Jasper Rees

No peace, no pussy

For all its contrived silliness, Spike Lee’s latest is a far more potent intervention in the gun debate than the fuzzy-revenge dramas of Quentin Tarantino

issue 03 December 2016

The bizarro concept of a ‘President-elect Trump’ came to pass despite the wishes, clearly stated on the stump, of the entertainment-industrial complex. They all came out for Hillary — Queen Bey, the Boss, Jay-Z, J-Lo, SJP, Kimye, Madge, Meryl, Gaga, Lena D, old uncle Team Clooney and all. How the alt-right cackled when this star-spangled nobility got in-yer-faced by a basket of deplorables from the West Virginia coalfield.

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