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We're celebrating each of the upcoming Honorary Oscar winners with a few pieces on their career.
“And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.”
by Lynn Lee
If Jungle Fever (1991) put Samuel L. Jackson on Hollywood’s map, Pulp Fiction (1994) made him a star. With his jheri curl helmet, glowering eyes, and stentorian voice, Jackson’s gun-toting, Bible-quoting Jules Winnfield became an instant icon. At least, it wasn’t long before high school and college boys of the mid to late ’90s were sporting “BAD MOTHERFUCKER” wallets and reciting his “path of the righteous” speech – without, of course, anything resembling SLJ’s diction or élan.
It wasn’t just him, of course...
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