TropicBreeze96 t1_j2brhl8 wrote
Reply to comment by CriminalGoose3 in was django an abolitionist? or only in it for broomhilda? by [deleted]
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.
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.
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.
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”.
RenaissanceBear t1_j2cd14p wrote
He didn’t go in thinking it would happen that way though, the situation changed while they were there.
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)
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.
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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