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Do the Right Thing

Cast

Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson View All

Crew

Spike Lee (Screenplay), Spike Lee (Director) View All

Release: Jun. 14th, 1989

Runtime: 2 hours

Salvatore "Sal" Fragione 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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mark f
By the time this film reaches its climax, most viewers should be well aware that they have seen a complex film about a complex subject, and I, for one, do not find it racist at all, from any of the possible "racist" angles.

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