Review of BlacKkKlansman (2018) by Kevin M. W — 08 Dec 2018

An exaggerated look at the turmoil of 1970's urban America (in order to comment on the present-day) seen through the eyes of a hip black cop trying to break the color bar in one of Colorado's police departments.

For taking in as much as it does regarding subject matter it is to be commended, but the whole train rides on the ever-so-thin bon mot that black people who can affect white speech patterns possess a comic one-upmanship - which the piece cannot maintain.

Put this down to a mighty effort that unfortunately fails.