He has been criticized in the past for the use of the word nigger in his films. If any of his films required this language, it was Django. (1) The Guardian's David Cox said that "Quentin Tarantino, the director of Django Unchained, argues that the word must be 'integral' to a truthful portrayal of life in the antebellum South." Tarantino tells us a story set in a period before the Civil War and in the heart of slavery. Calvin Candy says the word more than 110 times, even Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson), who plays the house nigger, says nigger many times throughout the film. Spike Lee has already expressed his opinions on Quentin Tarantino's films, particularly his use of film