The much-to-be avoided "N" word was used 110 times in Django Unchained. Inglourious Basterds Lieutenant Aldo Raine demanded that each of his men deliver unto him 100 Nazi ("nat-see", not "not-see") scalps. Quentin Tarantino is not a man who shies away from a little uncomfortable social commentary. In an interview with New York Magazine, the auteur said, "My movie is about the country being torn apart by , and the racial aftermath, six, seven, eight, ten years later. Throw post-Civil War cultural tensions on top of healthy doses of paranoia and cabin fever, and we are sure to see an eye-jabbingly brutal reflection of Wyoming during one of the most inauspicious eras of American history. It's safe to assume that a band called "The Hateful Eight" won't be toasting marshmallows and waiting out the storm lovingly.