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Do the Right Thing is a dramatic comedic film that was directed by Spike Lee. The movie was released in 1989. Lee served in three capacities for the film: writer, director and producer of the movie, Ernest Dickenson was the cinematographer and Barry Alexander Brown was the film’s editor. For this film, Lee garnered together some notable actors and actresses, including Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, Rosie Perez, Samuel L. Jackson, John Tuturro and Martin Lawrence. The setting of the movie is in Bedford-Stuyvesant;

Spike Lee’s movie “Do the Right Thing” discusses an issue that is as old as time itself: racism. This issue has been prevalent in our own society for a long time. Lee attempts to address this issue in his movie through multiple characters and scenarios that show both sides of the issue and cause the viewer to question what the right thing to do really is. It also leaves the viewer with several other questions that are worth more exploration. The movie follows Sal, who is an Italian man who owns

What's the right thing to do? My friend took the ACT a couple weeks ago, without studying, for the first time. She said everything went well and she will be shooting for a 22. We were so excited when she got her results back, “Open them up!” With the click of a mouse a ‘Composite score: 28’ shows up. “Congrats!” I say. An adult that I know works at a high tech company and controls most everything, works with a lot of numbers, and deals with any problems. He has the highest position in the company

Stereotype is considering to be "A fixed, over generalized belief about a particular group or class of people." (Cardwell, 1996). Having a form of judgment on a social group or an individual based upon there characterizes or lifestyle they live. Do the right thing is a 1989 comedy-drama film directed and written by Spike Lee take place over the hottest day on a block in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Lee plays Mookie who is a 25- year old man who is determining to make a better living for himself

The film Do the Right Thing (1989) by Spike Lee is a revolutionary film in Black America Cinema. The film is carefully constructed to point out the building blocks behind racial and societal conflict. Lee does this by implementing the theory and theatrical practices of Bertolt Brecht to make us focus on the meaning behind each scene instead of scene itself. Sharon Willis in her essay on Do the Right Thing stated, “Lee’s antirealist project in Do the Right Thing brings it closely in line with the

actor Spike Lee presents his "truth" about race relations in his movie Do the Right Thing. The film exhibits the spectacle of black discrimination and racial altercations. Through serious, angry, and loud sounds, Lee stays true to the ethnicity of his characters, all of which reflect their own individualism. Lee uses insulting diction and intense scenes to show how severe racism can lead to violence. The biases reflected through Do the Right Thing model those of today which has kept society in a constant

As people watch Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing in the twenty-first century, many cannot help but notice that a nearly thirty-year-old movie carries such overwhelmingly real, contemporary social aspects. The racial tension in the film which leads up to the inevitable chaos of the film are problems which society still faces today. Specifically, Spike Lee depicts how police brutality and racial tension captures the angry spirit surrounding recent killings of unarmed black people by police officers.

Shot Techniques in the Film, Do the Right Thing Spike Lee does many fascinating things from a directorial standpoint, which makes his film (dare I say, joint), Do the Right Thing so interesting to watch. Writer, director Lee makes much use of the high and low angle shots. He does this to draw clear contrasts between the two elders of the block, Da Mayor and Mother Sister and to make conflict more apparent. Mother Sister certainly believes she is on a higher moral plane than the lowly Mayor

Spike Lee's 1989 film Do the Right Thing is able to effectively explore the problem of racial conflict in America by skilfully manipulating cinematic devices such as staging, narrative, cinematography, editing and sound. The concentration and emphasis on characters' certain physical attributes with the use of photography and camera framing, the fast pace editing style and manipulation of sound all contribute to film's overall meaning. In analysing the short sequence beginning with a small girl drawing

In Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing", the cinematography is portrayed specifically in a way that will stress the racial tensions between the characters. This is shown is through camera angles, camera movements, lighting. Throughout the entire film, camera angles are used to show the relationship between the characters. A scene where the camera angles are shown is when Radio Raheem and Buggin Out go into the pizza parlor and they start arguing with Sal. The camera transitions between them using canted