inside man

I expected A LOT from this movie, and I was only a little disappointed. it had many of the signature spike lee elements: racial epithets, a one-dimensional female love interest, a shot of the main character standing still while everything rushes past him, and witty dialogue. it also had fabulous focus work by the one and only Aurelia Winborn, camera assistant extraordinaire. the movie kept me guessing: is it really a bank robbery or not? were the hostages accomplices or not? are the good guys the bad guys or vice versa? there is some play with morality but it mostly comes down to the truth, spoken from the mouths of babe(s) (the one child in the film): everybody gotsta to get paid. highlights: a stuffy white bank manager having Golddigger as his ring tone; Denzel asking a Sikh man complaining about post-9/11 harassment "but can you get a cab?" one thing though: can someone please explain to me why they dug the whole into the toilet plumbing? thanks.