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1. #355877
   On June 20th, 2008 at 5:11 pm, CO2 Producer said:

   Now I know why Spike’s new WWII movie was in the previews before the latest Hulk movie:
   

   He went on to drop the news that his longtime editor Sam Pollard has been filming Obama throughout the primary season and has already captured 1,000 hours of footage for a documentary being produced by Edward Norton.

   People do realize that Spike’s WWII movie is based on a work of fiction, right? Not enough compelling real stories of black soldiers from WWII, apparently (I probably need to note my sarcasm here). How does Spike feel about George Lucas’ involvement in a Tuskegee Airmen movie? Spike’ll probably complain that it didn’t address the racist-victim angle enough.

   900 black Americans in a force of over 100,000 fought at Iwo Jima. Less than one of every 100. Most of them were non-combat soldiers, which would bring the percentage of those that would have been included in the movie lower since non-combat scenes are boring. Screenplays are normally written to be as tight and on-topic as possible. After shooting, the film is edited to be even tighter. The more a movie strays from the main story, the more convoluted it becomes. If a cursory scene involving blacks was included, many viewers would have seen it as pandering to political correctness. Including blacks for the sake of including blacks in a film that wasn’t about black individuals would have been ludicrous (or “ludacris” for the phoenetic-minded). Does Spike Lee include whites in his movies for the sake of adding whites?

   Yes, I acknowledge that this comment is dredging up old news. Oh, well.

2. #355899
   On June 20th, 2008 at 5:34 pm, mistressjustice said:

   Old Scout:
   Very good post.
   I just wish Spike would do less talking, and more quality filmmaking.

   How can the man who made Do the Right Thing and Malcolm X(where no less than Martin Scorcese says it was the best movie of the decade), not just promote based on his record of success? He’s had some clunkers over the years, but got his groove back with Inside Man.(which was decent)
   I just think the guy is a bit of a clown, and terribly insecure when he can’t just rely on his enormous talents to put butts in the theatre and awards on his shelf. Maybe Spike works better when he’s angry and provoking, but to a lot of people like me, it’s very tired and boring.

3. #355921
   On June 20th, 2008 at 5:56 pm, bit_boy said:

   Rusty #33, seems like the shoe fits.

4. #355925
   On June 20th, 2008 at 6:00 pm, Mojave Mark said:

   Since Obama was selected (not elected) due to his race why to we find any of this odd?

5. #355939
   On June 20th, 2008 at 6:33 pm, anthonystark2 said:

   spike lee has the personality of a lemon taster!

6. #355960
   On June 20th, 2008 at 7:08 pm, JWS said:

   How come whites are still classified as “racist’ at the drop of a hat but blacks are simply “clowns” with “poor judgement”, etc?

   As I said in a post that MM deleted for some reason, anyone who votes for the racist, radical, B Hussein IS A RACIST. You are either an out in the open (and why not, as most whites are scared to death of blacks and especially of being tarred as “racist”) “clown” like Lee, or an enlightened “typical white person” who is so racist, he is incapable of holding blacks to any reasonable standard of behavior. You know, like NOT joining a “church” and befriending a monster like Wright after the very first “sermon” you hear is an H-bomb against whites and America. Stuff like that.

7. #356006
   On June 20th, 2008 at 7:54 pm, SpeakEasy said:

   Rev. Wright is getting paid to keep talking, By his congregation for twenty+ years. Its called Black Theology I believe.

   Rusty, I agree the comment was wrong. Isn’t MM traveling? Perhaps that is why Bit_boy’s comment has not been removed? I know, sounds like I’m making excuses for her– I doubt she needs or wants anyone doing so. But there is a stark contrast to the ONE tasteless comment followed by the condemnation by Michelle’s regular readers and the commonplace hate and crudity found on many leftist websites followed by agreement and even more tasteless comments. Quite a contrast. I think that is the real reason you, lgm, et al lurk about– a better class of bloggers.

8. #356011
   On June 20th, 2008 at 8:01 pm, SpeakEasy said:

   Old Scout,

   So perpetuating racism is okay as long as it is business? Seems to me slavery was all about business too. Doesn’t really justify it, does it?

