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So basically Spike Lee doesn't do the right thing?

temuze 13y ago
He probably doesn't know what happened. The designer dealt with the agency, not Spike. That's why it's addressed to him.
gkoberger 13y ago
Like him or not, seems he had absolutely nothing to do with any of this.
- bigiain 13y ago
  Yes and no. As the open letter makes very clear - it was bad behaviour on the part of the agency, and Spike most likely didn't know it was going on (and the letter even suggests the agency was actively lying to him about it). But - Spike is ultimately the one in control of the money-tap the agency is drinking from. While he had "absolutely nothing to do with this", it was no doubt done on his behalf, and he absolutely has the power to fix it. If he says "No, that's not how we do things", then it'll get fixed. (Arguably there are many other people below Spike who could also make that call, but I have some sympathy for the original poster - it would be a great deal of work if it's possible at all, to find out who in the middle management chain of command has sufficient authority to solve this problem and how to contact them directly.)
  - rurban 13y ago
    Unrealistic. He has the last word on the posters being choosen. He already chose these posters, but was told that the guy asked for money. It was his decision to rip him off. He is the producer also.
    - bigiain 13y ago
      Given that the only information we've got to go on is the open letter - I'll point out this bit and take it at face value: "They forwarded me an email you sent them asking for an explanation but of course they lied to you and said they didn’t know who was responsible." I think it's 100% plausible that the agency accepted Lee's decision on which poster design to use as "last word", while not fully disclosing (and perhaps even actively deceiving him about) the payment/negotiations/contracts/copyrights with the designer.
ams6110 13y ago
Not that I know for sure, but I'd guess he had no idea where the agency got the artwork, whether they did it in-house, contracted it, stole it, or some combination.
natrius 13y ago
This seems to be going over people's heads, so I'll leave this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_the_Right_Thing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_the_Right_Thing
- enneff 13y ago
  I voted it down because these kind of dumb one-liner jokes are a waste of space.
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glomph 13y ago
Have you actually seen the film? Doesn't really fit this pun.
milemi 13y ago
The guy just got Bamboozled.

He probably doesn't know what happened. The designer dealt with the agency, not Spike. That's why it's addressed to him.

gkoberger 13y ago

Like him or not, seems he had absolutely nothing to do with any of this.

bigiain 13y ago
Yes and no. As the open letter makes very clear - it was bad behaviour on the part of the agency, and Spike most likely didn't know it was going on (and the letter even suggests the agency was actively lying to him about it). But - Spike is ultimately the one in control of the money-tap the agency is drinking from. While he had "absolutely nothing to do with this", it was no doubt done on his behalf, and he absolutely has the power to fix it. If he says "No, that's not how we do things", then it'll get fixed. (Arguably there are many other people below Spike who could also make that call, but I have some sympathy for the original poster - it would be a great deal of work if it's possible at all, to find out who in the middle management chain of command has sufficient authority to solve this problem and how to contact them directly.)
- rurban 13y ago
  Unrealistic. He has the last word on the posters being choosen. He already chose these posters, but was told that the guy asked for money. It was his decision to rip him off. He is the producer also.
  - bigiain 13y ago
    Given that the only information we've got to go on is the open letter - I'll point out this bit and take it at face value: "They forwarded me an email you sent them asking for an explanation but of course they lied to you and said they didn’t know who was responsible." I think it's 100% plausible that the agency accepted Lee's decision on which poster design to use as "last word", while not fully disclosing (and perhaps even actively deceiving him about) the payment/negotiations/contracts/copyrights with the designer.

ams6110 13y ago

Not that I know for sure, but I'd guess he had no idea where the agency got the artwork, whether they did it in-house, contracted it, stole it, or some combination.

natrius 13y ago

This seems to be going over people's heads, so I'll leave this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_the_Right_Thing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_the_Right_Thing

enneff 13y ago
I voted it down because these kind of dumb one-liner jokes are a waste of space.

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glomph 13y ago

Have you actually seen the film? Doesn't really fit this pun.

milemi 13y ago

The guy just got Bamboozled.