"Always do the right thing. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" -Mark Twain. Twain’s quote represents an idealism that should be backwards‚ were doing right wont astonish people because it’s universal. Sadly‚ our world lives in the idealism of Twain’s quote. Yet‚ life is infused with change‚ consequently‚ enabling use to change Twains quote by trying to make right choices part of our lives. Doing the right thing means sacrifice. In my case‚ I sacrificed time‚ using it for Juniors
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A Spike Lee highly inflammable film‚ “Do The Right Thing”‚ is an example of a relatively cheap work of art which‚ however‚ is capable of conveying million-dollars-worth ideas. This movie is not just about the life in an African American neighborhood of New York‚ it is rather a complex analysis of false assumptions and wrong perception of the African Americans as a social group and as a source of problems only. The first important fact which the film is focused on is‚ logically‚ difficulty of life
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Jionne McMichael November 17‚ 2012 Art of Film Color As A Formalistic Device in Do The Right Thing Spike Lee presents his "truth" about race relations in his movie Do the Right Thing. The film illustrates the spectacle of black discrimination and racial altercations and portrayed the “true” realities of an African American living in the 1980s. The movie is set in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn‚ New York on the hottest day in the summer where racial tensions are growing
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Do the Right Thing “When we open our eyes today and look around America‚ we see America not through the eyes of someone who has enjoyed the fruits of Americanism‚ we see America through the eyes of someone who has been the victim of Americanism. We don’t see any American dream; we’ve experienced only the American nightmare. We haven’t benefited from America’s democracy; we’ve only suffered from America’s hypocrisy.” Malcolm X Spoken in 1965‚ these words still ring true for people of color in
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In the broadest sense‚ Do the Right Thing follows the shifting images of blackness in “commercial narrative cinema‚ attending to its insults and insurgencies‚ and its rare instances of black empowerment” (Guerrero 3). The dynamic opening dance number operates as an interlude for the
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Soul Is Love. “Hate‚ it is with this hand that Cane iced his brother. Love‚ these five fingers go strait to the soul of man. The story of life is this; static‚ one hand is always fighting the other.” This is said by Radio Raheem in the film Do the Right Thing by Spike Lee. Radio Raheem goes on to explain that no matter how much hate seems to get the best of us‚ love will always come out on top. The Film centers around the themes of hate and love‚ the supporting character Da Mayor reinforces Radio
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three-dimensionality that affords them the agency to “act” rather than simply “react” to others. Hence‚ Nola has no choice but to passively resigns herself to being raped by Jamie (Tommy Redmond Hicks)‚ while Tina realises that there is little she can do to deny Mookie’s carnal urges‚ and therefore submits to him‚ aware that he possesses little interest in her
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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 grow and allowing it to torment everyone. 2. In moral subjectivism context‚ Mookie did the right thing‚ as he was enraged by the death of‚ Radio Raheem‚ a fellow black man‚ and so did everybody else. However in this case‚ everybody was reacting strongly instead of responding according to the situation. Everybody was selfishly warped into their own
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Josette Nguyen‚ “Do the right things” emphasizes on racism and typical stereotypes of african american men. It broadcasts the major issues and verbal abuse most ethnicities get towards their cultures. Most americans use terms that are offending and racist without noticing their wrong doings. As the video starts‚ it goes into depth about black culture and how he’s convinced his friend wants to be black. It soon shows these different men from broad cultures around the world speaking on
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and directed Do the Right Thing interpreting many realistic anomalous problems; gaps between the generations‚ racism‚ sexual & gender roles to name a few. Mookie‚ played by Spike Lee‚ is a pizza delivery man at the local pizzeria‚ but lacks initiative past Bedford-Stuyvesant‚ Brooklyn. The community is full of distinct personalities‚ and Sal‚ played by Danny Aiello‚ the pizzeria’s Italian-American restaurant owner where most characters in this cinema express their prejudice out right in tasteless
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