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Jungle Fever, 1991, 132 minutes, Rated R
By JLM
She was looking at his black skin. The dark, rich tones. And he knew that she was
looking, because he was looking at her skin too. Both stealing glances and stares to catch
the color, the texture, the difference. Both want to feel, touch and experience the other.
According to Spike Lee, they have the fever, Jungle Fever.
In Jungle Fever, Spike Lee invites the audience to share in the two separate worlds of
Flipper (Wesley Snipes), an African-American architect and Angie (Annabella Sciorra), a
secretary from a working- class Italian family. The contrast provides a backdrop for this
ambitious work that addresses questions of not only race, but class, gender, family,
religion, and drug- addiction. |
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