This article from Collider argues that Dr. King Schultz, the dentist-turned-bounty hunter played by Christoph Waltz in Quentin Tarantino's *Django Unchained*, stands out as the only genuinely "good guy" the director has ever written. Tarantino is known for morally ambiguous, often violent characters, but the piece contends Schultz is an exception, being courteous, non-malicious and reluctant to kill except in self-defence or in the course of collecting bounties.

The piece notes that Waltz initially turned down the role for fear of being typecast as a villain, only accepting once Tarantino agreed Schultz would be written as a genuinely pure character; the performance went on to win Waltz his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The article contrasts Schultz with more callous Tarantino characters, such as Jules and Vincent in *Pulp Fiction*, and situates him within the director's love of spaghetti Westerns, noting that Schultz more closely resembles a traditional "white hat" hero than the typical anti-heroes of that genre.