{"id":5239,"date":"2014-11-29T09:41:35","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T14:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=5239"},"modified":"2014-11-29T09:41:35","modified_gmt":"2014-11-29T14:41:35","slug":"so-much-greatness-a-reading-of-spike-lees-do-the-right-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=5239","title":{"rendered":"So Much Greatness: A Reading of Spike Lee&#8217;s Do The Right Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The actors Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Gbenga Akinnagbe, John Turturro, and many others did a cold reading last night of Spike Lee\u2019s screenplay for \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1989\/06\/30\/movies\/review-film-spike-lee-tackles-racism-in-do-the-right-thing.html\">Do the Right Thing<\/a>\u201d at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. <a href=\"http:\/\/blackoutforhumanrights.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blackout for Human Rights<\/a>, a social justice group presented the event. I wasn&#8217;t planning on taking any photos so this is just a snapshot of what i did get.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5240\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?attachment_id=5240\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/wp-content\/audio\/unnamed-3.jpg?fit=1000%2C667\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9Richard Louissaint&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"unnamed-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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