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Dottsterisk t1_j6jjrdq wrote

Reply to comment by Zarguthian in I just watched Django Unchained and am a bit unclear on a few details, please help me out. by Zarguthian

Then is your question only about Schulz’ hidden gun?

Do you know what it means to call someone “the lowest of the low”?

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Zarguthian OP t1_j6jklxj wrote

>Then is your question only about Schulz’ hidden gun?

Calvin Candie: Mr. Moguy, would you be so kind as to collect the pistol hanging off these buys' hips here?

If they were hidden how could Candie know they had them? No one had drawn any guns yet except for the guy with the shotgun behind them.

>Do you know what it means to call someone “the lowest of the low”?

Maybe not, I thought it meant bottom rung on the hierarchy.

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Dottsterisk t1_j6jluz4 wrote

I have no idea what you’re asking, regarding the guns. They were armed because they’re bounty hunters traveling across dangerous country. They were disarmed when Candie discovered their deception. Schulz had a hidden gun and used it. Where’s the confusion?

And calling someone the lowest of the low is a moral judgment and not at all a statement about their place in a professional hierarchy.

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Zarguthian OP t1_j6jn8wu wrote

>I have no idea what you’re asking, regarding the guns. They were armed because they’re bounty hunters traveling across dangerous country. They were disarmed when Candie discovered their deception. Schulz had a hidden gun and used it. Where’s the confusion?

Maybe it's a product of the time, it just seems odd to not disarm yourself or be asked to do so and be refused entry if not when entering certain places, like your host's premises. The only people I woudl expect to have weapons on them in this situation would be Candie's security team/guards.

>And calling someone the lowest of the low is a moral judgment and not at all a statement about their place in a professional hierarchy.

I understand that bit now.

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ryan30z t1_j6m0blu wrote

It's a hidden gun, the whole point of a hidden gun is that it's hidden.

If you have a hidden gun you're not going to go "oh also here is my hidden gun".

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