Do the Right Thing story
Do the Right Thing is a 1989 American comedy-drama film produced, written, and directed by Spike Lee. It stars Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, and Samuel L. Jackson, and is the feature film debut of Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez. The story follows a Brooklyn neighborhood's simmering racial tension, which culminates in tragedy on a hot summer day.
10 total · 3 choice · 3 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| hatred | choice | there was hatred aplenty - most of it rooted in race |
| life in inner city America | choice | We saw an idea of how people lived in Brooklyn in the 1980s. |
| racism in society | choice | There were endless streams of slurs against both blacks and asians. A guy in car and Pino disliked black people. Buggin' Out had it in for white people. |
| boyfriend and girlfriend | major | Mookie and Tina |
| brother and sister | major | Mookie and Jade |
| police brutality | major | Rioting ensued when police officers killed Radio Raheem while trying to arrest him. |
| alcohol abuse | minor | Da Mayor was several times berated for being a drunkard |
| heroism | minor | Da Mayor saved a boy from a car and the act was noted |
| infatuation | minor | Da Mayor with Mother Sister |
| the role of the disabled in society | minor | Smiley, a mentally disabled man who meanders around the neighborhood trying to sell hand-colored pictures of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. |