The world according to Spike Lee. From: National Review | Date: August 4, 1989| Author: Morrison, Micah | COPYRIGHT 1989 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Do the Right Thing' seriously addresses today's urban problems-or does it? Spike Lee has blended the thought of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X-or has he? Not only does Lee avoid giving us answers, he artfully frames his questions so as to dodge the real issues.

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK-No whites allowed at the Slave Theater, in Bedford-Stuyvesant. I'm admitted only after presenting press credentials and undergoing interrogation by the Fruit of Islam, Louis Farrakhan's ...

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