Spike Taking Some Heat
- Director Spike Lee was accused Friday of “stigmatizing” Chicago and “insulting” its residents by choosing the name “Chiraq” for his upcoming Chicago-based movie on violence and education.
“It’s very offensive and, hopefully, he rethinks his position. He definitely needs to change the name. That’s an insult to the city of Chicago. I don’t care what he changes it to, but not that one,” said Far South Side Ald. Anthony Beale (9th), former chairman of the City Council’s Police Committee.
“People are stigmatizing Chicago unnecessarily. We have a lot of good communities. Yes, we have challenged areas and we’re attacking those challenging areas. But we don’t need anybody coming in trying to highlight the problems we’re having. To stigmatize our city as Chiraq is an insult to me and, I’m sure, to the rest of the residents of Chicago.”
What's insulting is the complete failure to address the root causes of violence that has taken the lives of how many people over the past 10 years. 20 years. 40 years. Not a single step to address the base problems, just shovel more money at it and blame the police and the guns.
Labels: dumb ideas
posted by SCC at 12:33 AM
61 Comments:
"Yes, we have challenged areas..."
You mean "fucked-up areas?"
Like half the city?
I am not a Spike Lee fan, but I am glad he us doing this.
Will mary Mitchell ,phleger,Sharpton and Jackson be in it?Can you get a more pro black anti police group?
Not a single step to address the base problems, just shovel more money at it and blame the police and the guns.
And Spike will do the same with his award winning pseudo racist movie.
I am sure that Spike's new movie will be as society changing as "Do the Right Thing."
Maggie Thatcher was right.
Socialists will eventually run out of other people's money.
If the name fits and it does then use it.
"Complete failure to address root cause of violence"
Do you mean "challenged areas"? Nell Carter said Gimme a Break alderman heals.
Even FOX news refers to Chicago as Chiraq...what's the big deal.
"Complete failure to address root cause of violence"
Do you mean "challenged areas"? Nell Carter said Gimme a Break alderman heals.
CHIRAQ?
Nothing new here. Spike Lee also made a film about the nation's fourth largest city--the NYC Borough of
CROOKLYN.
You know what else is screwed up about calling Chicago "Chiraq?" It's nothing LIKE Iraq. So military veteran coppers like myself might tend to get really fucking irritated, because some of us really did lose real brothers IN IRAQ.
What do you want to call it? Ray Nagin already grabbed the moniker of "Chocolate City."
He can't name this movie Chiraq! He just cant!!
We don't have a problem with gun violence here or any problems with gangs.
Where would he get such an idea?
Doesn't he listen to our leader that says everytime a camera is in front of his face that crime is down?!!
Chiraq baby!!!!!
Legacy of Supt. Oppossum Head...
"This isn't Chiraq!"
Daley must've screamed at him and cock-suckered, mother-fucked him for days after that statement.
No Anthony, we are not attacking the challenged neighborhoods, the challenged neighborhoods are attacking us.
It is the perfect label for a city out of control with gun violence..
"I don’t care what he changes it to, but not that one,” said Far South Side Ald. Anthony Beale.
So Chiet Nam and Chighanistan are still options?
rb
How about "ChiBlaq" to be more specific to where most of the violent crime comes from in this city.
If the name fits.....then you must use it.
Apparently the truth offends the alderman. As a Chicago resident i am not offended. I want the ugly truth out there so our citys corruption and wasted tax dollars stop. I also want the truth about our major crime issues to be spotlighted. Most of us know but the naive dont and cheating politicians do their best to cover it up.
The interesting thing about this whole Spike Lee movie thing is that Garry and Rahmulus both consorted to do their own little circle jerk TV show a few years ago. If you remember, it was called "Chicagoland", and it aired on CNN. They brought in Mark Benjamin and Mark Levin, because those were the guys who made Garry look so damn cool in the series "Brick City". That was the series done on Garry when he was in Newark, and it was a prerequisite viewing when Garry arrived here, if you wanted to learn about who you were going to be dealing with. Bromance Hugs, heavy gold man bracelets, a snappy soundtrack, and bleeped over F-Bombs. It was Miami Vice meets Baretta, for you older guys. Give me a fucking break.
So; Garry and Rhamulus decide to do a show here, Garry calls his producers and gets the band back together, Rahmulus jacks up the Fenger principal, who actually tried to do a good job with what she had, and they have camera crews follow everybody around for months. Garry and Rhamulus have total edit control. Rick Flair co-stars. everybody gets to look gritty, yet very cool. Swingin' dicks and hot urban chicks. One for the history books. All on the backs of a few neighborhoods that were a mess before the show, and will be the same mess tomorrow.
That show was regarded as a bunch of staged, self-ingratiating Bullshit. So now, maybe Spike Lee wants to serve up a heapin' helpin of actual reality. Maybe not.
