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Post by renoman on Jun 9, 2008 7:42:59 GMT -5
Spike Lee hits back in war of words over black soldiers
The acrimonious feud between two of Hollywood's best-known film directors reached a new level of name-calling and accusation at the weekend as Spike Lee invoked America's bitter legacy of slavery in response to Clint Eastwood's comments to the Guardian on Friday. Responding to Lee's criticism of his second world war films for ignoring black soldiers, Eastwood said America's most influential black director, should "shut his face".
But after the remarks were reported around the world, Lee hit back, reminding the older man that they were not "on a plantation".
The reference to times when a white man could tell a black slave what to do came after Lee first issued a raft of fresh accusations against 78-year-old Eastwood, who has won five Oscars and boasts a string of celebrated gritty film roles, including "Dirty Harry" Callahan.
Lee, who has been nominated for two Academy awards, has made his own second world war film, Miracle at Santa Anna, which highlights an all-black US army division.
film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2284542,00.html
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Post by ken on Jun 10, 2008 0:59:23 GMT -5
So once again it is about raceisem.
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Post by ken on Jun 10, 2008 1:04:07 GMT -5
Ya know raceism comes far much more frome black then white.
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Post by thong_of_doom on Jun 10, 2008 12:19:02 GMT -5
I dont even understand why Spike had to play the race card. Cant a white guy tell a black guy to shut the hell up without the black guy accusing him of being a racist? I would be willing to apply duct tape to Spike Lee's mouth if afforded the opportunity.
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Post by renoman on Jun 10, 2008 12:55:04 GMT -5
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