Spike has been a whiner his whole career He has always sought media attention by crying racism at the drop of a hat. When he didn’t get nominated for awards, or lost them, it was racism. If people didn’t see his films, it was racism. He has always been a sour puss. And now he’s just using Clint to promote his new film about black soldiers during an incident in WWII. Since Clint’s films were the last big Hollywood WWII epics, they were his target. If it was Saving Private Ryan he would have picked on Spielberg, saying there weren’t enough blacks in that one.
Like Jesse Jackson, he cries racism to get press time. He uses code words like “plantation” because you can’t use the R word that much anymore. It’s too played out.
Clint is right, but what he sould have said is: “Stop embarrassing youirself, Spike. You’re making yourself look bad again.”
Lee’s criticisms only turn people off. They don’t make them interested in his work.
