The Film Analysis: Do The Right Thing
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Do the Right Thing Analysis: Will the Right Thing Ever be Done? The racial system is composed of three basic parts that divides people into different categories: the white on top, black on bottom, and brown in between. This system came to be as a result of three different population coming together with unequal terms resulting in one population having the most power. The film Do the Right Thing, directed by Spike Lee, does an excellent job at portraying how the racial system functions by showing the advantages of being at the top of the system and the disadvantages of being at the bottom of the system. Not only does Spike Lee show the way that the racial system works but it also shows the reality of it and how it puts the races at the bottom …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how spike lee's film do the right thing portrays the racial system by showing the advantages and disadvantages of being at the top of the system.
- Analyzes the subtle use of racism in the film, white out: the continuing significance of racism, by eduardo bolivia-silva.
- Analyzes how the movie shows how being at the bottom of the system reaps its benefits when a fight erupts between sal and radio raheem and the police intervene.
- Analyzes how the racial system as a whole divides people into groups and puts them up against each other.
Sal even states that the reason his pizzeria does well is because it is the only one in that neighborhood as opposed to the dozens that are present in his own neighborhood. The fact that there are dozens of pizzerias in his neighborhood hint at the fact that his neighborhood is probably better than that of where he works at. Not only are they at an inconvenient location and no means of transportation but they are also forced to deal with heat wave without AC. Although redlining might not seem like it is present in today’s modern society there some kind implicitly present, in New Racism,’ Color-Blind Racism, and the Future of Whiteness in America.” White Out: The Continuing Significance of Racism, Eduardo Bolivia-Silva states that there is a new type of racism that involves the subtle use of racism and it is not as obvious as it was before. He goes to explain how even though redlining is not legal anymore there are ways that the bank works around it by having prices in certain neighborhoods be at prices that some cannot afford and the banks refusing to give loans to them. This is just one of the many disadvantages imposed by being at the bottom of the racial
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- Analyzes how spike lee's film, do the right thing, portrayed racism accurately by addressing the discrimination against black people.
- Analyzes how the film portrayed white supremacy over blacks by not acknowledging what is said by people of other races, and by provoking violence.
- Analyzes how white people show their assumed superiority to black people by the stereotypes they make of all blacks. in the fire hydrant scene, the police stopped to cease the water flow.
- Analyzes how the movie shows that blacks are willing to respond differently when people indicate that they identify with the issues of the black people.
- Explains that white people show racial superiority over blacks by not acknowledging their words and accusing them of stereotypes. blacks respond by uniting and reacting in violence.
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- Compares enough, a 2002 thriller directed by michael apted and written by nicholas kazan, to stephen king's 1995 film adaptation of dolores claiborne. the protagonists in both films find themselves trapped in abusive relationships and become empowered to take control of their lives.
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- Analyzes how the characters in enough change from a meek, battered housewife to strong, brave women taking back her life.
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1978 wordsRead More - Do the Right Thing Film Analysisanalytical essayThe 1989 film Do the Right Thing displays a story about racial tension in a predominantly African-American neighborhood. Spike Lee not only directed and produced this film but he was also the main character, Mookie. In spite of maintaining these three jobs, Lee incorporated cinematic techniques that allowed his film to unlock controversial ideals for both Caucasian and African-American viewers. Through the use of camera elements Lee was able to display emotions and tone of the scene without using stating it directly. Lee exhibited film methods such as low-angle shots, close ups, slow motion and panning.
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- Analyzes how spike lee's 1989 film do the right thing depicts racial tension in a predominantly african-american neighborhood. lee incorporated cinematic techniques that allowed his film to unlock controversial ideals for both caucasian and african american viewers.
- Analyzes how spike lee's do the right thing appealed to its audience through the constant utilization of camera direction and slow motion scenes.
- Analyzes how a low- and high-angle shot conveys the characters' emotions and point of view.
- Analyzes how lee uses low and high-angle shots to display perception, emotion and setting, and uses slow motion in multiple forms throughout do the right thing.
- Analyzes how spike lee incorporates close ups of characters and objects throughout his film do the right thing.
- Analyzes how spike lee used panning to convey the medial attention the weather was getting through the newspaper. it was also used to show a conversation between two people.
- Opines that do the right thing was titled with that name to reflect one of the ending scenes.
- Analyzes how spike lee's 1989 film do the right thing explored the conflict of racial tension and unique camera elements.
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- Analyzes how annie baker's 2014 pulitzer prize winning drama the flick provides a social commentary which will leave the audience deep in thought well after the curtain closes.
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900 wordsRead More - Spike Lee and Do the Right Thing Analysisanalytical essayThe auteur theory is a view on filmmaking that consists of three equally important premises: technical competence, interior meaning, and personal signature of the director. Auteur is a French word for author. The auteur theory was developed by Andrew Sarris, a well-known American film critic. Technical competence of the Auteur deals with how the director films the movie in their own style. Personal signature includes recurring themes that are present within the director’s line of work with characteristics of style, which serve as a signature. The third and ultimate premise of the Auteur theory is the interior meaning which is basically the main theme behind the film.
