Quentin Tarantino he want to be made—an honorary black man?" Tarantino responded on "Charlie Rose" by stating: In addition, Tarantino retaliated on "The Howard Stern Show" by stating that Lee would have to "stand on a chair to kiss [his] ass". Samuel L. Jackson, who has appeared in both directors' films, defended Tarantino's use of the word. At the Berlin Film Festival, where "Jackie Brown" was being screened, Jackson responded to Lee's criticism by saying: Tarantino has defended his use of the word, arguing that black audiences have an appreciation of his blaxploitation-influenced films that eludes some of his critics, and indeed,
Quentin Tarantino segment of "The Man from Hollywood", a tribute to the "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" episode "Man From the South". Tarantino later played the role of the Groom in the music video "Dance Me to the End of Love" by Leonard Cohen. Later in 1995, he hosted a "Saturday Night Live" episode featuring The Smashing Pumpkins. Tarantino appeared in and wrote the script for Rodriguez's "From Dusk till Dawn" (1996), which saw average reviews from the critics. It nevertheless quickly reached cult status, spawning a continuing saga of two sequels, for which Tarantino and Rodriguez only served as executive producers, and later