men after them did and would expect Dr. Schultz to at least have, what they consider to be, some "standards" in his treatment of Django.
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* The scene where Big Daddy and his men attack Dr. Shultz's wagon and attempt to kill him and Django you an hear Big Daddy shout "get the nigger out from under that wagon and get that nigger lover out of the wagon!", of course [[spoiler: niether of them were there but they'd gone to the effort of placing a dummy under the wagon]] because although Dr. Schaltz doesn't consider black people to be inferior to him he knew that the men after them did and would expect Dr. Schultz to at least have, what they consider to be, some "standards" in his treatment of Django.

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* The scene where Big Daddy and his men attack Dr. Shultz's wagon and attempt to kill him and Django you an can hear Big Daddy shout "get the that nigger out from under that wagon and get that nigger lover out of the wagon!", of course [[spoiler: niether of them were there but they'd gone to the effort of placing a dummy under the wagon]] because although Dr. Schaltz doesn't consider black people to be inferior to him he knew that the men after them did and would expect Dr. Schultz to at least have, what they consider to be, some "standards" in his treatment of Django.
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*The scene where Big Daddy and his men attack Dr. Shultz's wagon and attempt to kill him and Django you an hear Big Daddy shout "get the nigger out from under that wagon and get that nigger lover out of the wagon!", of course [[spoiler: niether of them were there but they'd gone to the effort of placing a dummy under the wagon]] because although Dr. Schaltz doesn't consider black people to be inferior to him he knew that the men after them did and would expect Dr. Schultz to at least have, what they consider to be, some "standards" in his treatment of Django.
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** It's also a brilliant ViewersAreGeniuses moment: what's the science that Candie uses to disparage Django and Broomhilda? Phrenology. Phrenology, for those that know, is a pseudo-science that even before the events of Django had been disproven as ''complete bullshit.'' So not only is Candie [[CaptainObvious wrong]] on the "black brains are subservient to white brains" garbage, he's also an idiot ''by his own time period's standards.''

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** On that note, pay attention to Stephen's hurricane of similes when Candie returns to Candieland. "I miss you like a baby misses mamma's titty" sounds like an innocuous and heartwarming line. [[spoiler: "I miss you like I miss a rock in my shoe" is the last one he says. You wouldn't miss a rock in your shoe. Stephen might be the head house nigger and he might help Calvin out a lot, but [[StealthInsult that's a subtle clue]] he isn't ''completely'' content with his lot in life.]]



* Recall Schultz's story about Broomhilda: the king locks her up, puts her around a dragon, and so Sigfried comes and kills the dragon and rescues her. Pay attention: Sigfried ''does NOT kill'' the king. He kills ''the dragon.''

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* Recall Schultz's story about Broomhilda: the king locks her up, puts her around a dragon, and so Sigfried comes and kills the dragon and rescues her. Pay attention: Sigfried ''does NOT kill'' the king. He kills ''the dragon.'''' [[spoiler: Just like Django doesn't kill Candie; he kills Stephen.]]
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* TwoWords from the [[Film/DjangoUnchained main article]]: [[StealthPun Black Comedy]].

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* TwoWords Two words from the [[Film/DjangoUnchained main article]]: [[StealthPun Black Comedy]].
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* Stephen reveals in the end that [[spoiler:he can walk just fine without his cane. He's been faking infirmity this whole time, which is almost certainly what got him out of the fields and into the house in the first place]].
** Even after [[spoiler: setting down the cane, he's still visibly limping, and he only takes a few steps before standing his ground. He most likely only put the cane down so that he could FaceDeathWithDignity]].
** [[TakeAThirdOption Perhaps he has indeed a disability, but usually tends to exaggerate it for the above mentioned reason?]]
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** Candie did break the law just before that by threatening the life of Broomhilda, who had just been granted her freedom.
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** An Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom post takes that idea and runs with it into the realm of pure {{dystopia}}.

!!FridgeLogic
* Billy Crash refers to Django as "D'Jango," mispronouncing the silence 'D' in his name. Why would he do that when he had heard Django's name correctly pronounced earlier in the day? It's not likely that he would even know that there was a 'D' in Django's name, since it's a Romany word and not particularly common as a given name (which raises further questions as to how Django got his name in the first place).
* After [[spoiler:killing Candie]] with his derringer, why didn't Schultz turn around and [[spoiler:shoot Butch as well]]? The scene where he killed the sheriff demonstrated that the derringer held at least two shots (one in the stomach and the second in the head) so why didn't he capitalize on the element of surprise and [[spoiler:kill the only armed enemy in the room]] while he had the chance?

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** An Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom post takes that idea and runs with it into the realm of pure {{dystopia}}.

!!FridgeLogic
* Billy Crash refers to Django as "D'Jango," mispronouncing the silence 'D' in his name. Why would he do that when he had heard Django's name correctly pronounced earlier in the day? It's not likely that he would even know that there was a 'D' in Django's name, since it's a Romany word and not particularly common as a given name (which raises further questions as to how Django got his name in the first place).
* After [[spoiler:killing Candie]] with his derringer, why didn't Schultz turn around and [[spoiler:shoot Butch as well]]? The scene where he killed the sheriff demonstrated that the derringer held at least two shots (one in the stomach and the second in the head) so why didn't he capitalize on the element of surprise and [[spoiler:kill the only armed enemy in the room]] while he had the chance?
{{dystopia}}.
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** [[TakeAThirdOption Perhaps he has indeed a disability, but usually tends to exaggerate it for the above mentioned reason?]]
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** Django later [[spoiler: avenging D'artagnan's death]] wasn't just for a one liner's sake. [[spoiler: Upon returning to Candieland, Calvin asks how bad Stonecipher's dogs got her. If D'artagnan hadn't run as well, drawing the attention of Stonecipher and his dogs, Hildi would have been the one being torn apart by hounds instead of being brought back by presumably a few fellow slaves. In a way, Django probably felt like he owed him one, since he talked King out of saving him to maintain their cover.]]

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** Django later avenging [[spoiler: avenging D'artagnan's death]] wasn't just for a one liner's sake. [[spoiler: Upon returning to Candieland, Calvin asks how bad Stonecipher's dogs got her. If D'artagnan hadn't run as well, drawing the attention of Stonecipher and his dogs, Hildi Hilde would have been the one being torn apart by hounds instead of being brought back by presumably a few fellow slaves. slaves.]] In a way, Django probably felt like he owed him one, since he [[spoiler:he talked King out of saving him to maintain their cover.]] ]]

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