Django Unchained is postmodern because:
COSTUME
the blue suit (Gainsborough)
Django's green jacket and hat (Little Joe Bonanza)
HYPERREAL
SETTING
A Western and not a western-no cowboys
mainly set in the south
southern plantations
slavery (Gone with the Wind)
GENRE
revisionist western?
western?
spaghetti western
African American hero-unusual
German hero-unusual
RACISM
is the film racist?
use of the 'n' word
insensitive to issues surrounding slavery?
sidelines slavery-not the focus-it's a means to an end in a narrative sense
MASH UP
western
revenge movie
love story
southern melodrama
REFERENCES TO OTHER FILMS
The Big Silence
The Searchers
Birth of a Nation
Django
Who's the hero?
PARODY
the race element:
Stephen and the other black characters 9but not Django and Hildy)-overacting/exaggerated acting style (reminiscent of the 1930s)
SOUNDTRACK/MUSIC
Ennio Morricone-music from other films (that he composed)
folk
gospel
r 'n' b
hip hop
mash-ups
spaghetti western themes
SET IN 1859
HIGH CULTURE V LOW CULTURE
TERMINOLOGY
INTERTEXTUAL REFERENCES
BRICOLAGE
PASTICHE
PARODY
HOMAGE
CRITICISM OF POMO
vacuous (empty)
circular references
self referential jokes (in jokes)
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