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Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

7.8/ 10

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1989

Release Year

120 min

Runtime

Drama

Overview

Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.

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Keywords

new york city
police brutality
hip-hop
italian american
culture clash
chaos
heat
street war
restaurant critic
radio transmission
punk rock
pizzeria
police operation
pizza
love
money
racism
brooklyn, new york city
burlesque
angry
heatwave
race relations
dignified

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Reviews(2)

6.0avg rating
Wuchak

Wuchak

August 23, 2021

6
6/10

_**When someone does the wrong thing and others react the wrong way**_ On a hot summer day in a predominantly black neighborhood in Brooklyn, one person makes the wrong decision and sets off a chain of events that results in havoc. Rosie Perez is a highlight on the feminine front. “Do the Righ

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

June 3, 2024

6
6/10

Whilst there can be no doubt of the potency of the theme here, I thought the nature of the story telling was all over the place and angry. With temperatures rising, literally and metaphorically, the bored youth of an area of Brooklyn are becoming more and more frustrated. The thrust of these frustra

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