Lee first criticized Eastwood last month during the Festival de Cannes, saying
that black actors were conspicuous by their absence in Eastwood's
Eastwood replied that the films were historically accurate and that Lee should
"shut his face," to which Lee quipped that Eastwood "is not my
father, and we're not on a plantation."
According to
"Spike Lee is very talented, but I sometimes wish he'd practice what he
preaches," Dal Cerro said. "His points
about African-Americans are well taken, but, ironically, he does the same thing
to Italians in his films."
The Italic Institute of
America has criticized Lee in the past for his portrayal of
Italian-Americans in "Do the Right Thing" and "Jungle
Fever" and has expressed worry about "Miracle at St. Anna,"
Lee's upcoming World War II drama set in Italy.
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