Spike Lee: "The 2020 elections are right around the corner. Let's do the right thing!"

[sandensea]

And congrats to Spike Lee for his first Oscar - for Best Adapted Screenplay (BlacKkKlansman).

[HipChick]

1. About time....Overdue...loved his speech...

[malaise]

4. Tonight's Oscars are not for the Deplorables

Black Panther is going to win Best Picture, the female Period won, a Mexican won best foreign picture, Lady Gaga now wins.
The Con and Hannity must wish they were in Vietnam already

[malaise]

2. He kicked it out of the park

brilliant

[Haggis for Breakfast]

10. Spike Lee was robbed before, so this is sweet and righteous !

He should have won the Oscar for "Malcolm X." It was brilliant. So was Denzel. And he should have won Best Actor for his portrayal. I am old enough to have seen Malcolm X in real time. He was an electrifying speaker. His "The Ballot or The Bullet" speech still makes me sit up straight up. Denzel had his speech patterns, his cadence, his patois DOWN COLD. If you closed your eyes . . .

Congratulations Spike. It's well-deserved.

[Blue_true]

11. I saw Malcolm X speak on film. And our literature teacher had us read his autobiography.

But never got to see him in real time. The life transformation that he went through was well defined in his book, from a guy on drugs to a philosopher that had an innate understanding of how society worked and how it could be fixed.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

14. Go into the archives

and watch/listen to his "The Ballot or The Bullet" speech. BRILLIANT. Even though it's been over 50 years since he delivered it (in Chicago) it is STILL as relevant today as it was then.

I promise you, you'll NOT be disappointed.

[mucifer]

3. One thing I gotta say. I was going to read the book the movie was based on

All the reviews I saw said it was really poorly written. So it seems like it might have been more of a challenge considering that.

[HipChick]

5. I read the book....I don't think it was written poorly..

think it was catering to a non-reading audience

[mucifer]

6. maybe that's it.

[suffragette]

7. K&R

[Beringia]

8. Glad he won

Love and Hate, nod to one of his favorite films, Night of the Hunter directed by Charles Laughton

[Blue Owl]

9. K&R

[Blue_true]

12. What in the heck does he have on his hands? nt

[Beringia]

15. Love and Hate, nod to one of his favorite films, Night of the Hunter directed by Charles Laughton

[betsuni]

17. I saw that movie for the first time a few years ago and it haunted me for months!

[aikoaiko]

13. I'm so happy for this.

The only thing sweeter would have been to wbe n for Best Pitcture.

[littlemissmartypants]

16. Congratulations Mr. Lee. ❤

[akraven]

18. It's about damn time. nt