Spike Lee is a filmmaker who likes to speak his mind very clearly and forcefully. You probably knew that if you saw one of his movies, which on the big screen can be downright exhilarating. But these days, Lee has no plans of going to a movie theater or any other major public gathering until there is a vaccine to deal with the current coronavirus pandemic.
“They ain’t doing a thing,” Lee told Vanity Fair while discussing Covid-19’s effect on the movie industry and movie theaters. “I know I’m not going to a movie theater. I know I’m not going to a Broadway show. I know I’m not going to Yankee Stadium…. Corona is a bitch. Corona is not playing. You fuck around, you’re going to get killed, you’re going to die. I’m not ready to go.”
As a filmmaker Lee seems...
“They ain’t doing a thing,” Lee told Vanity Fair while discussing Covid-19’s effect on the movie industry and movie theaters. “I know I’m not going to a movie theater. I know I’m not going to a Broadway show. I know I’m not going to Yankee Stadium…. Corona is a bitch. Corona is not playing. You fuck around, you’re going to get killed, you’re going to die. I’m not ready to go.”
As a filmmaker Lee seems...
- 5/29/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
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