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July 29, 2013 4:54 PM Subscribe
Spike Lee's list of essential cinema includes only 2 black directors and 0 women.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Maybe try this again without the "Are you trolling or are you telling us he is" framing? If this is worth looking at we can do better than a single Gawker link and snarky phrasing. -- jessamyn
Is this saying more about the film industry or Spike Lee? I don't really care for the guy, but Do the Right Thing was important in the way I understood the world when I was young.
posted by Literaryhero at 4:58 PM on July 29, 2013
posted by Literaryhero at 4:58 PM on July 29, 2013
And Hispanics, Chinese, Indians, French, Austrian, Muslims, Buddists, Gays/Lesbian/Bi/Transgendered, etc, etc?
Perhaps his list represents Hollywood's biases more than his own.
posted by el io at 4:59 PM on July 29, 2013
Perhaps his list represents Hollywood's biases more than his own.
posted by el io at 4:59 PM on July 29, 2013
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