>In defense of Scott, I don't think his comments were >strictly designed to "defend Heston" as much as >criticize Spike Lee--who, for whatever reason, seems >to have been placed above reproach by some in our >field. > >David Ezell--a little out of breath myself > I do not believe Lee is above reproach at all. I am very well aware of the essays written by Amiri Baraka and bell hooks. His portrayal of women is very problematic, to say the least. I saw him speak at NYU and Yale a few years back and his attitude is less than kind. Lastly, I am on a Spike boycott myself. Having said this, I still maintain that invoking the hypothetical critical intervention of a right wing "full time gun lobbyist" like Charlton Heston is a disservice to our field. Gloria Monti ______________________________ gloria monti special assistant professor department of audio/video/film 318 dempster hall 111 hofstra university hempstead, NY 11549-1110 voice mail: 516-463-6463 e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://pantheon.cis.yale.edu/~godard/index.html 1/27/1944 the Soviet Union announced the end of the deadly German siege of Leningrad, which had lasted for more than two years. 1/27/1945 Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland. ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu