It's not a Quentin Tarantino if it doesn't have a lot of violence and offensive, but unfortunately, many people have been claiming "The Hateful Eight" as a misogynstic film. There was even a scene where Jennifer Jason Leigh got beat up and was thrown a terribly hot stew - on her face.
Someone is now rising up to defend "The Hateful Eight" from these misogynistic claims: Miramax Films co-founder Harvey Weinstein. In an interview, Weinstein says that Tarantino's work is just the opposite, as evidenced by his previous works. Variety reports:
"This guy is the most pro-woman ever. [...] [Look at] Uma Thurman [in 'Kill Bill'], Pam Grier [in 'Jackie Brown'], Melanie Laurent and Diane Kruger [in Inglorious 'Basterds']. If there are cries of misogyny, we will sit down and make them watch 'Jackie Brown,' and at the end of the 'Jackie Brown' seminar, they will have to say, 'Hey, we're just fishing for stupidity.'"
It's not just Weinstein who's defending Quentin Tarantino, either. Earlier this month, Leigh discussed the issues earlier this month, to Variety as well.
"She's a leader. And she's tough," she said. "And she's hateful and a survivor and scrappy. I thought it was funny, but I didn't think it was misogynistic for a second. [Tarantino] doesn't have an ounce of misogyny in him. It's not in his writing. It's not in his being."
According to Complex, Tarantino had already retorted the criticisms, explaining that the violence is essential in making "people uncomfortable and hate Kurt Russell's character."
"Violence is hanging over every one of those characters like a cloak of night," Tarantino said. "So I'm not going to go, 'OK, that's the case for seven of the characters, but because one is a woman, I have to treat her differently.' I'm not going to do that."
Watch his interview on "Contenders Conversations" in the video here.
Harvey Weinstein net worth is $200 million.