I never was crazy about the movie myself but it did prod me to learn all about Malcolm who has been one of my heroes ever since. Spike's movies usually never appealed to me, She's Gotta Have It, School Daze etc.., I thouroughly liked Bamboozled and The 25th hour though. He is a master at what he does, that can't be denied. he's also a great guy because he accepted my cd I handed him last year.

mozfonky said:

r u serious?

tylerd said:

thank allah for what? for malcolm's death?? sheesh

PleasurePrinciple said:

yes, why does that seem surprising, he's always distanced himself from blackness except when he was in trouble.

Snap said:

the funding?

NouveauDance said:

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No, I think you just need to go read a book. Do something constuctive with yourself.
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Only thing wrong with the movie is Spike made up some shit. It's Spike's SOTT, great movie and Denzel shoula get the oscar on that one.

This was a great movie about a very complex man. Spike Lee was maybe the only director that could have made this movie and who but Denzel could've played him.
Prince's investment would have been well spent.

Snap said:

Each of the credits are accompanied by 'Thank Allah' (aside from Aretha, who gets 'Thank Jesus') - Spike Lee's way of saying thank you to each of them for the financial support they provided.

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mozfonky said:

it suprises me b/c that takes some great balls...and im suprised that more people dont know about this

Ain't that the truth.

vainandy said:

Jacko ditto that.

That slave thing he (Prince) played the race card. I never felt sorry for him and if anything, felt sorry for warners for having such a pissy pri-madonna to deal with.
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thesexofit said:

But the difference between The Child Molester and Prince was that P never disassociated himself from his race like MJ has. And THEN MJ (Molester Jackson) went pulling the race card once his record sales weren't where he wanted them to be and most recently when he got caught fucking little boys. Oops. My bad. I mean "sharing his bed" with little boys.

When I first saw it when he performed "Dolphin" on David Letterman, I never took it that way. Before I heard the story behind it, knowing Prince, I thought he was meaning he was a sex slave.

vainandy said:

Warners forced him to sing "sexy motherfucker" to the execs as part of his $100 doller contract, with Prince and the gameboyz stripping off appropriately.

Exactly. Prince may have went to La La Land a few times but he still brought some La La funk.




I remember that. That was funny as hell when he said....."He's racist and he's very, very devilish".




"I tuck them in and give them warm milk and cookies. It's quite charming".

Aftershock said:

Why did so many people believe Prince was half white or not Black? How many people to this day believe it? If you asked a regular person on the street they would most likely tell you he was mixed or not even Black. Who's responsible for that shit? Who would allow their Black mother to be played by a white woman in a movie?

goldnigga please, when P went through rought shit he pulled an ace card motherfucker. I mean race card.
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lilgish said:

LOL! You're using a MOVIE to make a RACE CARD CALL on PRINCE? In the words of JB and Prince = "Good gawd!"

Try again.

whoever said that the movie "Malcolm X" was boring or bad needs to check themselves for real. That movie was nothing but the truth, i guess those who object are waiting for a fully over-produced movie about Elvis or something, someone who really didn't impact or change the world that much, he just had music that teens weren't allowed to listen to.

I think people think Prince has tried 2 disassociate himself w/his race b/c he never came out and said "IM BLACK" but nobody really asks that so when would he do that?I dont think he should have 2 do that but i agree w/people not thinkin hes black...my friends think hes mixed or just plain white

I LOVED MALCOLM X . ARE YOU KIDDING ME? IT was long though. It was AMAZING In MY EYES. Great PERFORMANCES...

langebleu said:

Thats funny. Spike Lee aint a moslem though is he?
I wonder if he'd still put Thank Allah for prince now

tylerd said:

nah,i dont think hes muslim but a lot of people respectthat religion...but are not apart of it.

lilgish said:

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"Who would allow their Black mother to be played by a white woman in a movie? "

It is a movie dude and P's mom was very light.
Even he has said he is not sure what was going on with her background. In addtion, I don't know anyone who would think P was mixed. He is not even light enough to pass himself off a white or mixed. I also think some of you are forgetting the P came along in the late 70's. Black music was not the pop music of the day. P did not want to get stuck on black radio so he did not dwell on racial topics or issues. He waited until he was more established.

laurarichardson said:

Say what?

RepoMan said:

Prince not light?


Next you'll be saying the guy's tall.

RepoMan said:

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Are you black? Because P is not the that light. I would never think in a million years he was mixed. I have people in my own family who are the same complextion and both of their parents are black. I know people who are mixed who have blue eyes and kinky hair.

laurarichardson said:

Well..this is very true for many black families. My daughter is very light and me and her dad are brown and darker brown skinned.

I think prince looks like a light skinned BLACK man. I've never thought he was mixed even when the lie was put out there that he was. And I know mixed ppl darker than prince so you can't tell by just looking at someone.

tylerd said:

Thanks to Allah for Malcom's life and legacy.

LOVE this movie. One of my top 5 of all time. Denzel was robbed--he should have won an Oscar for this. Delroy was brilliant. The length is my only criticism--I saw it in the theater with a friend--we didn't know how long it would be--and we didn't leave until 1:30 in the morning! Although I don't really know how one would go about cutting it; it almost requires an epic length...

One of my favorite scenes is when Malcom is on his way to the Audobon and Sam Cooke's Change Gonna Come is playing. That woman comes up to him and says something to the effect of, "I know you. Don't you pay those people no nevermind. Jesus will save you." Tragic.

The soundtrack is great too, except the absence of Cooke's Change Gonna Come.

I'm glad Prince supported it.