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Not a comedy, a satire


Spike Lee said it's not a comedy (unlike the original Greek play, Lysistrata) but a satire.

Satire of what, though? The idiocy of human relations reduced to a sexual transaction? And the idiocy of human identity reduced to sexual ego?

I enjoyed it, but it could have been much better. Accuracy about the Chicago gang culture, for starters, and some depth beyond the exaggerated cardboard sexuality of almost every character.

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