School Daze is a 1988 American musical drama comedy film written and directed by Spike Lee and starring Lee along with Laurence Fishburne (credited as Larry Fishburne), Giancarlo Esposito, and Tisha Campbell.

Many actually speculated that Fishburne’s refusal was less about the role not being ‘authentically Brooklyn’ enough and more about these two factors: (1) because of his beef with Spike; and (2) because Spike Lee didn’t offer him a lead role in Do The Right Thing.

What most of us never knew was that he and Spike Lee figured out that they actually couldn’t stand working together during the filming of Spike Lee’s School Daze and here’s why according to what Laurence Fishburne told Sun Sentinel in a prior interview:

Fishburne also starred as "Dap" in Spike Lee 's School Daze (1988). Fishburne's character was a depiction of an African American, culturally inclined college student at a historically black college. [17] In 1990, Fishburne played Jimmy Jump in the controversial King of New York, [18] and in 1991, starred in Boyz n the Hood. [19] .

Jun 25, 2012 · Fishburne told Washington Post correspondent, David Mills, that he was watching a street performance when someone tapped him on the shoulder. That person was Spike Lee. Lee said, “You’re...

Tisha Campbell, Laurence Fishburne, Jasmine Guy, and Samuel L. Jackson appeared in Spike Lee’s 1988 classic about Black college life.

School Daze: Directed by Spike Lee. With Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell, Kyme. A not so popular young man wants to pledge to a popular fraternity at his historically black college.

Nov 15, 2021 · In 1988, Spike Lee released School Daze. Written and directed by Lee, the film centers on Dap Dunlap (Laurence Fishburne), a student and activist at the fictional HBCU Mission College. Dap hopes that he can one day convince the students to form a united front.

Apr 12, 2019 · Dap (Laurence Fishburne), the main character and an outspoken student at Mission College, is a direct mouthpiece for the message of Lee's film: American Black people need to wake up and show...

In the prescient, bold SCHOOL DAZE, Laurence Fishburne plays Dap, a socially conscious student at the fictional HBCU Mission College.