But Spike Lee's agenda is not the same as that of Rhamulus, so that's what the real outcry is about. The fake legacy being replaced with a more authentic, less complimentary one. We wouldn't want to do further damage to the already bruised Hillary/Rhamulus run for the Oval Office, would we?
I say give Spike a wide berth and see what he comes up with. My guess is that, mixed in with the unbridled hate, he will find a few nuggets of what we already know, but lacked the intestinal fortitude to vote out.
I/F
Watch Rham throw a hissy fit because someone is blatantly going to tell the truth about Chicago. By portraying Chicago in a bad light, it tarnishes Tiny Dancer's political image. Mr. Lee, please continue and go make this documentary. I won't watch it though because you are a race baiting piece of shit.
If its the guns, so then why on earth is the new commander in 15 having a presentation to the community on concealed carry? Did McCarthy give the go-ahead? Or did his guy eff up?
Spike lee comes from a very affluent family. He is a fourth generation graduate of Morehouse college in Atlanta. Your family doesn't have that kind of background. He was never ghetto.
Well all know whose fault it is.....YT's
This is the same Spike who posted the address of Zimmerman's (Trayvon Martin) family on Twitter.
How is Spike Lee going to show 25,000 blacks killed by other blacks in Chicago since 1960?
Let's applaud Spike Lee for swiftly tweeting the incorrect address of (thug-attacked) George Zimmerman. He had hoped that by supplying the (wrong) address that someone would hunt GZ down and kill him. Unfortunately, his stupidity caused grief for an innocent elderly couple. Boycott Spike!
Spike's last few movies augered in so hard random Chinese peasants are still digging up promo discs and T-shirts in their rice paddies.
He's going to have a hard time raising bus fare for this thing, but the puds that write for newspapers like the guy, so here he is.
It's all about the ego. Insults and stigma are abhorrent but the violence and death are tolerated
Remember when he made the film with the race sensitive title "White men can't jump"
Maggie Thatcher was right.
Socialists will eventually run out of other people's money.
4/11/2015 01:48:00 AM
My God you love that quote. Thanks for posting for the 100th time. Time for some new material.
He's going to have a hard time raising bus fare for this thing, but the puds that write for newspapers like the guy, so here he is.
4/11/2015 11:10:00 AM
How many Trib headlines are dedicated to these dogs. Today, "Chance the Rapper", past headlines on Chief Keef, etc. Keep the dialogue going that these mutts are the role models in the community. Hey maybe I'm wrong, every time someone gets popped their career path was through the rapper trade.
Why is this a good idea... Nothing ever captured in movies, television or documentaries is reality. They only promote what the creator believes. Chicago has a lot to offer, lets promote and build upon the positive. We do not need to immortalize the negative on film.
4/11/2015 10:02:00 AM
Blogger Sort-of-Mad Max said...
Spike's last few movies augered in so hard random Chinese peasants are still digging up promo discs and T-shirts in their rice paddies.
He's going to have a hard time raising bus fare for this thing, but the puds that write for newspapers like the guy, so here he is.
4/11/2015 11:10:00 AM
LULZ!
"Augered in?"
Cratered.
Spectacularly.
Since it's China, no reports on casualties...
Old-Man in the coolie hat and a perpetual squint from being face-farted by a water buffalo all damned day for the last 50 years wants to whoop the ass off the m/fers who dropped that shit in his paddy...
-Takes an angry drag off a shitty home rolled cigarette-
"WTF? This shit don't grow no f'n rice!"
-Kicks buffalo in it's ass out of frustration-
Water Buffalo say:
"MOO?"
>Fart!<
Yeah... We kinda understand Old-Man's real feel...
That kid Corky from that show life goes on can play Richie daley.
Spike Lee is a d-bag.
Good title, though.
That kid Corky from that show life goes on can play Richie daley.
I'm retired and travel often; I am not embarrassed to speak of Chicago's violence nor am I ashamed.
What pisses me off is the mention of "corrupt city" and thieving politicians.
It is the perfect label for a city out of control with gun violence..
===
It's not the guns Einstein. Are Nashville's street running red with blood this week? 70,000 NRA members are there, and most are CCW. Where are the shootouts in the streets? The piles of bodies?
It is about 5.000 punks in 10 neighborhoods. If your dipshit judges and politicians (BIRM) locked them up when you caught them, you might be as safe as in Houston. Even though Houston has a lot more minorities and a lot hotter Summer nights.
Nobody cried when "BOSS" was canceled before its final season on cable television. It was one of the best things Kelsey Grammer ever did.
It probably made Rahm uncomfortable enough to place a call to Ari to get it spiked. It portrayed City Hall as a Parliament of Whores and the Chicago Mayor as a dictator.
Chiraq Killinois!!!!!!!
I hope they make 100's of documentaries about Chicago so when I move out I can say I survived the battle.
