Do the Right Thing
February 17th 2009 22:00
Fight the power
I still remember the first time I was introduced to Mookie and the rest of his neighbourhood in Do The Right Thing all those years ago…
The whole movie was written, produced and directed by Spike Lee and his slightly-spiteful bitterness tends to force it self into the plot at times.
The whole thing is set in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York on the hottest day of the year and features several, soon to be famous, young actors, including the debut appearances of Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez.
Another classic quirk about the film is how Public Enemy's 'Fight the Power' is played something like 15 times during the film – usually from Radio Raheem's huge boombox.
It seems even older than when it was made, especially considering Boyz n the Hood was made less than two years later, and almost has a late 70s/early 80s type feel, which only adds to the off-beat characters and first-rate dialogue.
"And that's the double truth, Ruth!"
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