The extract that I have chosen is taken from Spike Lee’s ‘Do the Right Thing’ (1989). The reason I have chosen to analyze a sequence of this film is that of the interesting storytelling techniques Spike Lee utilizes. More importantly, the film has many underlying meanings that are represented through the film elements. I will analyze the cultural context, cinematography,...
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The word ‘stereotype’ is today almost always a term of abuse. A pattern of stereotypes is not neutral. It is the guarantee of our self-respect; it is the projection upon the world of our own sense of our own value, our own position and our own rights. The stereotypes are therefore, highly charged with the feelings and attached to them....
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Throughout American history, there have been many significant events that have shaped America and where we stand today. Going back to the 1600s, this was the time that introduced slavery in North America as well as leading the concept of racism to form. Racism is a huge controversy in America and one of the big main ideas that have led...
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The common theme I’ve seen present in both ‘Do the Right Thing’ by Spike Lee and ‘Fires in the Mirror’ by Anna Smith is that racial tensions are more complicated than black and white. Cops beating up colored people for no reason and teenage girls throwing eggs at the elderly Chinese as seen in ‘Do the Right Thing’ or the...
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Spike Lee’s 1989 film ‘Do the Right Thing’ confronts the impossible nature of resolving racism in a society that is so divided by differences in ethnicities. Inspired by the Howard Beach incident in 1986, in which Michael Griffith is hit by a car while fleeing from his racist attacker, the film shows the breaking down of a community under pressure....
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Is murder for racial reasons permissible? In Spike Lee’s film, ‘Do the Right Thing’, Radio Raheem killed by NYPD for simply doing nothing for having loud music. There is no excuse or right answer to killing someone for doing something so harmless. With a death killed by police officers, it goes with no justice. This major climax scene parallels with...
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“Let me tell you the story of right hand, left hand. It’s the tale of good and evil”, says Radio Raheem to Mookie. Spike Lee adjusts cinematic language to show the audience deeper meaning within the context of his shots. He utilizes a film procedure called breaking the fourth wall. Breaking the fourth wall incorporates a cinematic style shot, that...
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Interesting fact before the beginning of this paper: five years ago, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of ‘Do the Right Thing’, the director, Spike Lee threw a party with a special message from President at the time Barack Obama and his wife Michelle. The two had seen the movie on their first date, and now, in 2019, the movie is getting...
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Spike Lee, also known as Shelton Jackson, is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. He is most famous for controversial movie productions such as ‘BlacKkKlansmans’, ‘Malcolm X’, ‘Chi-Raq’, and ‘Rodnei King’. These movies display impactful meaning in depth to every conflict present in society, which is why Spike Lee is one of the most hated and admired people...
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The movie ‘Do the Right Thing’, directed by the genius Spike Lee, centers on a day of the lives of a group of racially diverse people who live and work in a lower-class neighborhood, of Bed-Stuy in Brooklyn New York. The film shows how different social classes, races and the moral decisions that the characters make have a direct effect...
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Is gentrification okay? In Spike Lee’s film, ‘Do the Right Thing’, he displays scene of gentrification stating that is creating high racial tension. Lee predicted the gentrification 25 years early by exploring the issues. An early time that people did not know what really was gentrification the only people who knew about it were the people who were going through...
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Spike Lee films are in essence about the experiences of African Americans in urban communities. Spike Lee is an American director, writer, producer, and actor. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York which probably explains why a large majority of his films take place there. He often dives into racial tensions and exposes the day-to-day realities of different cultures, showing...
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In Spike Lee’s 1989 film, ‘Do the Right Thing’, small details in the film’s setting come together to create an overall deeper meaning to the film. This controversial film is set in Brooklyn, New York on the hottest day of the year. Throughout this day, racial conflicts between an Italian- American family and the neighborhood locals, who were majority Blacks...
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When it comes to the movie ‘Do the Right Thing’ written and directed by Spike Lee, the movie has been focusing on how the people who were well known as the lower-class citizens, who have been living in Brooklyn, New York City. Many people from different nationalities such as African-Americans, Hispanics and Asians have been going through discrimination and many...
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While both ‘Ali: Fear Eats the Soul’, directed by Rainer Fassbinder, and ‘Do the Right Thing’, directed by Spike Lee, criticize the divisive nature of dominant ideology within their respective stories, Fassbinder and Lee use differing cinematic techniques to address these racial hierarchies and tensions between minorities and dominant groups. The two films challenge dominant ideology through telling the story...
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