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Article: Rourke on L.A.: Blame Spike Lee, Singleton
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- May 14, 1992
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CANNES, France In this corner, tough guy Mickey Rourke, blaming the
Los Angeles riots on the films of "malicious directors like Spike Lee
and John Singleton."
In this corner, Spike Lee: "He's an ignorant redneck
crackerhead."
At ringside, Whoopi Goldberg: "I think Mickey has taken a few
too many lefts to the head."
Rourke's widely-quoted remarks about the directors of "Do the
Right Thing" and "Boyz N the Hood" have created a stir here at the
Cannes Film Festival and elsewhere in France, where Rourke is a cult
hero. For Lee and Goldberg, who are both at this year's festival,
they were greeted with incredulity ("I can't believe he really said
that," Whoopi told me, "but if he did, his ...