Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcase the official trailer video and two reactions videos of the 2018 American movie BlacKkKlansman.
Selected comments from these videos' discussion threads are included in this post.
WARNING: The reaction videos include profanity and the n word.
The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, and educational purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to the stars, producers, and directors of BlacKKKlansman. Thanks also to the hosts of the reaction videos and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS AND SELECTED COMMENTS
Example #1: BLACKkKLANSMAN - Official Trailer [HD] - In Theaters August 10
Focus Features, Published on May 14, 2018
A Spike Lee joint. From producer Jordan Peele. Based on some fo’ real, fo’ real sh&t*. Watch the #BlacKkKlansman trailer now - in theaters August 10.
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From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. It’s the early 1970s, and Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is the first African-American detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Determined to make a name for himself, Stallworth bravely sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. The young detective soon recruits a more seasoned colleague, Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), into the undercover investigation of a lifetime. Together, they team up to take down the extremist hate group as the organization aims to sanitize its violent rhetoric to appeal to the mainstream. Produced by the team behind the Academy-Award® winning Get Out.
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.
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Statistics as of August 8, 2018 at 3:09 PM EST
total # of views: 13,979,740
total number of likes: 41K
total number of dislikes: 4.2K
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Here are selected comments from this video's discussion thread, with numbers added for referencing purposes only. All of these comments are from May -August 2018.
1. Travis Wooten
"Spike, looks like you got a winner here. He won best director at the Cannes Film Festival this year."
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2. Stephen Shelley
"The book is good. I just read it. Go Spike! Watch the discussion after the award at Cannes. Brilliant and angry. I love Mr. Lee."
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This movie won the Grand Prix at Cannes (the runner-up to the bet prize, the Palme d'or)
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3. GFM Nothing Else Matters
"What makes this so HILARIOUS is the fact that it's a true story!! Heard the real black officer in an interview...he sounded jus like an white man!!! 😂😂Gotta see this!!!!😁😁✊✊"
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4. KP2003
"People say we should get over the past, I find the best way to do that is to laugh at it."
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5. 4th Chairman,
"Agreed, and this looks tasteful, so bring it on!"
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6. Dan Won
"No, we should not "get over the past". Wanna know why?
It has an impact on the present. And the future. There's no need to be bitter and hateful about it and take it out on other people's descendants, but to deny what happened in the past shaped the present as part of "getting over it" is just stupid."
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7. 4th Chairman
"+Dan Won This guy wasn't doing that, you're overreacting or you have your wires crossed."
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8. KP2003
"Dan Won, I'm not saying that we should ignore our pasts in fact its taught us quite a lot about humans and the mistakes we made. But we shouldn't cling on to it either, Americans shouldn't hate Russians because of the cold war, Jews shouldn't hate Germans because of the holocaust and black people shouldn't hate white people because of the slave trade. These are all things that modern people couldn't control and shouldn't be held accountable for, sorry if my message wasn't as clear as I intended it to be."
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9. HipJipC
"The past gets recycled into the future, the Ouroborous, the snake eating it's own tail. Except nothing is ever truly created "new" in this cycle. It's all recycled, repetitious, archaic, same ol', same ol'. Clan, tribe, race wars: check. Male domination: check. Slavery/Human Trafficking: check. Rape, incest, torture, murder, human psychopathy: check. The only real change is the number of the population. As a whole, the human race literally can't escape it's past. At least not yet. #Agenda21 #Agenda2030 #Vision2050"
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10. hi there
"Dan Won yea the past does have an impact on the present but I don't think it's the way you think it is"
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11. dat nugga
"KP2003 get over the past? We will never get over or forget this sh&t* only white people say get over it"
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.
