Do The Right Thing
This was a request from one of our subscribers and it seemed appropriate to review especially since we both were born and raised in Charlotte. We talk about the symmetry between the Spike Lee film and what's going on today.
About "Do The Right Thing"
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione (Danny Aiello) is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito), 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.
Release date: June 30, 1989 (USA)
Denada Jackson
