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“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” (Luther King Jr., 1967). Spike Lee’s 1989 movie, Do the Right Thing, makes a powerful statement on the discrimination problems that the society of the past and the society of today...
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The extract I have chosen is taken from Spike Lee’s film Do the Right Thing and I am going to analyze it in terms of its film elements to convey meaning according to the filmmaker’s intentions, vision and his influences. Do the Right Thing, is...
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Spike Lee’s, Do the Right Thing, is a soul-touching movie that provides insight on the ongoing civil rights struggle against racial profiling, police brutality, systematic racism, and discrimination. Do the Right Thing is a Grammy and Golden Globes nominated film, to which is known for...
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The movie Do the Right Thing, written, directed and produced with the aid of Spike Lee, focuses on a single day of the lives of racially diverse people who stay and paintings in a lower class neighborhood in Brooklyn New York. However, this regular day...
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No one is born hating the other due to their race; they learn to do it. Spike Lee’s film “Do the right thing” is an honest film that reflects the interaction of racially different people. I found the movie honest because Lee does not give...
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Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing (1989) is about the day to day life in a Brooklyn neighborhood and the racial strains confined from within. It demonstrates the differences of the various characters of a modern neighborhood. Trust and brutality embody the ongoing troubles about...
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Does aggression help a situation improve, or only make it worse? Similar to the effect of one domino pushing down the next, acts of aggression and violence prove to only create more issues one after another. Why people choose to become violent while taking a...
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Compare and Contrast:25th Hour & Do the Right Thing For this essay,I have watched and viewed both the films Do the Right Thing and 25th Hour by director Spike Lee. While on the surface,the subject matter and bulk of the films are very different,certain trademarks...
