Spike Lee puts a bunch of character actors on a bus bound for 1995's Million Man March in Washington D.C. in Get on the Bus, and I would probably have watched another two hours as they returned to L.A. Even if they'd just be listening to music and singing. Even if some of the characters are jerks (like a young Andre Braugher, ironically a loud-mouthed raging homophobe - at least to Brooklyn 99 fans), there's an overall sense of community, even if that community is far from homogeneous. How DO we achieve unity when the scope of the black experience in America is so diverse, not to say fractious? There are many interesting stories aboard this bus, but the heart of the picture has to be the one-two punch of the late great Ossie Davis and as the bus driver ferrying souls across America, Charles S. Dutton. Between them is the moral center of the drama. People should talk about this one more when they discuss Spike Lee's work!
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Spike Lee puts a bunch of character actors on a bus bound for 1995's Million Man March in Washington D.C. in Get on the Bus, and I would probably have watched another two hours as they returned to L.A. Even if they'd just be listening to music and singing. Even if some of the characters are jerks (like a young Andre Braugher, ironically a loud-mouthed raging homophobe - at least to Brooklyn 99 fans), there's an overall sense of community, even if that community is far from homogeneous. How DO we achieve unity when the scope of the black experience in America is so diverse, not to say fractious? There are many interesting stories aboard this bus, but the heart of the picture has to be the one-two punch of the late great Ossie Davis and as the bus driver ferrying souls across America, Charles S. Dutton. Between them is the moral center of the drama. People should talk about this one more when they discuss Spike Lee's work!MMDan
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