Thoroughly enjoyable, a bit of a must-see

Rating: 8/10 (31 August 2018)

Some websites describe BlacKkKlansman as a drama, some as a comedy, some as both. It is funny at times, yet for all the wrong reasons, as we watch a predominantly white police force begrudgingly help a black detective infiltrate the KKK and thwart a fiendish, if inept, plot.
Some have criticized the message as too heavy-handed, but how can that be given the final scenes which jump forty years ahead to documentary footage from the Charlottesville protests and the horrific vehicular homicide?
The pernicious question is whether it is best to fight for your civil rights from without or from within the government, because it seems impossible, at least in movie terms, to do both at the same time without sacrificing some ideals along the way. Can you be a part of the system that oppresses but use it to defeat itself, or are you simply another cog in a machine, allowed to play a small role to claim unlasting gains now and then?
Does Adam Driver act? He could be portraying Kylo Ren again, given the narrow ranges of his performances. Was David Duke as milquetoast as Topher Grace's phone voice suggests?
Fortunately for our hero, the KKK is comprised of a bunch of drunk, hateful, and ignorant idiots. Naturally, it is the white people who swoop in to save the day, leaving a lasting impression that black power is simply what white power allows.