Spike Lee Muses About US Culture in Appearance at Dewey & LeBoeuf
Filmmaker Spike Lee explained why he doesn’t bring more legal problems to his lawyers at Dewey & LeBoeuf in a talk he gave there yesterday afternoon.
“Your rates are too high,” Lee quipped, before he launched into his topic—the role of black media in shaping race relations. A reporter from the Am Law Daily attended and wrote about his observations.
Lee said the United States gets its strength from culture, rather than weapons, according to the Am Law Daily. “No nuclear bomb has influenced how people talk, how they dress, how they dance. Young kids in Africa, China and Russia are not … mixing on a turntable because of a nuclear bomb,” he said. “It’s culture. That’s where America gets its power.”
Lee made the Black History Month appearance at the request of partner L. Londell McMillan, described as “one of Lee’s go-to lawyers.” McMillan represents entertainers such as Prince and Jay-Z and is executive publisher of the hip-hop magazine The Source, according to the article.
McMillan introduced Lee as his “friend and sometimes client.” He told the Am Law Daily he was able to snag Lee for the appearance because he “had a few favors in the bank” with the famous director.
