Spike Lee’s new movie “Chiraq” has an interesting take on how to end the violence in Chicago: Withhold sex from men to stop the carnage.
The film, which focuses on gang violence, is inspired by the Greek comedy “Lysistrata,” by Aristophanes, according to Variety. The film stars Samuel L. Jackson, Nick Cannon, John Cusack, with Teyonah Parris in the lead role of Lysistrata.
The movie is set to be released on December 4.
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Former Democrat presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee also once suggested that women hold the power to end wars by withholding sex. During the Democratic National Committee’s Women’s Leadership Forum, Chafee even mentioned Lysistrata as an example of women withholding sex. (RELATED: Chafee, In Exit Speech, Says Women Are Powerful When They Withhold Sex)
I should have guessed Chafee would reference an ancient Greek play about women withholding sex in his exit speech. pic.twitter.com/Zz8NoosDc5
— Ted Nesi (@TedNesi) October 23, 2015