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Originally Posted by ChronoGrl
In terms of intellectual African American cinema, I think that Spike Lee is absolutely brilliant (Do The Right Thing being one of my all-time favorite films and what I see as a poignant study of racial relations). Wonder what a Spike Lee horror movie would be like.
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I do like and respect Spike Lee - a lot ... but man he's a racist SOB himself.
i haven't followed him too closely since Malcolm X, but do the right thing, and she's gotta have it are great films ... not to mention Mo Better Blues - which is hands down my favorite Spike Lee Joint.
as far as what the black demographic supports where i live .. it's mostly urban comedies .. doesnt matter how bad they are...
i have 10,000 movies in my house ... and when our babysitter chose films to watch - the 1st choice was House Party 2.
2 of my best friends (a guy and a girl) are not typical and consider these films to be crap ... but for the most part ...thats what the black folks up here like.
interesting sidenote - the black population is very different in Canada from the USA... unless i'm mistaken, most blacks in the USA have been there for several generations ... while most blacks in Canada (toronto area anyway) are 1st generation west-indian.
not sure if this makes any difference in the movie viewing preferences though.
something else ... there arent that many horror fans - compared to everything else - to begin with ... so maybe as Neverending said near the beginning - maybe there's an appropriate numbers being represented here after all..