Spike Lee's Do The Right Thin

Spike Lee's representation of the severed relations between the racial groups that co-exist in the community of Bed Sty throws the question of "what is the right thing to do" and also "is there such thing as truth," right into our faces forcing us to grapple with them. With the presentation of opposing tactics of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "non-violence," and Malcolm X's "violence in self-defense is intelligence" one must wonder, can the two …showed first 75 words of 5032 total…

…showed last 75 words of 5032 total…sifting through the ashes. Do the Right Thing is an ironic title. In the end, nobody really chooses to do the right thing and the ending shows figuratively and literally what we wind up with. If you've ignored the movie because of your own preconceived notions about it or Spike Lee, I urge you to rent it and watch it tonight. You may not love it, but I think you'll find it thought provoking.