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- From: session@seq.uncwil.edu (Zack C. Sessions)
- Subject: Re: Malcom the Tenth
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.042531.619@seq.uncwil.edu>
- Organization: Univ. of North Carolina @ Wilmington
- References: <1992Nov17.162322.24709@galileo.physics.arizona.edu> <grendel.722306819@camelot> <1992Nov21.031837.16924@seq.uncwil.edu> <grendel.722379402@camelot> <1992Nov21.230642.13941@seq.uncwil.edu> <grendel.722394388@camelot>
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- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 04:25:31 GMT
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- grendel@camelot.bradley.edu (Alyosha Bourgea) writes:
-
- >First of all, as I said before, I base my opinion of Lee on comments that
- >*he* has made in the media, not that the media has made about him. I have
- >seen interviews with him; I have seen him speak on television; I have read
- >columns that he has written; and I have seen some of his movies.
-
- Strange, we must be seeing different interviews of Spike Lee. Or maybe
- he has an evil twin? I have heard him say that even though his movies
- usually have a message, they are still movies.
-
- >Second of all, I read a quote in Newsweek by the wife of the late Malcolm
- >X, in which she chided Spike Lee for suggesting that black children skip
- >school to see his movie. If, as you claim, he never suggested that, I'm
- >not the only one who was misinformed. What's your source?
-
- Spike Lee. Larry King directly asked him that question and his explanation
- was perfectly plausable. If you want the transcript, call CNN.
-
- >>I just saw an interview with Spike Lee on Larry King Live. He didn't
- >>mention any of those things. I have heard other so-called black leaders
- >>make such claims, but never Spike. I didn't see Mo' Better Blues
- >>so I don't know if it contained racists views of Jews, but I never heard
- >>it mentioned in the press anywhere and I read and watch a lot of news.
-
- >Well, if you'd like, I can give you some direct excerpts.
-
- Not really. Exerpts would be just as bad as quotes out of context. I'd
- rather see the movie and make up my own mind.
-
- --
- Zack Sessions
- sessions@seq.uncwil.edu
- University of North Carolina at Wilmington (Alumnus)
- "Good health is merely the slowest form of dying."
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