“BlackkKlansman” -
Spike Lee is back.
I posted this online review because it highlights a crystalline statement in the film about the role of white women, the majority of whom voted for Trump. The epitome of gluttony and American Pie, the wife of a white supremacist cannot see her actual position within the flaming circle of hate.
Washington plays Ron Stallworth like Shaft- calm, confident and aware.
With his character, the always excellent Adam Driver exhibits a form of racism that is often frowned upon as an individual failing, but he does it with such delicacy that the universal question is posed: if a racist fells a tree and you aren’t there to hear it, did it happen? Does it matter?
The use of classic films and real life images is exquisite and powerful. One scene is eerily reminiscent of the massacre/christening scene in The Godfather.
This film does not preach because Lee knows that you already hear the message. With gut wrenching accuracy he ties the past to the present or rather, shows how the past ties the present, damn near strangling the future.
Yes, Spike Lee is back.
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