Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of “Mo’ Better Blues”
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The Anti-Defamation League Went After Spike Lee Over The Film
Mainly because of his characters, Moe and Josh Flatbush. They were the Jewish owners of the fictional nightclub The Bleek Quintet performed at in the film. Prominent Jewish organizations felt the greedy characters brought up “an age-old and highly dangerous form of anti-Semitic stereotyping,” and called Lee a hypocrite. However, he never apologized. He said that being expected to paint all his characters, from a variety of racial backrounds, as perfect, upstanding individuals is unfair and unrealistic. “I stand behind all my work, including my characters, Moe and Josh Flatbush.”
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