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THESIDPROF t1_j2bp9y7 wrote

If he could have gotten out of Candyland with Broomhilda without a fight, he would have. That was the point of the charade.

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CriminalGoose3 t1_j2bq7q0 wrote

I think he never had a problem with going in violent. It was the German that wanted to do things peacefully.

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TaskForceCausality t1_j2c3nxs wrote

..for good reason. There was the minor legal complication of Brunhild belonging to Calvin Candy.

Django didn’t care and wanted to go in shooting , but Fritz Doc Shultz made the logical point if they got out of Candyland alive he- and his wife- would be hunted fugitives for the rest of their days. If and when Django’s luck ran out ,his wife would be “repossessed” and end up back on the slave auctions.

Thus the charade. The goal was to get signed legal papers proving Django’s wife is no longer a slave. With a side bonus of not gunning down a plantation full of assholes.

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TropicBreeze96 t1_j2brhl8 wrote

i’m not 100% sure about that. don’t forget the scene where he shot candy and said something along the lines of “i couldn’t resist”. he def knew that this would cause mayhem for him and django.

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byneothername t1_j2c5mk2 wrote

That’s because he could not stomach shaking Candy’s hand. I truly don’t think he went in insisting on violence. But some things are just too disgusting to do.

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magic_spaghetti t1_j2d9bv6 wrote

I don’t think so. There’s far worse things you can do than arbitrarily shake a man’s hand, I don’t think that was Schultz’s problem.

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Into-It_Over-It t1_j2defa8 wrote

There was definitely a bit of a pride factor there. They had gone through this whole brilliant charade to gain Brunhilde's legal freedom, but it was turned sideways right in its final moments. Not to mention, it wasn't even Calvin Candie who had uncovered the plot; it was Stephen, who only really figured it out through a hunch and later interrogation. Calvin, however, had such an aggressive superiority complex that he took full credit for uncovering the plot, and attributed it to being smarter than Schultz. The combination of Calvin Candie being such a disgusting person, the uncovering of the plot, and the heat of the moment is what caused Schultz to be unable to stop himself from killing him.

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BJohnson170 t1_j2dojzq wrote

No he couldn’t take Calvin being all smug about winning and making him shake his hand. Candy unknowingly presented a perfect opportunity and Schultz “couldn’t resist”.

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RenaissanceBear t1_j2cd14p wrote

He didn’t go in thinking it would happen that way though, the situation changed while they were there.

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Conscious-Scale-587 t1_j2datac wrote

I think that was only after witnessing the savagery of candyland(he was having flashbacks to the guy being eaten alive by dogs before he did it) that he decided sometimes you gotta throw legality and lawfulness out of the window, something that had been at the core of his character the entire movie(I remember in the opening scene he goes to crazy lengths to make sure he doesn’t do anything technically illegal)

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LtDrinksAlot t1_j2dte80 wrote

that's how I took it as well.

It seems like he abhorred the inhumanity he witnessed slaves enduring. IMO he took pleasure in killing terrible people while staying within the confines of the law. Being forced to shake the hand of such Calvin was just too much.

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onedef1 t1_j2c865v wrote

I never understood that. He had two shots. Why didn't he use the other one on the guy who took him down? He even saw it coming.

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TedFondleburg t1_j2dhk2c wrote

They could have just offered insane money for Broomhilda candy woulda taken it. Movie over

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yodaface t1_j2f1u4a wrote

and it would have made sense since he was german and she spoke german. What german dude wouldnt want a german speak slave if they wanted a slave. Didnt need django at all.

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