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My Goal Was To Defend Spike Lee, But I Found Myself Agreeing with Boots Riley
My Response to Boots Riley’s Critique of BlackkKlansman
Earlier today Boots Riley, the force of nature behind the movie “Sorry to Bother You” (and the musical entity know as The Coup), posted a criticism of Spike Lee’s new movie “BlackkKlansman.”
This is my response:
First, respect!
Your movie “Sorry to Bother You” is easily one of my top 5 movies of 2018 (anyone who has not seen it yet should go immediately to the theater and watch it).
Now that we have that out of the way, I appreciate your thoughtful take on Spike Lee’s new movie and for showing your respect for Mr. Lee’s body of work. I also grew up watching Spike Lee movies (so we at least have that in common).
I hope you will excuse my interest in opening this dialog with you, it is not intended, in any way, to be corrective.
I find discussions like this very valuable and informative and my goal is simply to learn from you and have a discussion…
