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“So long as Nixon is allowed to campaign against Abbie Hoffman, so long will the Great Silent Majority continue to swell into terrifyingly Hitlerian hordes”

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“Improbable as it may seem, Michael Douglas currently commands a per-picture salary of some $15 million just to play That Evil White Guy You’re Always Com­plaining About.”

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“Don’t wait for a critical consensus to form around a film before you deign to see it. Rush off on your own, and maybe you can start your own cult.”

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“Watching the filming, one wonders how many potential ‘taxi drivers’ stalk the city streets. Where does life begin and Central Casting end?”

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Thirty years ago “Do the Right Thing” was already controversial — four Voice writers wrote their own things.

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30 years ago, the Voice ran a full court press on Spike Lee's masterpiece, 'Do the Right Thing'

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Who would have guessed there’d be so much sex and drugs?