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life: 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF “DO THE RIGHT THING” by SPIKE LEE
wow, it’s been 20 years!!! when i got the invite i think i jumped for joy. my date of course, was OSCAR WILD. since our love for that era was so deep there could have been no other person i would have shared it with.
SPIKE LEE introduced all the people involved, from the PA’s to RUBY DEE (“Mother Sister”). what an amazing time captured on film…
my daughter will be as cool as TROY “LADYBUG” CARMICHAEL – or else.
(for real, i’m not birthing a silly princess obsessed girl). this is one of my favorite movies of all-time. spike lee, always gets it right. the star of this film is such an inspiration to me…LADYBUG! she reminds me of myself – being a little girl in the hood and having to be tough all the time. even her brothers in the movie were true to form…man, my brother must have mushed me in the head a million times. where is she now?!
i used her as inspiration for this VIOLETTE commercial:
