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1. www.newyorker.com › culture › richard-brodySpike Lee’s Necessary, Overwhelming “Chi-Raq” | The New Yorker

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   Dec 9, 2015 · “Chi-Raq” is a loose adaptation of Aristophanes’ comedy “Lysistrata,” from 411 B.C., about a group of women who withhold sex from men in order to get them to end the ruinous Peloponnesian War.

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3. www.nytimes.com › 2015/12/06 › moviesIn Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq,’ It's Women vs. Men, With a Vengeance

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   Dec 3, 2015 · Fortunately, Spike Lee’s adaptation of “Lysistrata” in his newest film, “Chi-Raq,” has not met the same fate. Set for release on the big screen Dec. 4 by Amazon (which will post it ...

4. www.imdb.com › title › tt4594834Chi-Raq (2015) - IMDb

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   Dec 2, 2016 · Chi-Raq: Directed by Spike Lee. With Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett. A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago, Illinois.

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   • Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

   • Director: Spike Lee
   • Release Date: 2016-12-02

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   Director Spike Lee explains how 'ChiRaq,' set in Chicago's violent South Side, was inspired by Aristophanes' play 'Lysistrata,' in which all the women of Gr...

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6. tilt.goombastomp.com › film › spike-lees-chi-raq-aSpike Lee's Chi-Raq: A Message is Only as Effective as the ...

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   Feb 17, 2021 · Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq: A Message is Only as Effective as the Messenger. A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago, Illinois.

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7. sites.northwestern.edu › a-lysystrata-for-chi-raqClassicizing Chicago: Atlas | A Lysistrata for Chiraq

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   Aug 10, 2015 · A Lysistrata for Chiraq. Spike Lee adapted Aristophanes’ comic masterpiece Lysistrata to address a 21st century emergency — the devastating effects of persistent gun violence in urban communities — in his film 2015 film CHIRAQ.

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   Will Spike Lee's 'Lysistrata' be a 'Chi-Raq' movie?

   • Fortunately, Spike Lee’s adaptation of “Lysistrata” in his newest film, “ Chi-Raq, ” has not met the same fate. Set for release on the big screen Dec. 4 by Amazon (which will post it online later), Mr. Lee’s movie represents the web retailer’s first theatrical feature.

   In Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq,’ It's Women vs. Men, With a Vengeance

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   How obscene is Chi-Raq compared to Lysistrata?

   • Aristophanes’ play is gleefully erotic—or riotously obscene—and so is “Chi-Raq”; “Lysistrata” is hectic and veers toward the ridiculous, and so does “Chi-Raq.” Lee’s audacity is as unbridled as his vision.

   Spike Lee’s Necessary, Overwhelming “Chi-Raq” - The New Yorker

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   Is Chi-Raq released in India?

   • By what name was Chi-Raq (2015) officially released in India in English? Chi-Raq: Directed by Spike Lee. With Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett. A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago, Illinois.

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   What is Lysistrata based on?

   • Set in contemporary Chicago, where sidewalks are washed with blood, and human hearts beat to the rhythm of gunfire, it takes as its inspiration Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata,” the fifth-century B.C. comedy in which women organize a sex strike to stop men from making war or, as Mr. Lee puts it with a vulgar flourish, “No peace, no [expletive]!”

   Review: Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq,’ a Barbed ... - The New York Times

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9. www.nytimes.com › 2015/12/04 › moviesReview: Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq,’ a Barbed Takedown of Gang Wars ...

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   Dec 3, 2015 · At the same time, Lysistrata — a magnificent Teyonah Parris — is stirring up trouble, angling to dethrone kings like her guy, a gang leader, Chi-Raq (Nick Cannon).