Overview
- Arquette told The Sunday Times on March 7 that Tarantino’s repeated use of the slur is “not art” and is “racist and creepy.”
- Tarantino issued a written rebuttal circulated to outlets including Deadline, The Wrap, and USA TODAY, saying “you took the money” and invoking an expected “esprit de corps” among colleagues.
- Coverage notes roughly 20 uses of the slur in Pulp Fiction and far higher counts in later films, a pattern that has drawn years of criticism from figures like Spike Lee.
- Frequent collaborators Samuel L. Jackson and Jamie Foxx have previously defended Tarantino’s dialogue as character- or era-accurate.
- Arquette also claimed she was the only Pulp Fiction cast member to miss out on backend pay, attributing it to producer Harvey Weinstein, with no new response to that claim reported.