History YMMV / BlacKkKlansman

* WinBackTheCrowd: The film won back longtime Creator/SpikeLee fans who were disillusioned by his lackluster 2010s slate and controversial public statements. It also helps that it won Lee his first Oscar.

* OneSceneWonder: Corey Hawkins as Kwame Ture only appears in two scenes (the second being very short), but the RousingSpeech he gives in the first one is so intense and charismatic that it is easily one of the movie's [[SignatureScene most memorable scenes]].

** It should be noted that David Duke got 39% of the vote for Governor of Louisiana in 1991 ([[https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-11-18-1991322072-story,amp.html including the majority of the state's white population]]) and WAS elected to state senate. (It should also be noted that he was running against an incumbent governor who had already stood trial for mail fraud, obstruction of justice, and bribery. As popular anti-Duke bumper stickers of the time said, "Vote for the crook! It's important.")

** It should be noted that David Duke got 39% of the vote for Governor of Louisiana in 1991 ([[https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-11-18-1991322072-story,amp.html including the majority of the state's white population]]) and WAS elected to state senate. (It should also be noted that he was running against an incumbent governor who had already stood trial for mail fraud, obstruction of justice, and bribery. Popular anti-Duke bumper stickers of the time said, "Vote for the crook! It's important.")

** It should be noted that David Duke got 39% of the vote for Governor of Louisiana in 1991 ([[https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-11-18-1991322072-story,amp.html including the majority of the state's white population]]) and WAS elected to state senate.

* CompleteMonster: Walker is the bombmaker of the UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan's Colorado Springs chapter, driven by [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain racist]] spite to kill for his cause. Developing a powerful explosive, Walker guides Connie Kendrickson through his and Felix's plan to bomb an activist rally where hundreds of black students and lynching survivors will be gathered. Though the initial plan to murder the crowd fails, Walker had prepared a "Plan B", and attempts to bomb the home of the activist rally's leader to kill her and everyone inside.

* MemeticMutation: Because of Creator/AdamDriver of ''Franchise/StarWars'' fame being in this movie as a cop posing as a KKK member and saying the n-word many times, "Kylo Ren says the N-word" videos have become popular.

* NightmareFuel: The scene where Creator/HarryBelafonte's elder black activist character talks to the black student union in graphic detail about how a developmentally disabled boy he knew was tortured and killed by a mob, after being convicted of raping and murdering a white woman, including photographs. Made worse by the fact [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Jesse_Washington this story is actually true]].
** Made worse by how ''pointless'' the boy's murder was. He'd already been found guilty and sentenced...and the mob killed him anyway.

** The ending montage. It's a sad reminder that the problem of racism today has not changed much since the events of the movie.

* {{Narm}}: Connie, Felix's wife, is so over-the-top in her racism that she becomes hilariously hysterical--such as when Ron uses a BrokenWindowWarning to save Flip, and the climax when Ron tries to subdue her and the cops intervene, causing her to claim that Ron was trying to rape her.

* {{Narm}}:
** The "Jesus H. Christ!" Duke exclaims upon Ron touching his shoulder while the photo is being taken is ''clearly'' edited in since Topher Grace isn't moving his mouth.
** Connie, Felix's wife, is so over-the-top in her racism that she becomes hilariously hysterical--such as when Ron uses a BrokenWindowWarning to save Flip, and the climax when Ron tries to subdue her and the cops intervene, causing her to claim that Ron was trying to rape her.
** While the inclusion of footage from the Charlottesville incident was admittedly disturbing, some felt the footage of Creator/DonaldTrump was far too on the nose even for Spike Lee, especially considering it quickly [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece dates the film]].

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Why does Felix correctly suspect Flip of being Jewish? Is it something in the way he [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi looks or sounds]]? Is it subtly picking up his disgust at anti-Semitic comments? Or is Felix simply a paranoiac who tends to suspect just about anyone he’s unsure about of being a Jew?

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Why does Kendrickson correctly suspect Flip of being Jewish? Is it something in the way he [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi looks or sounds]]? Is it subtly picking up his disgust at anti-Semitic comments? Or is Kendrickson simply a paranoiac who tends to suspect just about anyone he’s unsure about of being a Jew?

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Why does Kendrickson correctly suspect Flip of being Jewish? Is it something in the way he looks or sounds? Is it subtly picking up his disgust at anti-Semitic comments? Or is Kendrickson simply a paranoiac who tends to suspect anyone he’s unsure about of being a Jew?

** [[spoiler:Felix, Ivanhoe and Walker are unabashedly racist and revolting. Them being killed by the same bomb they were going to use against Patrice is very satisfying.]]