1. Provide three scenarios by which characters are faced with situations by which they must do the "right" thing. In class we will talk about what their choices revealed about them.
In the situation of Mookie throwing the trash can through the window of the pizzeria the viewer can argue that he did the right or wrong thing. In terms of the community Mookie would be justified in saying it was the right thing do to the the families’ racist behavior from Pino and the racist behavior by Sal while arguing with Radio when he called Radio’s music “jungle music” and referring to him by the n-word. One could argue the rookie did the wrong thing by the pizzeria. He turned the situations from bad to worse and can be seen as what caused the crowd to be destructive. Mookie can be seen as the cause for the destruction of the place that took him in and trusted him.
Buggin’ Out with the photos the viewer could argue he was right to argue with Sal and fight for representation, similar to the founding fathers.
2. List at least two different binary and/or contrasting themes that appear in Do the Right Thing
The first theme is that only love can fight hate, and the second is that change can only be through violent revolution. The first theme is embodied by the character of Jade, with the situation her talking to Buggin’ Out. As he tells her they need to take action she tells him that all the hate he promotes is not good for the community and in the end although he still does not agree with her she still shows him love at the end of the day. Buggin’ Out embodies the other theme in the sam since, he is calling for the community to alienate members of the block for something he thinks of as an injustice.
3. In the script it mentions that in key scenes Radio Raheem blasts music from his boom box. In class we discovered "Fight the Power" is the name of this song. Discuss why the screenwriter chose that song during those scenes.
Do to the the song themes of revolution and the ideas of respect it seems like a perfect fit. It constantly talks about the need for change.
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