Part of the show's success lies in its absolute mastery of genre tradition and form. (bloody-disgusting.com)
(The notion of a German bounty hunter in the Old West only makes sense, I think, in relation to the several spaghetti western roles played by German actor Klaus Kinski; the surname of Django's wife pays homage to blaxploitation hero John Shaft, a rather brilliant means of bridging the gap between the far - reaching genre traditions that Tarantino loves). (indiewire.com)
There's also a lamentable genre tradition, however, that the crew normally has one token minority character who's treated in a somewhat patronizing manner. (rollingstone.com)