Thursday, February 13, 2014

LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY OF LOVE AND HATE AGAIN (OR SHE HATE ME)

She Hate Me is a film by Spike Lee in which a Wall Street executive is fired for blowing the whistle on one of his company's dodgy products. To retain his Wall Street lifestyle he sells his sperm to the lesbian friends of his former fiancee, who he found out was lesbian herself when he walked in on her having sex with a woman one day when he arrived home early. The lesbian friends have children. In order to become pregnant he has sex with the lesbians and gets paid $10k per lesbian. But it's not all about a heterosexual man having sex with lesbians to retain his Wall Street lifestyle. There is a reference to Enron too.

But the most interesting bit is definitely the opening, as it runs through all the dollar bills and the symbolism on them.

And there are some great one liners:
"You're Frank Wills, son...You don't fuck with the money, son. It's cold-blooded."

"Welcome to this edition of The Perp Walk. This week's guest star: You! Aaw sheeeeeeeed"

So why am I talking about this on Valentine's Day?

Because I think this film pushes the agenda that Dr Richard Day talked about in 1969.

It is a very provocative film, one of Lee's best in my opinion.

But the title stands out for me.

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