Uhhh, ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY yes RS acted with reckless disregard.

Look at this, nuanced film criticism! You should be proud of this.

I do wish more commenters (and the article, to a lesser extent) were capable of acknowledging an artist’s blindspots without writing them off entirely—especially a black artist with as strong a voice as Lee’s.

I was/am a professed film geek and was reading Roger Ebert’s yearly book of movie reviews since I was 13. He wrote that he’s only truly dissolved into tears twice in his movie going years, and one was at the conclusion of Do The Right Thing. I was so smitten by The review and by his candor and RIP Roger for giving a…

I checked out your longer comment. Great stuff.

Well, that was fantastic.

Do the Right Thing is one of the greatest American films ever made. Malcolm X, despite its flaws, is a masterpiece and Denzel has never been better. 4 Little Girls is one of the most affecting and devastating documentaries I have ever seen. There is no question that in his prime Lee was as gifted a director as we have…

“Speak for yourself.”

i know he went back and forth on a caption for the running video but he should have went with “theyve taken the hobbits to isengard”

Unless he’s naked, I don’t care to see

Anyone else thought the “hidden gems” referred to more pics of his crown jewels?

Flynn wins the day. Also, some pretty impressive photos.

Is that an elephant trunk or is he just happy to see us?

In the nine years since taking a final bow in his two major film franchises (the original LOTR and Pirates trilogies)

Well, he has to prove the discrimination was the cause of the adverse action taken against him. He may be able to make a prima facie case (which requires only that he be part of a protected group, and that adverse employment action was taken against him under circumstances that permit an inference of discrimination).…

There was a lot of press in the spring about Blake Wentworth, a Prof. at UC Berkeley, who was found guilty of sexual harassment last October but (as far as I know) has received no punishment. From what I remember, there have been a number of cases over the past few years like this at Berkeley. Here is one article…

He sounds like a real shit. However, if he can prove he was treated differently because of his race, he has a valid case.

Legal wise it seems like a solid argument if he can prove it. At least from what I’ve read about wrongful termination law suits.

If the middle class wants political consideration they should get rich.

Lean In and Fuck Up the middle class.

Well, maybe not that face, but a face!