{"id":326380,"date":"2021-08-16T22:34:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T19:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/was-gov-cuomo-cut-from-spike-lees-new-9-11-documentary\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T22:34:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T19:34:03","slug":"was-gov-cuomo-cut-from-spike-lees-new-9-11-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/was-gov-cuomo-cut-from-spike-lees-new-9-11-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"#Was Gov. Cuomo cut from Spike Lee&#8217;s new 9\/11 documentary?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Was Gov. Cuomo cut from Spike Lee&#8217;s new 9\/11 documentary?<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Is disgraced Gov. Andrew Cuomo too radioactive even for Spike Lee? <\/p>\n<p>The director\u2019s new four-part documentary, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kMgEupbTsus\">NYC EPICENTERS 9\/11\u27942021\u00bd<\/a>,\u201d focusing on the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pressroom.warnermedia.com\/us\/media-release\/hbo-documentary-films-and-spike-lee-production-monumental-documentary-event-nyc\">20-year aftermath<\/a> of the 9\/11 terror attacks, is star-studded with a constellation of political and cultural New York luminaries.<\/p>\n<p>That is, except for one falling star: Andrew Cuomo.<\/p>\n<p>The disgraced governor, who resigned last week amidst a damning report revealing multiple instances of sexual harassment and faces a potential impeachment probe, is conspicuously absent from Lee\u2019s trailer, which dropped on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrities including Busta Rhymes, Rosie Perez, Jon Stewart, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear against the rousing music of the nearly three minute trailer showing the resilience of New Yorkers in the aftermath of the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil. There\u2019s even a three-term New York governor waxing nostalgic \u2014 but it\u2019s not Cuomo, it\u2019s George Pataki.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s believed that Cuomo may have been interviewed for the doc, only to be dropped at the last minute before the HBO release on Aug. 22. <\/p>\n<p>A rep for the project did not respond to a request for comment by The Post. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/spike-lee-cuomo-9-11-doc-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Spike Lee\u2019s new four-part documentary, \u201cNYC EPICENTERS 9\/11\u27942021\u00bd,\u201d focusing on the 20-year aftermath of the 9\/11 terror attack, is missing one notable subject: Disgraced Gov. Andrew Cuomo.\" class=\"wp-image-19146690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/spike-lee-cuomo-9-11-doc-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/spike-lee-cuomo-9-11-doc-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/spike-lee-cuomo-9-11-doc-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Spike Lee\u2019s new four-part documentary, \u201cNYC EPICENTERS 9\/11\u27942021\u00bd,\u201d focusing on the 20-year aftermath of the 9\/11 terror attack, is missing one notable subject: disgraced Gov. Andrew Cuomo.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The theme for the docu-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, which shows the strength of New Yorkers\u2019 post-9\/11 resolve, is all about a comeback. But Cuomo\u2019s own comeback story seems to be too great a fantasy here. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>The project\u2019s press release mentions interviews with some 200 New Yorkers and their firsthand 9\/11 accounts \u2014 including the governor\u2019s nemesis, Queens lawmaker and Assemblyman Ron Kim. <\/p>\n<p>But Cuomo is nowhere to be found. The former \u201cLuv Guv\u201d is conspicuously absent from the trailer full of New York leaders, including the image of Rudy Giuliani, who\u2019s facetiously depicted as \u201cAmerica\u2019s mayor\u201d in graffiti.<\/p>\n<p>Even Cuomo\u2019s frenemy is front and center in the trailer: \u201cWe are now the epicenter of this crisis \u2014 right here in New York City,\u201d said Mayor Bill de Blasio, shown in a press conference. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/spike-lee-cuomo-9-11-doc-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Smoke pours from the World Trade Center on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.\" class=\"wp-image-19146692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/spike-lee-cuomo-9-11-doc-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/spike-lee-cuomo-9-11-doc-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/spike-lee-cuomo-9-11-doc-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Smoke pours from the World Trade Center on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cA lot of us were in the hamster wheel. COVID stopped the hamster wheel and a lot of people fell out,\u201d added CNN political commentator Van Jones in the teaser. \u201c2020 put a spotlight on the worst and the best in this country and NYC was the epicenter of the whole thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the trailer, when Lee himself blasts the premature eulogies for NYC and those writing off New York\u2019s comeback during the coronavirus pandemic, it\u2019s Pataki\u2019s image that appears: \u201cI heard the same thing on September 12, 2001,\u201d said Pataki, who served as governor from 1995 through the end of 2006, when Cuomo won, in an interview for the doc. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/spike-lee-cuomo-9-11-doc-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"&quot;Tribute in Light&quot; rises over the New York skyline in 2017 in remember of the Sept. 11 attacks.\" class=\"wp-image-19146694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/spike-lee-cuomo-9-11-doc-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/spike-lee-cuomo-9-11-doc-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/spike-lee-cuomo-9-11-doc-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cTribute in Light\u201d rises over the New York skyline in 2017 in memory of the Sept. 11 attacks.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Indeed, for the once vaunted governor who never left that spotlight during the pandemic \u2014 leading to a parade of accolades and awards, including an Emmy \u2014 Cuomo\u2019s spectacular rise and fall showed the best and the worst. <\/p>\n<p>Viewers can\u2019t help but associate the irony of the uplifting language in the trailer\u2019s backdrop, reading, \u201cCelebrate the spirit that makes New York, New York\u201d against the prophetic voiceover of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. \u201cA knockdown is different than a knockout. And a setback is nothing more than a setup for a comeback.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it would appear Cuomo\u2019s fall from grace is the quintessential knockout.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Cuomo cut from Spike Lee&#8217;s new 9\/11 documentary?&#8221; Is disgraced Gov. Andrew Cuomo too radioactive even for Spike Lee? The director\u2019s new four-part documentary, \u201cNYC EPICENTERS 9\/11\u27942021\u00bd,\u201d focusing on the 20-year aftermath of the 9\/11 terror attacks, is star-studded with a constellation of political and cultural New York luminaries. 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