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== Controversies ==
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In 1997, [[Spike Lee]] questioned Tarantino's use of racial slurs in his films, especially the [[nigger|N-word]], particularly in ''Pulp Fiction'' and ''Jackie Brown''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/1997/voices/columns/lee-has-choice-words-for-tarantino-111779698/ |title=Lee has choice words for Tarantino |last=Archerd |first=Army |date=December 16, 1997 |website=Variety |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401063855/https://variety.com/1997/voices/columns/lee-has-choice-words-for-tarantino-111779698/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In a ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' interview discussing ''Jackie Brown'', Lee said, "I'm not against the word ... And some people speak that way, but Quentin is infatuated with that word... I want Quentin to know that all African Americans do not think that word is trendy or slick."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/04.09.98/cover/nigger-9814.html |last=Allen-Taylor |first=J. Douglas |title=New Word Order |publisher=Metroactive.com |date=April 9, 1998 |access-date=October 23, 2008 |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714080713/http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/04.09.98/cover/nigger-9814.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Tarantino responded on ''[[Charlie Rose (talk show)|The Charlie Rose Show]]'':
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