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- Explains that the auteur theory consists of three equally important premises: technical competence, interior meaning, and personal signature of the director.
- Explains that spike lee is an american film director, producer, writer, and actor known for his films that deal with controversial social and political issues.
- Explains that do the right thing was spike lee's first landmark film, which brought awareness to the racial tensions when people in a brooklyn neighborhood coexist.
- Explains that spike lee's personal signature in do the right thing is his leading role in the movie. he also frequently casts himself in his movies, including actor john turturro and joie lee.
- Analyzes how lee uses signs and symbols to display messages in his films, such as the opening sing of rosie perez dancing to "fight the power" by public enemy.
- Analyzes how spike uses more clothing symbolism with the characters of pino and vito, both sons of sal's pizzeria.
- Analyzes how lee's technical competence was increased compared to his first movies. the camera angle was used to create a feeling of uneasiness during the scene of the riot.
- Explains that lee's technical ability was the production of the song "fight the power" by public enemy. he used different music pieces to match the feelings of characters or the moods of scenes.
- Analyzes how spike lee used color in the opening scene of rosie perez dancing to "fight the power." the color technique is use of light and color increases visual power.
- Analyzes do the right thing's themes of racism, intolerance, and racial tension. the movie is written in a double-scene style of acceptance and alienation.
- Analyzes how lee created the racial slur montage scene in the movie to show how racism is destroying americans and the extremes racism can go to.
- Explains that spike lee's inside man is an american crime drama film. it stars denzel washington as detective keith frazier who is called in to get to the bottom of a bank robbery heist in manhattan new york.
- Analyzes how lee's signature move is the dolly shot, where the camera follows a subject and motion of the subject or its surroundings is involved.
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- Analyzes how clint eastwood's "the good, the bad, and the ugly" poster depicts the white cowboy front and center, with the antagonists and co-stars behind him.
- Explains that some critics and pessimists believe that brooks' film was nothing more than a satirical comedy and that the racial statements he made were just vehicles to make the viewer laugh.
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1349 wordsRead More - The Cockroach Peopleanalytical essayIn “Do the Right Thing”, a scene occurs to where every one in Bed-Stuy becomes aggravated with each other and begin to state stereotypical phrases to one another. For example, Mookie begins to say remarks such as “Dago, wop, garlic-breath, guinea, pizza-slinging, spaghetti-bending, Vic Damone, Perry Como, Luciano Pavarotti, Sole Mio, non-singing motherfucker.” (Spike Lee) to Pino after tension grew in Sal’s restaurant and all over Bed-Stuy. This is parallel to the text “Revolt of the Cockroach People” because each group of ethnicity uses stereotypes on other groups based on their race or culture. Another scene from the film that shows racial tension between two groups is when Radio Raheem walks through the Spanish part of Bed-Stuy with Public Enemy’s “Fight The Power” blasting. This created some sort of a racial challenge between diverse group of individuals and the argument on whose music is louder in way to showcase their race pride. The prejudice in the film connects well with the requirement for racial uniformity in the novel, “The Revolt of the Cockroach People”. It seems as if every ethnicity group must be superior to the next. There is dependably an unrivaled and a substandard society. The peace between every race seems to be non-existent. In the film we see Pino, Buggin Out, Officer Long and the Spanish gathering of men do likewise, nothing for correspondence of all, only for themselves. As for Zeta Brown, he fights for the privilege of the Chicanos to have a voice while exhausting the requirements for different
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- Analyzes how spike lee's "the revolt of the cockroach people" and "do the right thing" portray social change with the use of violence, protest, and racism.
- Analyzes how zeta brown changes into the genuine chicano militant that he needs to be in the book.
- Analyzes how "the revolt of the cockroach people" and "do the right thing" portray social change in their community with the use of protest.
- Analyzes how racism is used to portray social change in the texts "do the right thing" and "the revolt of the cockroach people."
1031 wordsRead More - Analysis of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thinganalytical essayDirector and actor Spike Lee presents his "truth" about race relations in his movie Do the Right Thing. The film exhibits the spectacle of black discrimination and racial altercations. Through serious, angry, and loud sounds, Lee stays true to the ethnicity of his characters, all of which reflect their own individualism. Lee uses insulting diction and intense scenes to show how severe racism can lead to violence. The biases reflected through Do the Right Thing model those of today which has kept society in a constant feud for so long. In Oprah Winfrey's dynamic episode, "The Color of Fear", Mr. Mun Wah projects his strong opinion when he states, " . . . that racism is still going on today, that we've got to stop to hear the anguish and the pain that goes with that and then we'll survive." (3) People do not realize the severity of their own words. In the scenes of the movie that emphasize the shocking reality of failed interracial communication, racial stereotyping, trust or lack of trust, and acrimonious violence mirror the current concerns about race in America as reflected in "The Color Of Fear."
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- Analyzes how lee taught his audience that the stereotypes in his movie are all said in a habitual manner.
- Analyzes how radio raheem and mookie engage in a significant conversation of love and hate.
