Have a seat young man...
At the END of his life, James Brown appeared to be messed up at times. But the reality is you personally wouldn't follow James Brown. So the only times you would see him is when he got into trouble. Which if you didn't know is the only time and only way they like to promote any black people. So Spike is an @sshole, So is Wesley Snipes, So is Barry Bonds, So is Chris Brown, So was Trayvon Martin. For you to think James Brown was nothing more than some cokehead "******" who could dance and sing at one time? Just goes to show how ignorant and how little you actually know about him. You didn't say ******, you just implied it with your condescending point of view. No, James Brown wasn't completely fukked up. Thats just the last image YOU have of him. So its ironic for you to then say how a movie couldn't change history? A TV show called Chapelle Show changed the way Rick James was viewed. Not for the better. His music would be an afterthought to someone like you. As for James Brown, his biopic would be about his life, not music. You don't know anyting about james brown (or Joe Clark)
yeah, i think you're reading too much into what i'm posting, breh. i'm going to kindly ask you to cool it as to your speculation as to what you think i know. i'm not implying that i know everything about james brown or that he's a 'cokehead ******'. i don't mind being further educated at all, so you can stop trying to put words in my mouth. i know plenty about how we're portrayed from being an entertainer myself and from 'bamboozled', just to keep the convo spike oriented.
my points are simple, it's funny that eddie murphy is going to play him because of the impression. and to clarify what i mean when i say 'anyone can tell this cocaine story', i'm referring to the rockstar life in general. looking back the synecdoche wasn't quite clear. my bad. while james brown was an important figure in the black community, i know enough and believe that he had quite an influence on white people as well. White kids jocking our style didn't start with rap! they've always loved this shyt, even if they could only do it secretly. from the perspective of someone looking at brown as an american icon, i do believe that it makes no difference the race of the director. i would like to see spike direct the film despite his image, don't get me wrong. how do you think a black director (any) would handle the 'hollywood propaganda nikka moments' differently than a white dude?
and i see what you mean about rick james and how that may have changed public opinion, but i was listening to the shyt before i even knew what it was. i grew up on older black music, though i am young (25). i wasn't listening to rap until i was 16. i ask you not to categorize me without knowing me. anyone that takes these exaggerated protrayals seriously is, as i said before, dense. mainstream movies and tv don't change what actually happened. i appreciate your point of view and your passion but, as you probably already know, it's more productive to share the knowledge than to just call someone a dumbass. don't point the finger, point somebody in the right direction. but it's all good!
He also made a song called Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud)
(still my favorite Spike movie 
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I liked the movie and studied the man, but Malcol X is far from a masterpiece, and not only because he bytched up and cut stuff out because he received threats from the Nation of Islam. The blog sounds as if Spike Lee wrote it himself, and I wouldn't put it past him to do exactly that.