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| 223.1 | "That's Entertainment" | 32880::LABUDDE | Denial is not a river in Egypt | Thu Jun 17 1993 10:35 | 9 |
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>There will always be racism in Hollywood, fact of life.
Hate to be the bearer of bad news... but there will always be racism in
human beings.
And last time I looked, human beings lived in Hollywood too.
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| 223.2 | | XCUSME::SAPP | It Takes A Village to raise a Child! | Thu Jun 17 1993 12:37 | 1 |
| Well said. In everyone there lies at least a little bit of racism.
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| 223.3 | | 8475::BRUNO | Father Gregory | Thu Jun 17 1993 15:20 | 16 |
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Malcolm X is quite a good film. I enjoyed it thoroughly. I had a
measure of trepidation regarding Spike doing something weird with the story,
but when it was in the theatre, my fears were calmed.
Spike has been up and down, from my point of view. "She's Gotta Have It"
was a surprisingly good film, though the subject matter kept me from
recommending it to dear old ma. "School Daze" had entertaining parts, but
also had extremely irritating parts like the ending (with that silly "WAKE UP"
crap).
In all, I can't accept all of Spike's work without question (like I tend
to do with Sidney Poitier's acting), but he is definitely capable of over-
whelming quality.
Greg
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| 223.4 | Over Hyped | 8269::BARRIANO | choke me in the shallow water... | Thu Jun 17 1993 15:32 | 35 |
| re <<< Note 223.0 by XCUSME::SAPP "It Takes A Village to raise a Child!" >>>
-< Malcolm X >-
> While I am no big fan of Spike Lee the man, he is a very talented
> filmmaker.....
> MALCOLM X is the ultimate film experience for me. Much better than
> THE CRYING GAME or A FEW GOOD MEN for that matter. Denzel is one of the
> best actors around and it is too bad that this film will not get the
> credit it deserves. However, considering it is about a black civil
> rights leader with a predominently black cast then one can see why.
> There has a been and always will be racism in
> Hollywood. Fact of life.
Denzel is probably one of the best actors around and deserved his best actor
nomination. The movie Malcolm X itself, was a good movie that was over hpped.
Spike seems to have this penchant for trying to generate ticket sales for his
movies by crying racism, at every oppurtunity. John Singleton (Boyz n the Hood)
and Mario Van Peebles (Posse) are two African American directors who make more
entertaining movies than Spike and let their movies speak for themselves.
Malcolm X was too long, the opening montage of flames and the Rodney King taped
beating had little to do with Malcolm X's life story. The ending, "I'm Malcolm...
..I'm Malcolm etc. was more effective and believable in Spartacus.
Spikes advice to kids, to stay out of school to see the preview, was exploitive.
I can't imagine Malcolm X, who supported education and pride, recommending kids
skip school to see a movie. So, my advice to Spike, make more movies, save the
preaching and sermoninzing for church. When the movie is finished, sit down and
shut up and let the movie speak for itself!
Regards
Barry
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| 223.5 | | 3297::SAPP | It Takes A Village to raise a Child! | Thu Jun 17 1993 19:35 | 23 |
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> Malcolm X was too long, the opening montage of flames and the Rodney King taped
>beating had little to do with Malcolm X's life story. The ending, "I'm Malcolm...
>..I'm Malcolm etc. was more effective and believable in Spartacus.
>Spikes advice to kids, to stay out of school to see the preview, was exploitive.
>I can't imagine Malcolm X, who supported education and pride, recommending kids
>skip school to see a movie. So, my advice to Spike, make more movies, save the
>preaching and sermoninzing for church. When the movie is finished, sit down and
>shut up and let the movie speak for itself!
I agree about the advice to kids. However the burning of the flag and
the Rodney King footage had *alot* to do with Malcolm X's life. The
burning of the flag symbolized American hypocracy and how blacks have
never really and truly been welcomed in America which Malcolm constantly
spoke of. The King footage was obvious a lot of the same stuff Malcolm
preached in the 1960's is still going on today.
For me, the film wasn't long enough. I came out wanting even more. It
took me in. I swear I didn't feel like is in the theatre for more than
two hours.
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