Do The Right Thing

Do The Right Thing is a dark comedy that takes place in an urban area in the Bronx. The film starts out being very funny, but as the film progresses toward the end it becomes very dark in manor. The film expresses many stereotypes and racist thoughts about the races that make up the neighborhood very openly. This is something that tends to make the audience feel uncomfortable with watching or even poking fun at. But overall I believe that the film was very well made and at the time was definitely a big eye opener for the public to see.

But one thing that intrigued me about the movie was the way it was filmed in just a period of one day. It goes through so many characters lives throughout the neighborhood and how they all played an important role in the community and the narrative of the film. At one point while watching the film I was curious where this movie was going and how it would all add up in the end when they were just jumping from scene to scene with different people in each one. But in the end it all added up and you got to see why each person was important in their role.
Another thing I found fascinating was the fact that the movie has the reoccurring theme of not fighting violence with violence and how it will not solve anything in the end. But then in the end of the film Mookie just gives up all hope and throws the trash can through Sals window and an entire riot breaks out causing absolute hell to break loose.

My last thought on the film has to do with how many times throughout the movie the fourth wall was broken from the characters. In one scene specifically Radio Raheem breaks the fourth wall for an entire scene. He is telling Mookie what his new rings mean but is looking directly into the camera. This is something I found very fascinating because it feels as if he is talking to the audience and we are almost a part of the community. What he says in this scene also plays into the end of the film, he says how with love and hate there is always static, and one is always fighting the other. Meaning that with both love and hate their is always going to be turmoil, which happens in the end when Raheem dies.