dick gregory on spike lee: he a punk & a thug

Alias_Avi wrote: Most people will assume that the story is fictional but most people will also believe that the cushion of the story (how the Titanic sunk and other micro and macro details) are factual How much you wanna bet that the average person thinks, for instance, that the people on board were aware of the ship hitting an iceberg and panicked getting into the life boats? Probably many Random Thoughts wrote: Word. Like some people walk out of seeing the movie Titanic with an attitude because the main plot was fiction.

I think even more people will see Django and believe cowboys blowing up people and having shootouts at a plantation to save a woman is all fictional.

Maybe a lot of people leave Django asking "did mandigo fighting happen?" but just as many ask "did that officer really commit suicide after killing an innocent person (answer is no. In real life, he was actually helping as many people as he could).

Alias_Avi wrote: Not a literal sidekick Random Sidekick in the sense he is not the main character, he plays the side charcter to Dr. Schultz He is not the main character until the death of Calvin Candie and that doesn't happen until the 3rd quarter of this movie Btw... what kind of "main character" doesn't kill the main vilian? lmao He kills the friggen' house slave. How lame (and of course QT relays the message to the black viewer that our biggest enemy during slavery was ourselves. how special)

I don't really care about the specifics of this movie tbh, i gave my review and opinion already. Nothing left to say

Anyways, I just think that people should think twice about insulting Spike Lee in favor of QT

I am enjoying this discussion.

Sidenote, I really like how Dick touched on the use of the word n*gger. Its true that they began the use of it in the current context and are now telling us its inappropriate to say. And having Black people buy into the notion that our use of it is what encourages their continued justification for using it. Like WTF? How did they manage to twist that sh*t around.

joileprincess wrote: I am enjoying this discussion. Sidenote, I really like how Dick touched on the use of the word n*gger. Its true that they began the use of it in the current context and are now telling us its inappropriate to say. And having Black people buy into the notion that our use of it is what encourages their continued justification for using it. Like WTF? How did they manage to twist that sh*t around.

yes that was among many gems for me..