Kill Bill Vol 2, Theory I

Kill Bill is a filmic run-down of Republican domestic policy. It espouses a pro-life position - the Bride, AKA Uma Thurman, undergoes a life altering change and decides to abandon her life as an killer (ie abortionist) to raise her child.

The entire plot of the film revolves around the concept of Revenge - Uma seeking Revenge for past wrong-doings. Revenge or Retribution is the sole argument in favor of the death penalty that makes any logical sense and is the foundation for the position. Again, Republican domestic policy.

Additionally, the ready access to guns and knifes and other such weapons being desirable speaks to the protection of the 2nd Amendment the right to bear arms. Uma openly wears carries her samurai sword into the hotel and other such public places. If the people in the film did not have the right to bear arms, the only one who would follow the rules would be Uma - and that would be undesirable, hence, everyone should be allowed to have weapons.

Much will be made of the references to samurai and Kung Fu movies, but one also must note the many references to John Ford. Much of the film takes place in a desert landscape, including the beginning scene in which Tarantino blatantly borrows the silhouetted shot of the Bride straight from the Searchers.

And in case we missed it, David Carradine is actually watching a John Wayne movie at the end of the film - which film was it? I bet Ford directed it. Westerns in general and Wayne in particular are the ultimate symbols of Republican Americanism - propagating the frontier myth of self sufficient rugged individualists fighting against the "other" Indian's and/or bad ranchers, protecting the women and children (ie Democrats and other pacifists).

This Republican party line shouldn't be a surprise to Tarantino fans. He loves Charles Bronson, another iconic Republican actor. In the extended version of Pulp Fiction there is a scene in which he breaks all people into two types: Elvis (Republicans) or the Beatles (Democrats). If there was any question where Tarantino stands, we simply need to look back to True Romance, "I'm not a fag or anything. But if I HAD to fuck a guy, and I mean, absolutely had to fuck a guy, like my life depended on it....I'd fuck Elvis." Elvis famously drove his nearly dead self to see Richard Nixon, of all people, near the end of his life.