I have nothing against Lee, but I think the body of work should be what decides this battle. Clint keeps cranking out highly original, politically charged Oscar contenders, while Lee's next three pictures are:

1. A World War 2 Epic (makes me see why he's taking shots at Clint...)
2. A Documentary about Michael Jordan (Do you think Mars Blackmon will re-emerge from hiding?)
3. A sequel to Inside Man (Inside Man: Still Inside is the working title).

Maybe one of these movies will surprise America and take home best picture AND best director come Academy time.

But somehow, I doubt it.

So, Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee walk into a bar with a box full of Academy Awards under their arms. Clint Eastwood, after a few beers tells Spike Lee that his wife is so ugly that she tied a pork chop around her neck and the dog still wouldn't play with her.

Spike, having had a few beers himself, is not going to take this and fires back:

"Flags of our Fathers sucked so bad that the MPAA thought it was directed by Uwe Boll."

Clint and Spike throw a few punches, and overturn a few pool tables before each big-shot director takes a hostage, moves to opposite sides of the room and begin hurling their golden statues at each other.

Who wins the fight?

Fact is that each has their own agenda.
And each is about the fact that there is
no such thing as bad publicity.

Spike uses his to point out the possibility
of racism where ever he can do so even semi-
plausibly. By doing so he insures that the
issue stays front and center in everyone's
minds. Many feel that this is how to achieve
real and lasting progress on this front.

I tend to disagree with this philosophy.

IMHO the path to real progress in race relations
is when it becomes obvious where it does exist
as it becomes more and more the exception, and
those that espouse such attitudes are marginalized
by being ignored.

Eat a peach!

You guys are just ignorant. Spike is pointing out that other than a very very brief moment, there are no black people in the movie at all. There are no black people in any of the war scenes, there are no black people even in any of the crowds when they celabrate. Theres just no diversity in the movie period, how are you gonna tell me thats more historically acurate?

Funny how it is okay for Spike to be ageist ("angry old man"). Can you imagine the uproar if Clint said "sounds like Spike is an angry black man"? Double standard, again.