The 'Hateful Eight' director was also blasted by Twitter users after using the term 'ghetto' while accepting an award on behalf of the film's composer, Ennio Morricone.
- January 11, 2016
AceShowbiz -
Quentin Tarantino should've learned more about "The Hateful Eight" composer Ennio Morricone before he accepted the Golden Globe for Best Original Score on his behalf. The filmmaker embarrassed himself when delivering a long speech which included one wrong statement about the Italian musician.
In his speech, Tarantino said that Morricone had "never won an award for any one individual movie at a U.S. awards show." Numerous fans of course disagreed, because the acclaimed composer has in fact won two Golden Globes including one in 1987 for "The Mission" and another one in 2000 for "The Legend of 1900". He has never won an Academy Award for a specific movie, but he did earn an honorary Oscar in 2007.
Interestingly, the mistake wasn't the only part of Tarantino's speech that raised people's eyebrows. At one point, he used the word "ghetto" for some unknown reasons while telling the crowd that Morricone was his "favorite composer."
"Do you realize Ennio Morricone as far as I'm concerned is my favorite composer," he said. "And when I say favorite composer I don't mean movie composer, that ghetto, I'm talking about Mozart, I'm talking about Beethoven, I'm talking about Schubert, that's who I'm talking about."
The camera then panned to the crowd and some famous faces in the audience, including Regina King, were clearly seen unimpressed by the use of the racist term. Presenter Jamie Foxx simply asked, "Ghetto?" in front of the mic when he returned to the stage. Viewers also slammed Tarantino on Twitter.
#GoldenGlobes Regina King's face when Quentin Tarantino said "ghetto." pic.twitter.com/QXez1pARIX
— EJ (@ElsaJines) January 11, 2016
What a weird #GoldenGlobes this year so far... Quentin Tarantino still takes the cake. pic.twitter.com/mVM5GLjqau
— Shawn Hollenbach (@shawnhollenbach) January 11, 2016
