Review of BlacKkKlansman (2018) by Shpostal — 11 Aug 2018

"Blackkklansman" is possibly the year's best, but it does have some serious competition with "Hereditary", one of the creepiest and mind melting movies to come down the horror pike in years.

John David Washington turns in a spectacular performance as undercover cop Ron Stallworth, a true story of a very smart and brave African-American who is the first to join the Colorado Springs police department.

After hearing a moving speech by the former Stokely Carmichael as an undercover cop assigned to listen for possible threats against the citizens of the city, he becomes sufficiently moved enough to cook up an under cover operation against the local KKK chapter.

To do so he has to use his detective white friend Flip Zimmerman, played brilliantly by Adam Driver to be his in the flesh double at various meetings and infiltrate and eventually become a full member of the KKK, with the Grand Wizard David Duke coming to Colorado Springs to personally swear him in.

It's much more than that, however, as both versions of Stallworth have to be oh so careful in their roles. The big takeaway from this movie is of course the demonstration of the ultra hate filled and impenetrable stupidity and mental psychosis that defines all those involved with this hideous organization.

That it goes for all hate groups, including skin heads and other "organizations" that exist today as well is an obvious point. Lee, however, has done a great job of pointing out several factors that can be overlooked in this day and age of focus on extremist positions.

First, while the KKK members and equally hate filled idiotic spouses are pictured for the tyrants they are, we are reminded that there are plenty - millions - of white people out there who deplore these racist hate mongers as much as any African American does.

It's very important to mention this because if we are ever to wipe out or minimalize for good the actions of hate groups and do something about those elected to office who are racists themselves it will take a concerted effort of cooperation between all races, creeds, religions, etc.

to achieve the goals of at least reducing the insipid behavior of those who support white supremacy and other horrible agendas. The film closes with actual footage of the demonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginia by racist morons, including that of the murderer who deliberately ran over a woman with his car for being "liberal" and supporting the black counter demonstrators.

Add that incredibly stupid statement by Trump accusing both "sides" of terrible behavior, when it was a demonstration by white power numbskulls that took place. Why would it be terrible for those who were being attacked to defend themselves? All it did was strengthen the bonds of the racist morons to Trump, who is a profound racist as we all know.

I truly believe that the movie is great, and as a white male, I feel it important to let those minorities who are oppressed, including the LGBT community and all who suffer at the hands of hate filled bigots that there are millions of us out there who are in total support of you and are just as disgusted and fed up with these mental midgets as you are.

I hope the movie gives us a feeling of cooperation and a desire to close the horrendous social/political divide that is killing this country. It can be done, especially at the voting booth. We must show the haters who love Trump and his own hatred that their kind cannot prevail for long.

They belong in the sewers where they crawled out of when Trump announced his candidacy.