63. "4 LITTLE GIRLS and BAMBOOZLED - a scene in each" In response to In response to 0
4 LITTLE GIRLS - the interview with the mother (grandmother?) when she explains how she doesn't hate the people who murdered her child, how it's hard, some days more than others, but she gets through it. I literally tear up thinking about the scene. BAMBOOZLED - the scene where Tommy Davidson quits the show, he's in the dance studio with Savion Glover, trying to explain to Savion why they both should quit, Savion's not hearing it, then Tommy puts his hand over his face and goes into his "massa" routine. Watching Tommy do that, go through that transformation, it was so simple, you could argue rudimentary, but he hits this note when he does it that knocks me out. It's the one point where the movie seems to stop for a moment. It catches me every time.
If you would have asked me to pick a director that will make me cry, I don't think Spike Lee would have been my first pick. But those two scenes do it without fail.
"Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which has been given for you to understand." Saul Williams