re: Your favorite Pulp Fiction quotes….

Fabienne : Whose motorcycle is this?
Butch : It's a chopper, baby.
Fabienne : Whose chopper is this?
Butch : It's Zed's.
Fabienne : Who's Zed?
Butch : Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.

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I will never, ever not be baffled how Quentin made it through this era of puritanical cancellation unscathed. He has written the word niqqa into scripts more than 200 rap albums combined. And was dragged by black power directors like Spike Lee and John Singleton for it for years

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Several reasons.

1. He made great movies. Quality is a great defense against faked outrage

2. He never apologized. In fact, when people an occasional media member attempted to bury him he typically called them out for the fake outrage. One interview early on he pointed out that Spike had the opportunity to say something to him directly but instead told him that he loved his movies (Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction at that point). At that point the hypocrisy (of saying flattering things to QT but different things to other media later) was revealed to be Spike's.

3. He's not a bigot. Anyone who is familiar with his work understands and appreciates that. When you look at his parts guys like SJ, VR, Pam Grier, and Jamie Foxx had their meaty career defining or reviving roles in his movies. Those characters were not just central to their movies. They were iconic, three dimensional, and exceptionally human. Often they were also several steps ahead of their contemporaries. The use of authentic street language, profanity, and N bombs were authentic to the characters and did not seem anything but appropriate for the characters who were speaking and acting exactly like people who speak and act in their theoretical situations.

My name's Paul and this shite is between y'all.

Butch…”you ok?”
Marcellus, “naw man, I’m pretty fricking far from ok”

Normally your arse would be deader than fried chicken but I’m going thru a transitional phase…

I don’t know why, but my favorite line is from Jules in the diner.

“I hate to shatter your ego, but this isn’t the first time I’ve had a gun pointed at me”

The diner robbers think they’re bad asses until they run into Jules. He is not impressed by them and he’s in control of the situation, even before they know it.

Man you bastard’s gonna make me have to go watch this again.

It still amazes me the talent that screenwriters have. To be able to think of dialogue and write it out like a conversation.

I struggle to find the right words to write a two sentence email.

Esmeralda: What is your name?

Butch: Butch.

Esmeralda: What does it mean?

Butch: I'm American, honey. Our names don't mean shite.

Somebody should do one of these for O Brother