I don't think he has ever been a strong writer. He can be good at using other folks material as source but when he writes the who thing it can be torture. Te one exception is do the right thing but I think the secret there was he brought together an ultra talented cast and let them do their thing.

I think if he had any big name stars in red hook summer they would have pushed back on the dialogue with the ole Harrison ford , "you can type this shit, but you sure has hell can't say it."

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"naive as the dry leaves on the ground looking past the trees to the blue sky asking 'why me?'" -Blu

Why I still fuzz with the Lesson
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