Instant classic scene?

["Rich Bogovich" <bogie@itis.com>]

Pam the "Who Girl!" pointed out to me that the yesterday's Madison newspaper
review (3 stars) of Spike Lee's "Summer Of Sam" movie ended with the
following paragraph:

But he always constructs at least a few great scenes.  There's Vinny and
Dionna dancing to Marvin Gaye in an empty disco and Vinny pleading with
Dionna not to leave him.  And for a few minutes, in a montage set to the
Who's "Baba O'Riley," Lee lives up to his idol, Martin Scorsese.  You need a
brutal eye to see the violence of Sam in both the guitar swings of Pete
Townshend and the home run swings of Reggie Jackson.  <review by Hillel
Italie of the Associated Press>

And what do you know, this morning's 3-star review in the Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel (by Nick Carter of their staff) also includes a reference to this
scene (misspelling theirs):

Guilt leads to blame:  It's a common theme in Lee's films, but he does a
good job detailing how justified fears and security concerns can turn into
mob-like podiums for ignorance and hate.  Scenes summing the drama up
include one of Ritchie playing air-guitar to the Who's "Baba O'Reilly," and
images of the Son of Sam himself, played by Michael Badalucco, driving to
banging his head against the wall because the black Labrador constantly
barking outside his squalor-ridden flat won't quit sending him directives.


Is it possible that this "Baba O'Riley" scene will serve as a much better
replacement for those damned Flashdance and Footloose scenes in America's
collective consciousness??

Rich