by Cedric 'BIG CED' Thornton
January 18, 2013
Dick Gregory Calls Spike Lee Out on “Django Unchained” Comments
In a recent radio interview, activist and comedian Dick Gregory slammed director Spike Lee by calling him a “punk†and a “thug†for his “duplicity and lack of foresight.”
Gregory also said that Lee is the same man who brought us She’s Gotta Have It, and dressed Malcolm X in a zoot suit in the self-titled film.
Gregory says whatever Lee is mad about is something that happened a long time ago, and he’s happy Spike Lee’s attempt to ambush the movie didn’t work.
Gregory also said he’d never seen a black man and a black woman ride off into the sunset in a movie, and that’s part of the beauty of DJango Unchained.
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