Lee hasn't really done that sort of thing for a while. His last film, 25th Hour was awesome. And executive producers have no say in what a film is like. By the way, this film, which was made by a small indie outside of the Hollywood system, is apparently a comedy/satire.
I saw 25th Hour and was impressed. My question is, "How did we all get so immune to the horrors of movie reality, that I actually enjoyed a film that featured a drug dealer as a hero, a pedophile as a sympathetic character, a teenaged Lolita, a coward as best friend, a useless father figure, and a love intrest who is never to be trusted?"
That's Spike Lee for ya'....