9. #356034
   On June 20th, 2008 at 9:03 pm, rightisright said:

   Old Scout: He doesn’t always mean what he says – as they said in the Godfather movie “It’s business, not personal.

10. #356039
    On June 20th, 2008 at 9:07 pm, rightisright said:

    OldSport: Wasn’t it Obama that said “words have meaning”?

11. #356057
    On June 20th, 2008 at 9:28 pm, Goldwater Knight said:

    Coming here some days really makes me appreciate how many vastly different kinds of people I know and love, and what the alternative is. It’s a reminder of what exists beyond the thoughtful, cultured, open-minded cosmopolitan bubbles some of us — like me — choose to live in.

    Stop sniffing glue kid. Bad for the brain cells.

12. #356061
    On June 20th, 2008 at 9:39 pm, Die Hippie, Die said:

    I agree the comment was wrong.

    Let’s give this more than twenty seconds of liberal knee-jerk guilt.

    The reason that word will endure in the vernacular is that it’s disappearance would deprive Spike, Richard Pryor and nearly every rapper of a substantial portion of his material.

    The very funny Chris Rock found utility in its use when he said “There’s like a civil war going on with black people. And there’s two sides: there’s black people and there’s niggers. The niggers have got to go.”

13. #356087
    On June 20th, 2008 at 10:31 pm, right_on said:

    Lee, who believes “someone’s” paying Jeremiah Wright to diss Obama…

    What is this? A black man, accusing a black minister of selling out one of his own kind…? Is “Spike” saying that it’s possible for someone to buy a black man…? I guess being a “slave” to money is okay, huh, Spike?

14. #356096
    On June 20th, 2008 at 10:50 pm, vatodio said:

    The simplest way to shut this egoistic bafoon up is, by not watching his movies.

15. #356257
    On June 21st, 2008 at 7:33 am, no sudden moves said:

    Why stop at “chocolate city”–why not chocolate country? Lee, make your movies…or better yet, keep talking.

16. #356301
    On June 21st, 2008 at 9:49 am, derel3433 said:

    May the fear of a black planet motivate us all to rally behind John McCain!

17. #356456
    On June 21st, 2008 at 3:35 pm, SpeakEasy said:

    I guess I’ll be the White Chocolate.

18. #356689
    On June 22nd, 2008 at 2:34 am, Prime Director said:

    Family Guy’s take on Spike Lee’s “masterpiece” Do the Reverend Wright Thing.

19. #356750
    On June 22nd, 2008 at 9:50 am, ajmontana said:

    misstress justice, rick moran hasnt been the moderator here in months, please keep up instead of talking out your rump.

20. #356918
    On June 22nd, 2008 at 3:18 pm, nyc123me said:

    Spike Lee is a racist. After all these years of minorities and African Americans getting preferential treatment, if Obama comes in and makes the US even more racist than it already is, then I imagine there’s going to be some major civil conflicts in the coming years. If anything, preferential treatment (affirmative action) should be completely dropped once there’s a minority/African American as POTUS, because anything else would be sheer hypocrisy.

21. #356939
    On June 22nd, 2008 at 3:48 pm, nyc123me said:

    “Do the Right Thing remains one of the greatest American movies of the past 25 years.”
    BWAHAHAHAHA thanks! I laughed so hard I almost peed.

22. #356962
    On June 22nd, 2008 at 4:17 pm, Bogtrotter said:

    1000 Hours of Obama on film. And if you watch the finished product it will no doubt seem like 1000 hours.

23. #356969
    On June 22nd, 2008 at 4:27 pm, Bogtrotter said:

    “I just wish Spike would do less talking, and more quality filmmaking.”

    Hmmmmm…..get back to me whenever he actually begins “quality filmmaking”.

24. #357069
    On June 22nd, 2008 at 7:27 pm, mistressjustice said:

    On June 22nd, 2008 at 9:50 am, ajmontana said:
    misstress justice, rick moran hasnt been the moderator here in months, please keep up instead of talking out your rump.

    I didn’t get the memo. I just saw R.M. post on a thread yesterday. If he is no longer the moderator, my comments above go out to the hypocrital Michelle Malkin.