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.”
She added: “It’s not art, it’s just racist and creepy.”
Pulp Fiction, released in 1994 and for which Tarantino won the Cannes Palme d’Or and the Oscar for best original screenplay, uses the N-word on multiple occasions, including several times by Jimmie, the character played by Tarantino.