3:15 AM:
Many people attempt to make valid comparisons between Chicago and New York City (all five boroughs).
Based on the 2010 U.S. decennial census, any crime comparison would be more demographically accurate if one compared the populations of Chicago [ "CHIRAQ"] and Brooklyn [ "CROOKLYN"].
Populations (2010 U.S. Census):
Chicago 2,695,598 "CHIRAQ"
Brooklyn 2,504,700 "CROOKLYN"
Chicago has hellholes like Englewood (007) and Garfield Park (011) while Brooklyn has Brownsville (73rd Pct.) and East New York (75th Pct.).
Spike lee is a racist idiot.
This is a mix for disaster. Fyi the movie "NWA" will be out soon and the hood will be uprising with more violence as everyone will once again feel inferior thanks to gangster RAP. The Raiders gear will be sold out, along with all "NWA" gear. Somethings are just best if left alone. If its in the past, leave it in the past. God help us when these movies are released and 1990's violence here we go again!!!!
Brick City Bitches!!!!!
Off topic: ET test....lots of no shows & a few questions where none of the answers were really correct. Anyone notice that? Voiding an inventory: our answer options included a. Desk sgt b. Lt. Or watch commander the other answers were def wrong. So now we have to choose between two positions that no longer exist? Other question w/questionable answers involved traffic stop w/money & heroin. None of those answers were totally correct either. Need to see about getting those thrown out
And the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a motion picture goes to.....
It's not stigmatizing - it's DESCRIPTIVE.
8:56....
If you're worried about that shit, you ain't goin' nowhere.
Get a chinaman.
I'm sure the alderman will be appeased when he finds out the premise of the movie is:
1) Chicago's violence is all white people's fault
2) The mean Republican voters that live in the southern part of the state and who won't vote in more funding for education are the reason Shaniqua and DuJuan end up selling drugs and join gangs.
3) If more federal funding was given to Chicago, the violence would end.
4) Everyone in prison was unfairly targeted by the po-leece, were honor students and probably would have turned their lives around had they not been hauled into a criminal justice system that's geared to keep the black man down.
The above is pretty much the premise of every Spike Lee movie.
"It is about 5.000 punks in 10 neighborhoods. If your dipshit judges and politicians (BIRM) locked them up when you caught them, you might be as safe as in Houston. Even though Houston has a lot more minorities and a lot hotter Summer nights."
You got that right.
Look, the syndicate that pisses away money like water and that has been ruining this city for decades isn't going to do shit to any extent that there are actual results because they won't quit stealing until this city is busted out. They will suck it dry like they have Detroit and Atlantic city.
They want crime. They neeeed crime.
Without crime, the Democrat, er in IL the Republicrat, syndicate looses revenue and the influence it needs
to cultivate pay-to-play, and the need for studies & consulting for Prisons and Hospitals and such.
The more crime, the more city patronage is driven in many city departments. The more the city spends, the more the syndicate can steal through no-bids and insider deals.
Where this city once sustained itself and grew manufacturing things, now it manufactures crime.
The red light cameras bring in a fraction compared to Chicago's crime industry. They cause accidents and financial hardship on an already over taxed citizenery. That's not good for they Citizens, but it's good for the syndicate.
If they are not prepared to do the right thing for Chicago citizens where red light cameras are concerned, there is no chance in hell they are actually going to do anything about crime. It doesn't serve -- their -- interest.
For cops, the cup half full is you have job security. The cup half empty is, Chicago is evidently losing 6-10 percent of it's population annually and the city's economic growth is stagnant, trailing all major cities.
-Citizen
Isn't this movie about 20 years too late? Weren't there 900 homicides a year in the 1990's?
It's really more like Mayberry now no? I guess that ain't cool in the gangster world yo.
where will this guy film his ghetto scenes? not around here.
Gary or east St. Louis may be safer.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Nobody cried when "BOSS" was canceled before its final season on cable television. It was one of the best things Kelsey Grammer ever did.
It probably made Rahm uncomfortable enough to place a call to Ari to get it spiked. It portrayed City Hall as a Parliament of Whores and the Chicago Mayor as a dictator.
4/11/2015 04:21:00 PM
Truly one of the best television series ever.
Not just because of its dead-on portrayal of Chicago and Chicago politics, but great writing and exceptional acting by the entire cast.
It must have terrified Chicago politicians.
Spike Lee isn't catching any heat...but he's reaping a ton of free publicity. All of Spike Lee's films make money, period.
@ 02:19
Boss is too good for TV, people cannot handle the reality of the show
Heard the creators met with Ram. wonder what he thought. is he the reason they never continued filming?
the show was filmed here
Guess the truth hurts....
Yup. Got a couple lib/leftist Chicago friends on Facebook moaning about the name. Calling it "offensive."
Hey, the truth hurts, guys. Deal with it.
Post a Comment
<< Home