Reflection on Movie

Anthony Fevola
Professor Young
ENGW 1101
February 5, 2018

Write a one-page response to movie & post to blog:

I thoroughly enjoyed watching the movie, "Do The Right Thing". The movie played a vital role in getting a full grasp of emotion and detail the script couldn't do. The movie captured the message that the director, Spike Lee, was trying to get across of doing the right thing. Each scene does an excellent job in making the audience feel the hate each character has toward another race. A scene that sticks out in my mind is the scene between Radio Raheem and the Korean Clerk. Radio Raheem enters the store needing batteries for his boom box, he asks for D batteries but the clerk didn't understand. Radio Raheem starts yelling profanity towards the clerk and the clerk retaliates saying the same profanity. Radio Raheem recognizes the clerk standing up for himself and tells the clerk he's "alright". While reading this scene and trying to envision it didn't do justice. The movie enhanced the scene by showing the anger between the two characters. While doing research on the movie, I discovered the main character Mookie is played by Spike Lee, who also directed and wrote the script for this movie. I found this intriguing because Spike Lee may have left a message by playing the main character. I believe his message is to treat everyone equal and to always do the right thing. 

Anthony Fevola homework questions

Anthony Fevola
Professor Young
ENGW 1101

Does the script provide a point about doing the "right" thing? What is the "right" thing to do according to the script?

In my opinion, the script does provide a point about doing the "right" thing. The script has many themes but each themes circles around the thought of what is the "right" thing to do. In this time and area, racism plays a major roll in everyday lives. Every culture in this script has played victim to some sort of physical or verbal racist abuse. As the day prolongs, tension reaches a boiling point. A character dies and a block becomes terrorized. Each character, minor and major, has a chance to show what they believe the "right" thing to do is.
The "right" thing to do varies between each character and how the characters choose to act in the script. For example, the scene when Buggin' Out confronts Sal about only having Italian Americans on the wall and no "brothers". Buggin' Out believes the "right" thing to do is to confront Sal because his pizzeria mostly serves "black folks". However,  Sal believes the "right" thing to do is to pull out his bat and defend his store by telling Buggin' Out to open up his own business if he wants "brothers" on the wall. Both parties have a valid argument on what is considered the "right" thing to do.