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Podcast: Have a Good Movie
Episode: SPIKE LEE: Da 5 Bloods (2020)
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CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of war, racism, grief, trauma, PTSD, explosions, abuse, trauma.
We’re wrapping up our series with Spike’s most recent joint, traveling to Vietnam for a cross between Apocalypse Now and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. It’s another bold swing in the new era of Spike, but yet again, the balance is all off. When this movie is working, it’s a masterpiece, but there’s so much of it that feels like a slog. And it’s not because of a...