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Do the Right Thing
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Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who value politically charged ensemble drama that turns everyday community friction into an escalating examination of racial injustice.
- Tone
- tense, satirical, bleak
- Payoff
- catharsis, reflection
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- intense
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- racism, community, cultural identity, social tension, police brutality
- Setting
- late twentieth-century, working-class urban neighborhood during a heatwave
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