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12. KP2003
"dat Biggs I'm black"
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13. hi there
"dat nugga and that's why black people will always be behind every other race"
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14. DJ BNEL
"KP2003 black ppl shouldn’t hate on white? Are you stupid? Tell me why there’s so many injustice going on in the system against blacks? Tell me Why government poisoning the black communities? Police “accidentally” killing blacks and get away with murder, etc etc.. WE don’t clings on hating, you white cowards continues the hate, kill and even steal our creations of building America from the past-present and get NO CREDIT for it! White ppl like you WONT understand the struggle and pain we have to live for, too brainwashed."
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15. hi there
"DJ BNEL why do we know who MLK is? Why do we know who Rosa Parks is? Why do we know who Frederick Douglas is? Why do we know who Harriet Tubman is? Why are people always taught slavery in every HS history class and taught about the economic growth that the cotton farming brought (not agreeing with slavery). The idea that blacks are not recognize for their contributions is completely false. Also police brutality happens in every community its a power hunger some of these people have."
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16. DJ BNEL
"hi there majority white ppl are power hunger Bcus you know why? It’s white America. Sure MLK, Rosa Park and others get credits but most contributions that aren’t “well known” like MLK completely get silenced and buried like the black man that invented the chair, traffic lights, rock-n-roll music, etc etc so unfortunately white man ran with it and make tons of money. There’s no equality!"
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17. hi there
"DJ BNEL your the type of person who doesn't believe in facts and statistics and think your the only race has experienced any type of oppression and want to blame people for your own mistakes and try to drag everyone down with you."
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18. DJ BNEL
"hi there not only blacks experience oppression, it’s minorities. And actually I do believe in facts but not written off/lecture by a sly white man like the president."
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19. Amoré Johnson, 2018
"Why do I keep hearing Denzel Washington voice? Also can't wait to see this, I love spike Lee films"
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20. MisterCool, 2018
"The lead actor is Denzel's son!"
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21. Tiff Benson
"That fro is ON POINT!!! 🔥 🔥 🔥"
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22. LukaCola
"That Afro is hypnotizing me"
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23. Dan Foreman
"And that is EXACTLY how many of the brothers wore it too! I like that he "pats it down" to make it look fresh! Guys did that!"
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Example #2: BLACKkKLANSMAN - Official TRAILER REACTION & REVIEW!!!
The Reel Rejects, Published on May 15, 2018
Spike Lee directs & Jordan Peele produces this crazy true story! This is our TRAILER REACTION for BLACKkKLANSMAN!!!
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Here are selected comments from this video's discussion thread, with numbers added for referencing purposes only. All of these comments are from May -August 2018.
1. HippieHendrix xx
"Spike is gonna push buttons with this . Love it already"
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2. Savaged
" "Spike is gonna be racist with this . Love it already" "
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3. Nico James
"Savaged it’s based off the true story and American icon Ron Stallworth you idiot!"
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4. CBGaming
"I knew it was probably propaganda...but...having the kkk say "America first"? ...really?...it looked tolerable until then."
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5. Kelly Wilcox
"Read some history. America First came from the kkk."
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6. Tobias 'Big Mo' Logan
"How is it propaganda if the KKK did say "America first"? Unless you want films to omit historical stuff cause the past makes you uncomfortable?"
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7. ThatAussieGirl
"Its a true story dude, the fact that history and sh&tting* on the fucktard KKK makes you uncomfortable is your problem and says far more about you. Its not the film makers fault that your president is so stupid he pushed an old KKK slogan in his campaign."
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8. Andy Johnson
"uneducated Trumpsters don't even know that "America First" originated from the KKK lmao try again little boy"
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9. CBGaming
"Andy Johnson really now? I didn't know that. Perhaps it was wrong for me to assume. I researched it and the phrase did have a part in the kkk but it's unclear if it actually originated there. Other groups such as the America First party used it as their theme. Thanks for the info. Maybe I'll go see the movie after all."
