SPIKE LEE SLAMS PATRIOT
Director
Spike Lee called
Mel Gibson's Revolutionary War epic
The Patriot "a complete whitewashing of history" in an angry letter to
The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday. "For three hours,
The Patriot dodged around, skirted about or completely ignored slavery," wrote Lee. "
The Patriot is pure, blatant American Hollywood propaganda. While holding myself back from shouting at the screen, I kept wondering 'Where are the slaves? Who's picking the cotton?' "