Review of School Daze (1988) by Miss S — 11 Jun 2006

At it's core, most of Spike's early work, spoke directly TO Black People as a whole. He wanted to shake up the status quo and let folks know not to always be content to "let things be" and it's good that most of the protagonists in his movies were "flawed", but still had some type of humanity or morals (albeit with some characters, their morals were skewered).

I am glad that he does take the "road-less-traveled" in his storytelling and direction in his movies. I think in his own way, he antagonizes people to make them question or ask questions within themselves and hopefully inspiring dialog between different races. Those INTELLIGENT ENOUGH will "get it", but what frustrates me is that so many people are quick to dismiss him and say he's "racist", "predjudiced", "preachy" and the like. But these are the same people who take his movies "at face value" and fail to look deeper within the movie and understand the context of what is being depicted.

Me, personally? Looking at what passes for so-called "entertainment" in movies nowadays, lacks any real passion. Its' all designed to be a time killer, with surface thrills to get your money.