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Category: Week 13 (11/19 + 11/21) • Ideology and Critique

Do The Right Thing: Conflict in Cinematography

Posted on December 1, 2024December 1, 2024 by Zachary Shao
There are some scenes in the film Do The Right Thing (Lee, 1989) that seem to be shot in such an unconventional way that it forces you to consider how such techniques help construct the overarching me... Read More

Korean Americans in <Do The Right Thinng>

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Tony Lee
Do The Right Thing is a film in 1989 written, directed by, and surprisingly enough, starring, Spike Lee. It is an influential film that explores themes such as race, social class, and social justice t... Read More

Role of Ideological Films Today

Posted on November 20, 2024 by William Shaulis
Something that stuck out to me about Do the Right Thing, was its connection and distortion of real life events. Based on the Howard Beach incident, Spike Lee’s film follows a community’s t... Read More

What Mookie right, wrong, or neither? Looking at opposing views

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Avery McAdams
What does it mean to “do the right thing?” Being “right” can have a different meaning person to person. While watching the film Do the Tight Thing by Spike Lee so many differen... Read More

Achieving Justice and Infighting

Posted on November 20, 2024November 20, 2024 by Trey Peterson III
Throughout all of our educations, Martin Luther King Jr. has remained at the center of the Civil Rights Movement, rightfully so, as he was the main leader. However, another leader of the movement who ... Read More

The Current Implications of “Do The Right Thing” by Spike Lee

Posted on November 20, 2024November 20, 2024 by Dila Batum
Article: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-enduring-urgency-of-spike-lees-do-the-right-thing-at-thirty This New Yorker article focuses on the cultural and social significance of Spik... Read More

Contemporary Relevance of “Do the Right Thing”

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Jack Messick
Spike Lee’s infamous 1989 film Do the Right Thing explores pertinent socioeconomic realities in America that are quite familiar to viewers today more than 30 years later. This article written by Jus... Read More

Anatomy of a Scene – Do the Right Thing (Searcher)

Posted on November 20, 2024November 20, 2024 by Joe Chong
Anatomy of a scene is a column created by the New York Times where directors voice over/discuss a scene of theirs breaking it down piece by piece. This is especially interesting here because Spike Lee... Read More

“Everybody Has a Point”: A Fascinating Interview With Spike Lee

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Tai Jackson
https://www.filmcomment.com/article/interview-spike-lee Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing is a powerful film that explores the depths of humanity’s moral ambiguity, and this interview only further il... Read More

Why is there so much ambiguity in Do the Right Thing?

Posted on November 20, 2024November 20, 2024 by Ben Salit
Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing is one of the most thought-provoking films I have ever seen. By the end of the film, I was even more confused than after watching (I know it sounds crazy) Holy Mot... Read More
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