Response to "Do The Right Thing"

Ryan Silva

English 1100

February 5th, 2018
Prof. Young

     The film "Do the Right Thing" directed by Spike Lee was a great film because I believe it helped show how bad racism was. It stills exists today, but it was way worse back than and the films draws this out perfectly. Racism existed between everyone and no one was safe. The film really opened my eyes on how bad it was and how I can help change it.

     Other than how much the film touched me, the film was well directed from characters, to dialogue, to camera angles. The characters were well developed, and I was able to have an understanding on who they were and how they acted even before we were introduced to them. The dialogue was excellent because it really captured the relationships between the characters. People would speak differently to certain people depending on who they were speaking to. For example, Sal would speak to Radio Raheem in a rude disrespecting way because he was interrupting his place of business, but he would talk to Jade in a respectful, loving manner. Mookie would talk to Sal in a semiprofessional way, but he would talk to Buggin’ Out in a slang type of way. Finally, I felt the camera angles were great because it captured different perspectives depending where the angle was coming from. When Radio Raheem comes into Sal’s blasting music, we see him come in from Sal’s perspective which is as peaceful, quiet business all of a sudden interrupted by loud rap/hip hop. But, we also see it from Buggin’ Out’s perspective when he looks up at the “Wall of Fame” and he notices there are no “brothers” on the wall. In conclusion, I really enjoyed this movie and would definitely recommend it.