The extract that I have chosen is taken from Spike Leeās āDo the Right Thingā (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, and symbolism are used to convey meaning in āDo the Right Thingā. āDo the Right Thingā is a comedy movie...
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The word āstereotypeā 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. They are the fortress of our tradition, and behind its defenses we can continue to feel ourselves safe in the...
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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 America to shape our society socially, culturally, and historically. Looking into a deeper and broader perspective of racism, the word...
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The common theme Iāve seen present in both āDo the Right Thingā by Spike Lee and āFires in the Mirrorā 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 āDo the Right Thingā or the black and Jewish community's reaction to a colored boy being killed by a Hasidic Student in āFires in the Mirrorā....
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Spike Leeās 1989 film āDo the Right Thingā 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. āDo the Right Thingā takes place predominately over a single day on a single block in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Spike Lee...
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Is murder for racial reasons permissible? In Spike Leeās film, āDo the Right Thingā, 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 what is going on nowadays. During the time of the film took place in the 1980s police brutality was rising...
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āLet me tell you the story of right hand, left hand. Itās the tale of good and evilā, 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 features three windows and a characterās fourth wall. The character looks directly into the camera and therefore the audience. It's...
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Interesting fact before the beginning of this paper: five years ago, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of āDo the Right Thingā, 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 a UK re-release in honor of its 30th ā and the context is very different. The implied happy ending of...
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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 āBlacKkKlansmansā, āMalcolm Xā, āChi-Raqā, and āRodnei Kingā. 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 in film making. One particular movie that displays the concepts that are held up to Spike Leeās reputation is the...
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The movie āDo the Right Thingā, 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 on the way people interact on a daily basis with each other. The film opens with the characters waking up...
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Is gentrification okay? In Spike Leeās film, āDo the Right Thingā, 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 it, the minority groups the ones that are getting pushed out of their community. By reminding us of the past...
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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 the raw violence and hatred that many people are too isolated to see. His films tackle subjects such as racism,...
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In Spike Leeās 1989 film, āDo the Right Thingā, small details in the filmās 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 and Hispanics, are seen. Every character has some sort of racist anger within them even after the long struggle for...
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When it comes to the movie āDo the Right Thingā 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 other culture disparities that causes the many of the characters such as Mookie, to lass out at all the negative...
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While both āAli: Fear Eats the Soulā, directed by Rainer Fassbinder, and āDo the Right Thingā, 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 of an interracial couple in Germany in a time when this type of relation was not accepted, and the story...
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