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Clint vs. Spike: WWII racial grudge match!

A British paper lures Eastwood and Lee into an unfortunate feud. Here's the real question: Which of their films should the other one have made?
Andrew O'Hehir

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  • Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:59 PM

    response to austincynic

    But you never hear that particular issue addressed.

    Really?! I hear this issue addressed all the time. There are plenty of scripts in the marketplace which feature well-defined African-American characters and provide important correctives to the "whites-only" version of American history. The problem is, filmmakers can't secure the funding they need to turn these scripts into movies.

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