Posted on 08/28/2018 4:56:42 PM PDT by EveningStar
It’s a slow, didactic film about a minor episode.
Billed as being based on “a crazy, outrageous incredible true story” about how a black cop infiltrated the KKK, Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman would be more accurately described as the story of how a black cop in 1970s Colorado Springs spoke to the Klan on the phone. He pretended to be a white supremacist . . . on the phone. That isn’t infiltration, that’s prank-calling. A poster for the movie shows a black guy wearing a Klan hood. Great starting point for a comedy, but it didn’t happen. The cop who actually attended KKK meetings undercover was a white guy (played by Adam Driver). These led . . . well, nowhere in particular. No plot was foiled. Those meetups mainly revealed that Klansmen behave exactly how you’d expect Klansmen to behave.
The movie is a typical Spike Lee joint: A thin story is told in painfully didactic style and runs on far too long. Screenwriters ordinarily try to start every scene as late as possible and end it as early as possible; Lee just lets things roll. If the point is made, he keeps making it. If the plot tends toward inertia, that’s just Lee saying, “Don’t get distracted by the story, pay attention to the message I’m sending.” He’s a rule-breaker all right. The rules he breaks are “Don’t be boring,” “Don’t be obvious,” and “Don’t ramble.”
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Cllayton Bigsby
So, the kkk scene in Blazing Saddles was more accurate? But, but, but, spike said it was true and he wouldn’t lie would he?
Let’s face it. Spike Lee is a lousy film-maker.
“He pretended to be a white supremist on the phone.”
I was wondering how he could have ‘infiltrated’ such an organization. False Advertising! Many fictionalized historic films are works of inference, presumption and plain old lying.
I would never have guessed that.
He's good in Ballers, the Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson HBO series, but nothing at all like his father.
He really is bad.
ping
Rape, murder, arson and rape.
Huh.
Time yet for the movie about the white guy that infiltrates the BGF (Black Guerrilla Family)?
Did they get to meet Robert Byrd?
lol
I posted the an example of the real deal a couple of months ago.
Here it is again:
“I own Ku Klux Klan regalia. I use it as a teaching tool in my history classes — oh, and I’m black. These three facts never fail to produce open-mouthed curiosity or incredulity. The most obvious question is how the regalia came into my possession. With a straight face, I say that in the late 1980s the Klan was going through hard times so they started an Affirmative Action program for self-hating minorities. Some people — amazingly — believe that, and some people don’t. (I confess. I have a devilish sense of humor!) The real answer is that before becoming a mild-mannered college professor, I had spent a dozen years in law enforcement, first as a police officer in Savannah, Georgia, and then as a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, ATF for short. It’s the agency responsible for enforcing federal firearms, arson and explosives law. White supremacist groups have a penchant for illegal firearms and explosives. Our office investigated a Klan group in north Georgia, and when the case was over, I decided to keep the white hood and robe.”
More at:
http://bulletin.kenyon.edu/feature/speaking-up/
I don't know what David Duke said about Charlottesville, but President Trump didn't say anything wrong. He said that both sides were at fault. President Trump got excoriated by saying this - but in fact I'd say that the was too diplomatic. Most of the fault was on the side of the Commie Anti-FA types who were looking to incite a riot.
And I wouldn't accuse someone of 'murder' who was trying to save his life by flooring his car to get away from an angry mob. It is unfortunate that the obese lady with a heart problem had a heart attack as a result of his action - but it was not murder (perhaps negligent manslaughter, or something - but I still can't fault the man for trying to get out of Dodge as fast as he could).
Very over rated IMO.
Reminds me of one of my favorite Dave Chappelle skits - “Black White Supremacist”
Why does anyone care what this cretin says about the KKK or anything else? He is an anti-white propagator.
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