Spike Lee is calling a ceasefire to the backlash following “Everything Everywhere All at Once” co-director Daniel Scheinert calling Lee’s biopic “Malcolm X” a “crime movie.”During a Criterion Collection’s “Closet Picks” video, Scheinert called “Malcolm X” a “riveting crime saga,” adding, “Maybe my favorite crime movie? It just blew my mind when I first saw it like a year ago.”Fans have since taken to social media to diss Scheinert’s praise of the true story of civil rights activist Malcolm X (Denzel Washington) and the events leading up to his assassination.
Director Lee reacted to the controversy in a new interview.“I’d never heard that description before,” Lee told The Guardian of “Malcolm X” being classified in the crime genre by fans.
“But look, I’m not going to kill the guy.
I’ve misspoken many times in my life, too.”The “Do the Right Thing” auteur added,
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