It takes rather a lot to maintain Spike Lee quiet.
The Oscar winner’s sizzling takes are legendary, and he weighs in on all the things from black cinema to the present White Home occupant.
But he can’t spare a syllable about his just-canceled Colin Kaepernick docuseries? Did the cat get his tongue?
No. The NDA did.
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Lee supplied an prolonged “no remark” on the pink carpet over the weekend as information of his Kaepernick sequence’ demise hit the Web. He cited a non-disclosure settlement for his silence.
Disney ordered the docuseries from the auteur, however that was earlier than the general public pumped the brakes on the woke revolution. Now, the Mouse Home has little urge for food for a close-up on the Left’s favourite former athlete.
We’ve seen a crush of indicators, each giant and small, that Hollywood is lastly listening to the general public in terms of woke overreach.
Lengthy story quick? No thanks, we collectively stated.
It’s why Disney nixed a trans storyline in its Disney+ sequence “Win or Lose.” It explains the pro-Life and pro-Heartland messaging in “The Unbelievable 4: First Steps” and “Superman,” respectively.
Had Sydney Sweeney boasted about her good genes in a denims advert two years in the past, she would have been compelled into making a “hostage”-style apology, full with a vow to be an “ally” transferring ahead.
As an alternative, Sweeney ignored the far-Left caterwauling and stored cashing these American Eagle checks.
Now, one among Hollywood’s most outspoken progressives has been silenced on two fronts. He can’t share the behind-the-scenes drama behind the present’s cancellation. And it seems he gained’t be capable of store the sequence to a competing community.
Studies say the undertaking is lifeless.
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Lee, a far-Left provocateur on issues of race, doubtless aimed to push Kaepernick as a sufferer of racial injustice. It’s secure to say that Disney, watching the woke bubble burst in actual time. knew that may be a troublesome promote in 2025 America.
Is there one other rationalization?
Lee suffered one other public relations blow this week.
His new movie “Highest 2 Lowest” obtained a modest theatrical rollout, a far cry from what a director of his stature sometimes receives. A24, which produced the movie together with Apple, didn’t present field workplace numbers for its opening weekend.
That’s one other unhealthy signal.
The far-Left Hollywood Reporter says indications are the movie loved a “tepid” reception on the field workplace regardless of Lee teaming with Denzel Washington for the fifth time.