- Analyzes how violence captures the hearts of racists and tears them apart. mookie saved sal's life in the middle of the chaos.
- Analyzes how spike lee uses insulting diction and intense scenes to show how severe racism can lead to violence.
- Analyzes how spike lee's do the right thing depicts failed communication, stereotyping, absence of trust, and wrongful violence that reflects the existing concerns about racism in america.
1426 wordsRead More - Analysis of the Movie Do the Right Thing by Spike Leeanalytical essayAnalysis of the Movie Do the Right Thing by Spike Lee The movie, Do the Right Thing, by Spike Lee is a hard hitting drama that deals with violence and racism in today's society. This film is set in a primarily black neighborhood in close to the present time. Right in the center of this neighborhood stands a pizza parlor that is owned and operated by one of the most important characters in the movie, Sal. In the beginning of the movie, Sal is shown arriving to work with his two sons Pino and Vito. This gives an appeal to Sal as a family man.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes the movie, do the right thing, by spike lee, which deals with violence and racism in today's society.
- Analyzes how sal is portrayed as a hard-working, kind, and devoted individual. his pizzeria was built by himself from the ground up.
- Explains that sal's pizzeria is open for the day after finishing his pre-opening preparations. shortly after this, the main character of the movie, mookie, comes strolling into the restaurant.
- Analyzes how mookie acts as a mediator between the two races. sal relies on him not only to get the pizzas delivered, but also to keep his fellowblack folks happy with him.
- Analyzes how sal turns into a bigot, hating most black people and talking behind their back while they are not around. sal seems to have this father-son bond between him and mookie.
- Analyzes how sal's affection for jade shows anotherawkward side of sal. is sal considering some sort of interracial relationship?
- Analyzes how sal's restaurant in a black neighborhood is purely business, and he must travel to someone else’s turf to compete.
- Analyzes how a scary, conservative idea voiced over and over again in the film is that everybody is safest in their"own" neighborhood and that it is best if we remain withpeople like ourselves.
- Opines that sal's main problem is that he isn't in the business for the love of it anymore. he has lost some of the fire that always got him going.
- Analyzes how sal builds up a grudge or hatred against black people and at the end of the movie, he reaches his limit of tolerance and blows his top.
- Analyzes how buggin out notices no black people on the wall and asks sal to put them up. he doesn't even open his mind to new ideas.
- Analyzes how sal's fear of change leads him into a shouting match with buggin out, who insists that he will form boycotts against sal.
- Analyzes how sal shows his nice side and lets four kids in buggin out and raheem storm into sal's pizzeria with the radio blaring.
- Analyzes how raheem and buggin out refuse to turn the music down, so they stand there and shout at each other.
- Analyzes how sal says something that makes every blackperson irate and every white person cringe because theyknow that something bad is going to happen. the character played by martinlawrence then stands up and says "oh so we're niggersnow?"
- Opines that sal, although he might not admit,thinks that mookie did the right thing as far as from sal's aspect.
- Concludes that the essay written by bell hooks brings up a good point that they believe pretty.
1489 wordsRead More - Do the Right Thing Scene Analysisanalytical essayDo the Right Thing is a dramatic comedic film that was directed by Spike Lee. The movie was released in 1989. Lee served in three capacities for the film: writer, director and producer of the movie, Ernest Dickenson was the cinematographer and Barry Alexander Brown was the film’s editor. For this film, Lee garnered together some notable actors and actresses, including Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, Rosie Perez, Samuel L. Jackson, John Tuturro and Martin Lawrence. The setting of the movie is in Bedford-Stuyvesant; which is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. This particular neighborhood is made up of several ethnic groups that include African Americas, Italians, Koreans, and Puerto Ricans. The movie takes place on a particularly hot day during the summer time. The extreme heat causes tensions between the different races in the neighborhood. In this paper, I will attempt to show how mise-en-scène, camera work, editing, and sound are used to convey “explicit” and “implicit” meaning in one scene in Do the Right Thing.
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- Explains that spike lee directed do the right thing, which was released in 1989. lee garnered notable actors and actresses, including ruby dee, ossie davis, rosie perez, samuel l. jackson, john tuturro and martin lawrence.
- Analyzes the scene in which racial tensions erupted like a volcano and spewed out. it takes place at the end of the day after sal's famous pizzeria has closed.
- Analyzes how director lee utilizes various camera angles and shots to capture the visual dominance that radio raheem has over sal.
- Analyzes how lee utilizes both types of camera movement in this scene. the camera tilts up to vino to capture his horrified expression and then to a shocked looking mookie.
- Analyzes how the scene takes place inside sal's famous pizzeria in bedford-stuyvesant, brooklyn. the temperature inside the restaurant is hot and makes the racial tensions more intense.
- Analyzes how the film editor barry brown used straight cuts rather than fades and dissolves for the editing of do the right thing.
- Analyzes how spike lee, danny aiello, john turturro, giancarlo esposito, martin lawrence, bill nunn, richard edson, roger guenveur smith, and stanley, robert h.
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