i had the pleasure of watching She's Gotta Have It last night. It was Spike Lee's first movie, and i will have to say it is in my top five spike movies. it's been said that Malcolm X is in a class of its own, but i think I can say the same thing about this movie as well. he tackles issues about love and sexuality among black people in a way that doesn't make us look cheap or dirty.
in a way, i wish he had done Their Eyes Were Watching God instead of Kasi Lemmons...her version was a little watered down. i guess that's what happens when you get oprah in the mix. i wonder where tracy camilla johns is now. she seems like she had so much talent.
mars blackmon is priceless. sometimes i feel like his line were improvised. like the scene where he's doin the ailey moves. i couldn't buy that it was a part of the script.
but i digress. beautiful movie, great story, great study of black female sexuality.
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