Clearly auteur du cinema/ad man Spike Lee has a thing for Brooklyn. How many films, infused with a jazzy soundtrack, does he devote to his lovely borough during the sultry summer months? Watching Spike's films one learns to love Brooklyn just as watching 70s Woody Allen is loving Manhattan, like watching 60s Fellini is loving post-World War Rome. But it can get a smidge obnoxious. Especially when said love of the borough is delivered not cinematically but via an abrupt verbal outburst in Manhattan, in the night, at a block party. From Style:
"Extravagant and block party are words that rarely meet. But when Nike is footing the bill, the classic hot dogs-and-a-Slip 'N Slide formula gets thrown out the window. On Thursday night, the sportswear giant hosted a gi-normous plein air fête in front of its new Mercer Street boutique. It was a block party all right…on steroids. Mark Ronson, who lives above the new store, came out of self-imposed DJ retirement to man the turntables, spinning vintage tracks while chatting up downtown types like Nate Lowman and Tom Sachs. Spike Lee and Roger Federer did the ribbon-cutting honors, with a little help from the Brooklyn Steppers marching band. 'Is Brooklyn in the house?' asked Lee. Apparently, the abundance of sullen hipsters quaffing Heinekens failed to tip him off."
Okay, Spike. You love Brooklyn. I think we picked that up somewhere between "Do The Right Thing," "Crooklyn" "School Daze," and "She's Gotta Have It."
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