Spike Lee Says Stop Doing This
Summary
Spike Lee has strong opinions about fashion crimes plaguing New York streets. Riding the G train into Brooklyn, the legendary director tells Kareem his biggest pet peeve is people leaving stickers on their fitted caps, both the big silver one on the bill and the ones underneath. "It's out of control," he says. The conversation turns to vertical video, which Lee despises just as much. When Kareem suggests a vertical movie theater screen, Lee shuts it down with three drawn-out words: "Nah." He can't imagine watching Lawrence of Arabia or any classic film in that format. Some traditions matter.
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So, what's your take? People buy a new hat. I don't care what team it is, but take the mother sticker off on the bill.
100% agree. Even under both the one under and the top, this big old silver thing on the bill.
This is an epidemic, bro. It's out of control.
Why has it been like that? Cuz it's been like that since I was a kid. Was it like that when you were a kid?
Oh, hell no. We didn't do that here. You used to take the stickers off.
Yes. I mean, there was a time where people were keeping the the sales thing on, you know, if they're on the price tag. The price tag. And some people doing that with cars. You know, that thing in the window.
No.
Yes. They keep it on.
Yeah.
No, I never seen that before. It's ghetto. Never seen that before.
Is straight up ghetto. I think they see it as like some sort of fashion statement to keep a sticker on.
Someone does something stupid and people just catch on. You know, I know I sound like old fuddy duddy, but you asked me the question. Am I doing your show on the G train going into the inner Brooklyn? Shout out Brooklyn.
Shout out to People's Republic of Brooklyn. Shout out to People's Republic of Brooklyn. What else we talking about?
What do you think of vertical video? I'm not a fan.
You're not a fan? How could someone watch the laws of Arabia like this? I feel like snatching these phones out of their hand.
I mean, I just name one. I mean, like,
Consider this. Look at David Lee. Lawrence Arabia Bridge Dashago like this and like that.
No, no, no.
Closer counts like this.
No, but consider this fight. What if there was a movie theater and the screen was vertical, but it was it was it was the same size as a movie theater.
Let me let me give you a three-word answer. Okay.
Okay. Nah.
And I elongated too.