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yep, same here. i was like who in the fuck is this guy who is stealing every single scene he even so much as pokes his head into. it was especially impressive considering the near-impossible gymnastics the Mannix role was tasked w/ —to play an irredeemable, deplorable racist pos that still manages to endear the audience & win their hearts no matter how reluctant they may be. kudos to QT & Goggins for creating a character that challenges the intersubjectivity & moral values of the (typical) audience.Dude, I saw hateful in theaters and just didn’t know who he was. Loved his character. Predators is now on the watch list. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.
compare this to Sam Rockwell's character in Three Billboards, who wants to exist as a similar signifier, but is a complete failure at achieving its goals—not because Rockwell is giving a bad performance (it's a great performance), but because the film wants you to like, to forgive, Dixon, & wants to redeem him w/o putting in any of the effort.
QT, & by proxy, The Hateful Eight, literally does not give a flying fuck if you like Mannix or not. & we absolutely shouldn't like Mannix.
but we do anyways.