In MAS*H, Robert Altman`s 1970 goofy Vietnam war satire, Major Margaret ‘Hot Lips` Houlihan protests, “That man is a prisoner of war, Doctor!” “So are you, sweetheart,” Dr. Trapper replies, “but you don`t know it.” In Spike Lee`s new film, Da 5 Bloods, this irony of war is danced out in a Saigon nightclub, in one of Lee`s signature moves: the in-film video. In a scene lit like a Mai Tai cocktail, old comrades Paul, Mel, Eddie and Otis strut – a Soul Train Veterans` Parade. This real-life club, Apocalypse Now, must have been a gift location to a director who likes to show how the world is in thrall to the fictions of a white majority; specifically, here, film buffs who adore Coppola`s...
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