Eastwood Rejects Lee's Criticism of His WW2 Films

reuters.com ^ | May 23, 2008

[sportutegrl]

I thought he was referring to Kelly’s Heroes.

[MissEdie]

“Does he know anything about American history?”

He probably knows what is ebing passed off as “American History” in public school classrooms today.

[WyCoKsRepublican]

When (Spike Lee) aka the “poster boy for bigotry” opens his yap, I simply laugh and move on. He’s a joke. Mr. Eastwood doesn’t owe him an explanation or apology. Read your history books, Mr. Lee. That’s the “right thing” to do.

[ktime]

Dirty Dozen (1967)

Jim Brown played "Robert Jefferson"

[Bommer]

http://www.counterpunch.org/reed02022006.html

In the years after 1939, the historians calculate, the Korean numbers in Japan swelled to over a million -- their figure is 1,120,000 -- although Tokyo's official government number is only 724,287. The miners' task was to descend into difficult seams to dig coal shipped exclusively for military use......Most workers suffered malnutrition, as they received only a handful of rice a month supplemented by inferior cereals. No meat was provided, for what is a more carnivorous people than the Japanese, who to this day prefer fish

[nyyankeefan]

Eastwood Rejects Lee’s Criticism of His WW2 Films...

just wait until b. HUSSEIN is POTUS.....the blacks single handidly will have won the war while the shiftless whites were too busy trying to go after da loose ho’s!!!!

[ktime]

Let's not forget a little movie called "Glory (1989)"

Spike Lee is a racist ass who exposed his lack of education.

Denzel Washington as "Pvt Trip".

[SJSAMPLE]

Uh, the top pick is from “Apocalypse Now”

And, for bonus points, name the actor.

[SJSAMPLE]

One of the finest war movies EVER MADE.

Very sobering.

[RayChuang88]

During World War II, the only prominent blacks involved in combat were supply battalions operating just behind the front line of advancing American troops on the ground and the famous all-black 332nd Fighter Group. It wasn't until President Truman integrated the military that blacks became involved directly in combat, starting with the Korean War.

In short, Mr. Lee, have you really read up on your history?

[denydenydeny]

Blindingly stupid. It’s a simple historical fact that the military wasn’t integrated in WWII.

I guess Lee is one of those people who wanted black people in Titanic, too. And some of the Spartans in 300 should have been black, also. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon—no black people either. What’s up with that?

[Paleo Conservative]

Spike hasn’t made a movie that worth watching in over 20 years.

[Vision]

You KNOW it sucks being Shelton Jackson Lee aka “Spike” Lee.

Miserable racist trapped in his own hell.

[Jack Black]

Some how my posting got messed up. That's Lawrence Fishburne in "Apocolypse Now". He played the draftee wacked out on acid on the boat. It was his first movie role, and he was 14!

Here is the Full Metal Jacket shot:

[dcwusmc]

Bump

[Resolute Conservative]

If Lee the mouth-breather doesn’t like it then make his own movie and watch it tank at the box office.

He is a talentless hack who only makes movies about bad white folks and “oppressed black folks”, gee why not expand your horizons and make a movie someone would actually like to watch.

[AmericaUnited]

"Glory (1989)"

What a great movie...

[kittymyrib]

Spike Lee...another under-talented, over-paid publicity hound.

[NonValueAdded]

So tell him: Why don't you go back and study your history and stop mouthing off!"

Alternate line: "I know what you're thinking, 'did he include six Blacks or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself ..."

[rabidralph]

“Very few Hollywood films deal with black soldiers,” Lee said.

You notice how Spike Lee always criticizes movies he has no interest in making. And then he criticizes white directors for making movies about the "black experience".