Do the Right Thing Film Analysis
Do the Right Thing Film Analysis
“Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all.”(Martin Luther King Jr.). Violence and racism are both important motifs in, Do the Right Thing (Lee, 1989). They are prominent in almost every scene of the film and lead to the climax when Radio Raheem is killed by the police. Spike Lee used many different directorial techniques in his movie. Heat and music were an example of this and were prominent throughout the movie. They were clever ways that Lee got across his ideas, they brought the audience into the movie. They helped immerse you in the movie and made you feel as if you were feeling the heat. I had never seen a Lee movie before and was not let down by Do the Right Thing. It was a film that really grabbed your attention and kept your attention because of the strong characters and controversial main ideas. Mookie, The Mayor, and Sal are just a few characters that were important to the central theme of the story. They all represented a different voice of reason when it came to problems in the neighborhood, but one thing remained the same. Violence and racial intolerance are not the answer to problems in black America, the only way to survive as a community is to come together and get educated on the subject. Racism is a very serious topic that still causes problems throughout the entire world. As much as you think racism is confined to the uneducated it is much the opposite. I am an avid soccer fan that watches game after game and one common problem throughout world soccer is racism. Well off British fans are just one example due to their chanting of racist slurs during soccer matches, they even throw banana peels on the field! This is the harsh reality that racism is still alive in the world. A good way to spread the word and get across the point that racism is still alive and needs to be stopped is a movie.
“Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all.”(Martin Luther King Jr.). Violence and racism are both important motifs in, Do the Right Thing (Lee, 1989). They are prominent in almost every scene of the film and lead to the climax when Radio Raheem is killed by the police. Spike Lee used many different directorial techniques in his movie. Heat and music were an example of this and were prominent throughout the movie. They were clever ways that Lee got across his ideas, they brought the audience into the movie. They helped immerse you in the movie and made you feel as if you were feeling the heat. I had never seen a Lee movie before and was not let down by Do the Right Thing. It was a film that really grabbed your attention and kept your attention because of the strong characters and controversial main ideas. Mookie, The Mayor, and Sal are just a few characters that were important to the central theme of the story. They all represented a different voice of reason when it came to problems in the neighborhood, but one thing remained the same. Violence and racial intolerance are not the answer to problems in black America, the only way to survive as a community is to come together and get educated on the subject. Racism is a very serious topic that still causes problems throughout the entire world. As much as you think racism is confined to the uneducated it is much the opposite. I am an avid soccer fan that watches game after game and one common problem throughout world soccer is racism. Well off British fans are just one example due to their chanting of racist slurs during soccer matches, they even throw banana peels on the field! This is the harsh reality that racism is still alive in the world. A good way to spread the word and get across the point that racism is still alive and needs to be stopped is a movie.