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10. Andy Johnson
"CBGaming
And one more thing, a film that has the simple message of “the KKK is bad” isn’t propaganda, it’s just common sense. It makes you look like a sympathizer of racism if you actually think that a movie that portrays the KKK as the evil organization that it is is “propaganda”
So maybe don’t do that next time"
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11. Sean Green
"@CBGaming I have to say this constantly to people but STUDY HISTORY. It amazes me how so many people have very little knowledge of history. Its like when Trump fans scream about how Democrats created the KKK while ignoring the fact that the Democratic Party at that time consisted of southern conservatives.. The same people who are in the republican party today due to the Southern Strategy, which is why the remaining KKK are all Republicans now. People seriously don't know shit about history."
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12. Obscure Entertainment
"Why do we need a film that glorifies racism?"
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13. Ahmad Rabbani
"How is it glorifying racism exactly?"
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14. Bro
"I don't think you actually know what to glorify something means."
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15. ThatAussieGirl
"How does it glorify racism you simpleton, this really happened, its a true story of the cops who tricked the KKK and sabotaged them from the inside. Are you seriously that dense?"
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16. Lance Bombers
"It’s a “true story” it’s not glorifying . It’s America history."
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17. Nicolas Stallworth
"Haha this is my dad's movie!! Looks great and it will be funny as historical as hell."
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Example #3: BlacKkKlansman" Teaser Trailer Reaction
Jody's Corner, Published on May 15, 2018
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Here are selected comments from this discussion thread, with numbers added for referencing purposes only. All of these comments are from May -August 2018.
1. thetevinator, 2018
"Thank you so very much for my first shout out EVER, Jody!!! Means a lot!!! Oh, and I am right there with you. I wanted Peele to direct this film, too. I, at first, thought Peele was directing and Lee was producing. I feel Lee is kinda "using" Peele for a comeback. This film woulda been a HECK of a follow-up to Get Out (2017). Definitely looking forward to this film, REGARDLESS!!! Again, thank you so much for the shout out. 👍👍
Tevin Phelps (Tev)"
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2. Shapeshifterfilms
"I agree. Spike hasn't been hot in a while. Hopefully he gets back on his game"
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3. L
"Why does everyone hate spike Lee though? Because I've seen people be upset that he's apart of the film team. Is he like Mel Gibson or something?"
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4. Jody's Corner
"his personal beliefs trigger people and his antics are "unpopular" to some."
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5. Captain Levi's Page
"Jordan Peele was only 1 of 5 producers 4 this movie. THIS MOVIE IS the film version of a book by Ron Stallworth and it's basically a telling of his real life Jody. Look it up it's epic sh&t*. THIS MOVIE IS ALL Spile Lee and Ron Stallworth. Props to them. I READ THAT BOOK and it's 🔥"💥 🔥
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6. Anthony Belgium's
"This is the Story:
He wasn't trying to get in the Klan as a black man, he was impersonating a white man to get intels from the Klan. So, the Klan though he was white. That's why he send the white man (his buddy) to go and meet the Klan.
It's not a serious movie on race.
It's more comedic type."
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7. Captain Levi's Page
"HEY Jody don't forget Spike Lee directed the 25th Hour, Inside Man and He Got Game. ALL CAME OUT AFTER Malcom X and all great movies IMO at least."
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8. Captain Levi's Page
"ALSO THAT black hottie was Birdman aka Michael Keaton aka Vulture daughter in Spiderman Homecoming LOL"
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9. David Smith
"I liked your reaction and think you nailed it. This is gonna be a good one."
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10. Andre Eli
"The girl was Liz Allen in Spiderman homecoming, she is fine.."
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11. mlhconsultants
"Do you realize Spike Lee was the Jordan Peele before Jordan Peele. I'm glad to see 2 conscious brothers working together. Plus Spike always do a true story film as well. Check his resume. Get out was fictional but felt like it was a true story. This movie is based on a real life person. I hope we blow this movie up like we did Black Panther."
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12. Austin Huffman
"Looks like a good film. Just the right tone to entertain and still get its point across"
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13. Mydnight Luna
"good movies and with a message! thats what i like"
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