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somebody asks you where youre from and you answer, "im from chicago," nobodys going to give you a patronizing response like, "oh, chicagos charming." >> hey, chicago. >> more likely itll be "wow, chicago" or "oh, chicago." theyll be impressed. chicago is the town, a city that doesnt ever have to measure itself against any other city. other places have to measure themselves against it. its big, its outgoing, its tough, its opinionated and everybodys got a story. ♪ i took a walk throug...

Our pick for tonight is Chi-Raq, a 2015 crime comedy from Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Lee which adapts the classical Greek play Lysistrata.

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Gunned down. >> the more than 50 percent surge in homicides. >> nine people shot to death and at least 60 others wounded. >> however much you might love chicago, want to celebrate its general awesomeness, its character, its architecture, its food. theres no getting away from the ugly fact that chicagos south side is also currently the murder capital of america. why do you think people are killing each other in such large numbers in chicago and not in new york? >> lets be clear, its only a few sp...

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Felicia Pearson, who played Snoop on 'The Wire,' has a role in Spike Lee's "Chi-Raq."

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Celebrate its general awesomeness, its character, its architecture, its food. theres no getting away from the ugly fact that chicagos south side is also currently the murder capital of america. why do you think people are killing each other in such large numbers in chicago and not in new york? >> webb: lets be clear, its only a few spots, it isnt the whole city. its not the whole city. >> lupe: to be honest, chi-raq, is englewood. >> anthony: its a pretty staggering body count. >> lupe: the sad ...

Saturday night live does it again with this send up of kanyes visit to the oval office. >> now you have chi-raq. the murder rate is going down by 20%. >> in chicago, some people call it chi-raq. the murder rate is going down 20% every year. pretty soon its going to be a negative murder rate. well be digging bodies out of ground. r rate well be digging bodies out of ground they baptized me in mud and christened me on rock, so i got tougher. they fostered a love of learning, so i got smarter. taug...