Hate is not great
The movie Do the Right Thing is one of those movies that needs to be watched closely and for several times in order to understand the full aspect of the movie. In every single scene of the movie there is always a subtle and hidden message that if not looked at closely would be missed. Throughout the movie the heat of the day increased greatly parallel with the hate and anger of the characters in the movie. It seemed that the hotter the temperature got during the movie the tension between people rose, especially between the African Americans and Sal. Many examples of hate that built up through out the movie were obvious and corresponded to the movie. One of the examples of hate was between the two brother that were sons of Sal’s. As the movie passed they fought more and more. Another example of hate was between the old African American men that sat on the street and the Korean shop owner. It seemed that the anger increased but for some reason after the fire and riot all of the tension was let go. The most prevolent example of hate building up was between Radio Raheem and and buggy and Sal. As the movie passed the anger built up until the end and the most angry scene of the movie occurred when the fight happened and the building burnt dwn and was looted. This was the most tension that occurred and after the fire all the hate seemed to be washed away. Mother Sister forgave the Mayor and seemed to respect him, the African Americans respected the Korean, Sal seemed to forgive Mooky, and Mooky’s girlfriend seemed to settle a little but was still pissed because she hates the world so it didn’t matter. A final example of how the temperature seemed to relate to the anger of the people was when Mooky took ice and rubbed it on his girlfriend. When he did it she settled down and was not angery anymore at anyone and settled but before that she was a bitch and was always swearing. The constant rising in heat corresponded directly with the build up of anger. I really think that the movie was to a point saterical because I just can’t see people getting so angry as to boycott a place because they can’t blare music in a pizza store that there is no pictures of black people on a wall of an Italian man’s. It is so dumb, I really couldn’t see someone get so upset about that and call them racist and start a fight. I bet if that Buggy guy had his own store, there would not be any white people on the wall. In addition, Sal didn’t even have a picture of a non-Italian person. So what, if a non-Italian white person walks in there and sees the wall are they supposed to get pissed and tell the owner how to run things. That is obserd, if you don’t like how the business is run don’t go back to it. Don’t boycott and start a revolution. IOverall the movie was ok and was confusing to me, however it was a good experience and a good movie to analyze and ponder about. I do not understand the complete concept and believe I will watch it again in the future to better understand it.
Nate Jenkns
OK, Nate. Your post is a little late. But I agree with you, it probably would be a good idea to watch it more than once. Hopefully after class today, things will be a little clearer.
Nate, you made some good points. I liked the part about Mooky’s girlfriend, I think she represented how the heat was a symbol of anger really well. Good point bringing up the ice part, I forgot about it, it really helped to prove how the heat was a symbol.
Kristie Ferrans
i agree with you totally. I thought it was great how u went into such detail. I also agree with your commment about the pictures on the wall being blown out of proportion.
gabi