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Running racism in America thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Scout, May 26, 2020.

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  1. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    certainly one manifestation of racism in this country is how lightly Spike Lee has been taken by most of the film making establishment all these years
     
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  2. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    My senior year of college, we watched that movie about 50 times, no exaggeration. A VHS tape that we wore out. We'd walk around quoting lines from it at each other over and over again, like it was a pure comedy to us, and not a serious social commentary of any sort. It's a bit embarrasing to think about it.

    My opinion that the dialogue and the script is way too cartoonish and sledgehammerish (the man does not know subtlety) hasn't changed. My opinion that it's a hell of a film and that the cinematography is off the charts good, was reinforced. Regardless, Ms. Ragu had never seen Do the Right Thing, and we watched it last weekend. When Danny Aiello's son (who played the cop) choked and killed Radio Raheem. ... given everything going on right now, it hit me like a ton of bricks. She was crying at the end.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jul 3, 2020
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  3. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    he's produced an extraordinary body of work
     
    Azrael, Jul 3, 2020
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  4. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

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  5. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    I’m a big Spike Lee fan. I think his work was taken very seriously (as in, Spike Lee has a new movie!) through 25th Hour, which was an acclaimed movie then and appreciated even more now.

    He only made three movies the rest of the decade, of which Inside Man is outstanding and his war movie is not.

    (I haven’t seen his second war movie just released to Netflix.)

    On the encouraging front there’s a generation of black filmmmakers right now - Barry Jenkins, Steve McQueen, Jordan Peele, Ava DuVernay - who are respected and given projects. I’m not a big fan of most of Tyler Perry’s work, but he’s a media giant, and a good man.

    The 2000s, in general, were a much better decade for TV than they were for film.
     
    Alma, Jul 3, 2020
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  6. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    I have to say, I never expected the Washington NFL team mascot to be one of the changes instituted by all this going on right now.
     
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  7. Elliotte Friedman

    Elliotte Friedman Moderator Staff Member

    Got to think the Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Indians can't escape, either
     
    Elliotte Friedman, Jul 3, 2020
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  8. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    Wonder what the conversations are at Winnebago motorhomes headquarters lately...
     
    BitterYoungMatador2, Jul 3, 2020
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  9. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Azrael, Jul 3, 2020
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  10. 3_Octave_Fart

    3_Octave_Fart Well-Known Member

    Spike Lee jumped the shark with Summer of Sam.

    Another thing that became chic in the late '90s and 2000s- the ensemble film
     
    3_Octave_Fart, Jul 3, 2020
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  11. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Lee's documentaries alone would constitute a great body of work.

    And I agree, he opened a thousand doors for younger black artists to walk through.

    Like you I don't find much in the movies of Tyler Perry, but as an entrepreneur and studio head and creator of opportunity I can't praise him enough. Wish he was more of a union guy, but you can't have everything.
     
    Azrael, Jul 3, 2020
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  12. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    I don't know. He made 'Bamboozled' the following year, which I regard very highly.
     
    Azrael, Jul 3, 2020
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