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| | Slant Magazine - Film Review: School Daze |
 | | Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell, Kyme, Joe Seneca, Art Evans, Ellen Holly, Spike Lee and Ossie Davis |
 | | At the heart of the film's tension are the simmering social divisions between the school's "Wannabes" and "Jigaboos," or, in other words, the light-skinned, integration-aspiring, economically well-off students versus the dark-skinned, militant, socially and politically conscious students. |
 | | School Daze isn't going to convert anyone who considers Lee a filmmaker whose ambitions exceed his grasp, but for those who savor their arguments loose and full of tangents, it is as rich in rewards as other second-gear Lee films (Summer of Sam, Crooklyn). |
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