The movie Do the Right Thing‚ written and directed by Spike Lee‚ has a man vs. society and man vs man theme. As a drama this movie shows the racial tensions in Bedford-Stuyvesant‚ Brooklyn in 1989. The setting is of the neighborhood street is important to this movie because the story is about the community dealing with being suppressed and racism. In Do the Right Thing‚ the film is shot on location with the addition of Sal’s Restaurant. The street corner is Malcom X Boulevard and Quincy Street
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What’s the right thing to do? I believe the next thing was a do now‚ he was telling us a story. He told the story so that we can imagine it as if it was us in that position. The story was about you driving your car‚ and your brakes stop working‚ then you notice straight ahead that there are five workers in the way. Then you realize there is a construction work sign and you can’t enter. So you’d end up killing those five people. However‚ your steering wheel still work and you can turn to the right and not
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"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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gain first whether it involves money‚ property or something else. Therefore‚ these dilemmas were not easy to solve‚ somebody has to sacrifice something. If we were to ask any number of people the question: “What is the right thing for me to do?” they would have different answer according to their own beliefs. The beliefs that people value are the structures in which they live by. “Morals are personal beliefs‚ and ethics are those beliefs and rules‚ which are set by a larger group
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Do The Right Thing is a fictional narrative that surrounds an Italian restaurant in the middle of a black neighborhood. Do The Right Thing does something that no other film was able to do‚ which is‚ “… present the aspects of the culture - language‚ dress‚ attitude‚ music - in a realistic context…” (Donalson 23). Donalson was correct - this film didn’t just serve to depict the random lives of a community‚ but rather the political and racial tension their community (and‚ I imagine‚ the rest of the
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“We are home!” On Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing With his Do the Right Thing producer‚ director‚ and actor Spike Lee has succeeded in creating a truely controversial film that leaves its audience with questions and a source for a lively discussion. And indeed many have taken the opportunity to comment on Lee’s work‚ mostly ignoring its general aspects and rather focussing on its message or deeper meaning. The film deals with both social and racial relationships and shows a community in which
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In Enclave by Ann Aguire and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon‚ they both share a common theme of “do the right thing”. In each book‚ the main characters overcome obstacles‚ tasks‚ and experiences which lead them to do what’s right‚ when it came to situations and decisions. In brief‚ the main character in Enclave Deuce lived in an enclave. She had prepared most of her life to become a Huntress and once she became one she was introduced to her hunting partner‚ named
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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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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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