As far as crossovers go this isn’t Archie Meets Predator, which makes our transition from a Deep South locale to the Southwest smooth. Given the implication that Django Freeman and Broomhilda von Shaft are the ancestors of a particular New York detective bad mother- (“shut yo mouth”), the idea of linking our bounty hunter with other fictional figures isn’t such a stretch. Non-Anglo bad-asses are still far from the norm, which makes this meeting between a modern ethnic icon and one of the few Mexican figures in pop culture so momentous. Growing up half-Mexican, my brother and I would play as Vega in Street Fighter constantly because, hey, a Spaniard was as close as we were going to get. This kind of cultural image branding is important. Writers: Quentin Tarantino and Matt Wagner Artist: Esteve PollsĮxamining interviews prior to Django Unchained’s 2012 release, Quentin Tarantino explained his goals of not only making a hero of his titular protagonist, rejecting the victimization typical to slave characters, but giving black American males a hero as well.
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