Spike Lee’s, Do The Right Thing, is an interesting movie that examines not only the external social/racial problems, but internal problems as well. I thought that this film showed a lot of prejudices and stereotypes that people still use against each other are today. In the film we are shown different ethnic groups of New York and in one particular scene, each group uses common stereotypes to describe a certain race/ethnicity. I feel that this scene holds a lot of importance for the rest of the film. What Spike Lee tries to convey is that we all have these preconceived notions, but when we closely examine the lives of these people, they turn out to be no different from one another. With these external problems, then comes fighting within the communities. We see each group argue with each other internally. Specifically, each group judges on whether they are employed, or not. I feel Spike Lee was trying to show that racial stereotypes exist, but there is also an internal fight among communities that occurs.
The last scene of the movie when Mookie throws the trashcan into the window is another interesting scene. Spike Lee gives two perspectives. The first perspective is that this was a blatant act of violence. However, it does question that this act was to save Sal. By putting the emphasis on Sal’s store and not Sal, Mookie can be seen as a hero, who in the end saved Sal’s life. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://nicekicks.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/files/2009/08/sneaker-shots-do-the-right-thing-3.png&imgrefurl=http://www.nicekicks.com/2009/08/sneaker-shots-do-the-right-thing/&usg=__3cGSMNcwTA9KtKYhQzfyE4n8ocs=&h=358&w=620&sz=261&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=uhGC6BRpIgQPlM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=174&ei=GTZrTZDcIpO4sAPhgd2oBA&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddo%2Bthe%2Bright%2Bthing%2Bsals%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D609%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=335&oei=GTZrTZDcIpO4sAPhgd2oBA&page=1&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0&tx=87&ty=97
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