Do The Right Thing

The film, "Do The Right Thing", says a lot about race and racism in America. It says that one race is always against another, as if they're competing to see who's better. For example, one of the three old guys who sits on a corner shows his frustration as to why the Chinese guy, who owns the produce store, has a business and he doesn't. He talks about how they're both immigrants who came into the country and how he lost his business that he built.

Like film reviewer, Roger Ebert stated in his review of the film, "Lee makes it possible for us to understand their feelings..." Anyone can agree with this because in the film, Spike Lee has adds a monologue scene where each character looks straight into the camera and vents. 

 This scene helps us understand each characters perspective as well as their feelings on whatever the situation may be. In the movie, it's obvious that one race is always against another. For instance, the scene where Buggin' Out goes to Sal's and throws a fit about how there's only Italians on the wall but no African Americans. What the monologues did was show each persons feelings towards someone or something else around them.

In the scene where Mookie throws the trash can into Sal's window, it's like he's saying he's had enough. After Radio Raheem died, it could be seen as Mookie's way of getting back at the race who has put down his for so long, or as Mookie's way of saying that even though he works for Sal, he is still his own person. That he refuses to be held down. It could be Spike Lee's way of saying that he's had enough. That in order to move on, the racism and hatred between one another needs to end.