I don't really enjoy many of Spike Lee's films, but I did enjoy this one. I was in college when it came out, and I always considered it a pretty accurate depiction of college campuses, and of the political and social undercurrents existing everywhere in the late 80's(apartheid, integration vs desegregation, viability of black campuses). I think it was pretty bold to make a quasi-musical in only his second film; much bolder than making the race-sensitive accusatory dramas he's been making since Do The Right Thing. I think Spike is potentially a great movie maker if he can get past these issues he seems to be so stuck on: white people are evil, white people(especially jews) are plotting the death of the black man, it's okay to denigrate and hate whites cause "they" did that to us in the past. School Daze will allow you to gaze at the talent that was, and could be, Spike Lee.
Review of School Daze
