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8 June 2010

Film Essay : Do the Right Thing

Essentially , the movie Do the Right Thing is another one of those films which tackles the of racial discrimination , racial prejudice or racism . Following the trend set by Crash , The Power of One ' and Catch a Fire ' among others , the movie attempts to present a realistic foretaste of the situation and the continuing disparity which exists between the African-American race as opposed to the other ethnic groups Apart from being acclaimed as the best movie of the

summer (Dawsey 1989 , and it being an accurate portrayal of life styles in black communities (Dawsey , 1989 , one more notable trivia to this movie is that it was apparently the HYPERLINK "http /www .suntimes .com /news /politics /obama /1053046 ,CST-NWS-obamas13 .ar ticle " first film Michelle and Barack Obama saw together (Criterion Contraption , 2010

The plot is about a day in a Brooklyn neighborhood when temperatures rise to a record high . Mookie , who is one of the film 's main characters , is a pizza delivery man of African-American descent , who is somehow caught up between his loyalty to his work , and his allegiance to his race and skin color . Initially , the situation in the neighborhood is normal with the residents going about their usual day-to-day activities . However , as temperatures increase , so do the people 's tempers , as well as the tension between the recent but dominant occupants and the old-time outsiders ' who in someway get involved with and entangled in...