>when it ain't about the WORK...it's racism. that's just my
>rule.

That's a huge leap that makes a concious choice to skip all parts in between.

>once his persona became bigger than the work and the
>name-callin starting...yeah, that's 'cism.

No, the problem is the name became a draw with great movies, and then people began getting hoodwinked with shitty movies that pushed the name as a selling point. So shitty movies turned the name shitty, so hey, fuck this guy for making The Village and Lady In The Water. LITW was a huge, crusty jerk off sock and that pretty much murdered all the good will earned from his amazing initial three outings.