Monday, January 29, 2018
The cultural groundbreaking film " Do The Right Thing" directed by Spike Lee takes place in Brooklyn on the hottest day of the year. during the year 1989, Lee captures the everyday racial tension at the time. scenes throughout the script/movie show many different altercations between the pizza store owner Sal and the rest of the prominently black neighborhood. one example is when "buggin out" questions Sal about why he doesn't have any pictures of African Americans on is wall of fame. Claiming that his only customers are black people so they deserve a piece of respect. Between their conversation Sal grabs his mickey mantle bat showing that he is willing to assault showing aggression. everyday whether it is internal or external the question of what the right thing to do is always present. During the film that question is not so clear. coming from different cultures and race during groups of races had their own set of conflicts within the world around them. It all intertwines with a persons values and morals, the grey line is hard to depict but the one sure thing the movie do is tip toe over it. Characters such as Mookie and Buggin out was often oppressed by Sal, the right thing to do for them was not to just stand up for oneself but for the black community as a whole. Within the script you see how violence overwhelms the atmosphere of the day which contradicts the acts of doing the right thing, because through the words of Martin Luther King violence is never the answer. the script simply provides readers what the characters perceive is the actual right thing to do considering the moment. Making it difficult to understand the moral choice
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Nicholas Hernandez 5 February 2018 ENGW 1101 Reaction Do the Right Thing After watching and reading the production film o...
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Nicholas Hernandez 5 February 2018 ENGW 1101 Reaction Do the Right Thing After watching and reading the production film o...
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The cultural groundbreaking film " Do The Right Thing" directed by Spike Lee takes place in Brooklyn on the hottest day of the yea...
Nick, you've done a good job of getting your ideas down, but what exactly do you mean when you say Mookie is oppressed by Sal?
ReplyDeleteCan you elaborate more fully on what you mean by this?
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