Does Lee ever do anything that isnt racial?
There's good money, no, great money, in racism. You got war and racism - all he needs to do is add sex and his movie will top the charts.
Yes, but those movies also suck. He tries to break out of the race movies but I think he is just not that good at anything other than race movies. Do The Right Thing was good and Get On The Bus was pretty good too, even She’s Gotta Have It was decent, but Son of Sam and his Heist film fell apart so fast because, I believe, his passion is not in story telling thats not racially tinged.
No, but that doesn't mean this isn't a good idea. Lee is right that these veterans have been ignored and they deserve to be honored.
Do not diminish the military service of our fellow Americans. Honoring black veterans is fine by me!
“Does Lee ever do anything that isnt racial?”
Yes, he did a movie on the Son of Sam serial killings called “Summer of Sam.”
And he made a movie called “25th Hour” about a man (played by Ed Norton) getting ready to go to prison for 7 years on drug charges. “25th Hour” had no blacks in the movie but there was one Puerto Rican woman.
His last hit movie “Inside Man” starred Clive Owen as a genious bank robber who pulled off the perfect crime.
Lee is doing an “Inside Man” sequel as well.