Because the ministry was identified frequently with a supposedly happier and purer past, because it had lent strong theological sanction to slavery and the cultural patterns of
the pre-Civil War period, and because it remained one of the few intact professions after the War, it was held in high esteem in Southern eyes and its power was great.8
If almost anyone else would inject hip - hop into a
pre-Civil War film, the result would look silly, but Tarantino pulls it off with ease; one never even becomes conscious of the disconnect between
period and music.