Inside Inside Man : Spike Lee and Post-9/11 Entertainment

2010; University of Texas Press; Volume: 50; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1353/cj.2010.a405347

ISSN

1527-2087

Autores

Lori Harrison-Kahan,

Tópico(s)

Race, History, and American Society

Resumo

This essay examines Spike Lee's Inside Man in a post-9/11 context. Contrary to reviews that saw the film as apolitical entertainment, it argues that Lee, disguising his former didacticism as escapism, maintains a politically engaged approach to filmmaking in his depictions of ethno-racial tensions in a globalized United States.

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