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Spike lee twitter7/23/2023 It was also a testament to Spike’s ability as a filmmaker to transcend history. It was a reminder that even though the Ron Stallworth story was decades old, the hatred he fought was still very fresh. Most recently, BlacKkKlansman fittingly opened on the anniversary of the Charlottesville riots. But in the time since, no one has captured the spirit and heartbreak of post-9/11 New York as well as he did in the moment. Spike pivoted and expertly wove the tragedy that befell his (and my) beloved city into his otherwise unrelated movie. I guarantee that trying to tell a woman about kids she doesn’t have falls in the definition. 25th Hour was in preproduction in New York when the planes flew into the towers. 'Spike Lee made a fool out of himself to put it lightly after he decided to retweet something that a California man by the name of Marcus. Malcolm X was released in November 1992, just a few months after racial injustice had ignited a war on the streets of Los Angeles. But to me, the common thread across his career may be his impeccable timing-his ability to understand the cultural landscape of the moment and deliver a spot-on message.Īt times, this has bordered on clairvoyance. He’s made more than two dozen films across nearly every genre, and all of them have been completely different. He’s a visionary, a trailblazer, a provocateur and a true American original. Spike Lee can’t be described in a single word.
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