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Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing is a footnote in what kind of society we live in today. The film opens up in what it seems as just another day in the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. As you see in the opening of the film, people of the community are getting ready to start their day. Just like every other neighborhood, it has groups of people that stay together. No matter what the cost is. Depict as one of the hottest day of the summer. Do the Right Thing details the events of one day

Reflection for Do the Right Thing The film Do the Right Thing took conventional stereotypes and flipped them around. An example of this is whenever Radio Raheem the camera does a low angle shot and a close up on his face. This is in contrast to when he interacts with Sal the camera does a high angle shot and medium close up to Sal. This is continued even when Radio Raheem was being killed by the police. The police where holding Radio Raheem above all of the police officers. Another stereotype Spike

Do the Right Thing (1989), is about addressing the subject of frustration that many African Americans during the time dealt with. Directed by Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing is about an Italian pizza shop and the tension that it creates in a predominately black neighborhood. Along with the excessive heat, the tension in the community is ignited by the lack of famous African American figures on the Wall of Fame displayed in the pizza place, and the refusal to incorporate any by the owner. The idea,

Do The Right Thing, written, produced, directed, and starring Spike Lee encompasses racism on a communal and institutional level. The film takes place throughout one summer’s day in Brooklyn, New York in the 1980’s, a time where conversations of social injustice were gaining much momentum. The fantastically humorous dialogue woven with the impactful message relating to the political climate of the time makes the movie light-hearted yet digestible. People coming into this film with a variety of background

Do The Right Thing, directed by Spike Lee is a film that acts as a call to action for the audience to differentiate what doing the right thing actually means. New York City in 1989 was filled with issues of race and class. Crime rates were high and one of the highest recorded in history only second to the preceding year of 1990. Cases like the central park five where african american youths and other minorities were falsely accused of crimes, caused for unjust views of the justice system designed

1. Spike Lee intended us to conclude that violence is not an answer for any problems. In this case, the character, Da Mayor, would be a classic example of how problems should have been solved. He could have intended us to conclude that by resorting to violence in any situation, the consequences that we would have to face will not be very favourable and it could lead to more problems instead of solving the current situation. It is always better to nip the problem from the bud, instead of letting it

The movie “Do the Right Thing” starts with the loudness of “Fight the Power”. When we are still immersed in the rhythm and lyrics of the song, and before we even realize, Spike Lee has already taken us into a tiny block in an ordinary Brooklyn neighborhood, into a horrifying miniature of the noisy American race conversation, into a battle between love and hate. This block might be tiny, but it is not simple because of the people who live here. There is Mr. Senor Love Daddy, the local DJ and troubadour;

The title itself “Do The Right Thing” is oxymoronic because nobody in the film does the right thing. This can be said about even now. The people in the film thought that by burning down the pizzeria a change would happen, just like now how the rioters in Chicago and St. Louis. In the film you get a sense of familiarity because the scenery you see in the film is the same as what you see around you. Bed Stuy represent all of the black neighborhoods in America that are middle class or poor. The movie

Do the Right Thing: Pop Culture at its Best When we think of pop culture, especially in movies we think of celebrities, fashion, and tag lines. While Do the Right Thing (DTRT) by Spike Lee has maybe one of those, but its powerful themes, characters and presentation turned it into one of the most notable films ever. It heavily employs the interactionist approach by showing different cultures interacting with one another, and making major points of their own stereotypical racial biases, bigotry and

Spike Lee's comic drama show Do the Right Thing appeared in film theaters all across America on June 30, 1989, A business achievement that has gotten various honors, for example, an institute grant for 'Best Original Screenplay. ' Do the Right Thing recounts the tale of the becoming racial strain between a neighborhood's African-American dominant part and Caucasian minority on what was considered to be the warmest day of the year. The film includes actors such as Samuel L. Jackson, Martin Lawrence