Description
you will write an analysis of how the neighborhood Bedford-Stuyvesant is shown in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing. You should use specific examples from the film to discuss the view we get of the neighborhood as shown in the film. Form a thesis based on visuals, reactions/descriptions of the characters, and your own analysis of the storyline to show the reader what you’re thinking.
You should also use some published analyses of the film (there are plenty of them) from either books or major newspapers/magazines that appear in print (online versions of these are fine) to add context to your own analysis.
Objectives:
Refine summary writing skills
q Refine skills in analysis and description
q Practice writing essays
q Practice using specific details and examples to develop a pointq Practice with MLA citation format
Format:
Your review should be about 4-5 pages in length with a Works Cited page at the end. The goal here is not simply whether or not you liked the film, but to engage in a deeper discussion of how it shows the urban experience in a single neighborhood, focusing a few key themes or contexts and what the film says about them.
For contrast, you should reference at least three (3) articles or book chapters that focus on Do The Right Thing. Only one of these can be a review: the other 2 must be academic essays or book chapters that focus on the film’s significance. You should use the information in these essays to shape your own opinions about the film. You should then use these to form your own argument (thesis) about the film. Note that you can use the chapter from Murray Forman’s The Hood Comes First (PDF on the course website) as one of the 3 articles.
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Do the Right Thing by Spike Lee
From a subjective point of view, despite the movie ‘Do the Right Thing’ being produced more
than two decades ago, it still has relevance in contemporary society as it had during its
production. The movie has been regarded as a social commentary on racial issues, especially the
role of police brutality and how it fuels feelings of discord and tension among people. The film
focuses on people from diverse races who live in a lower class neighborhood in Brooklyn, New
York. The central theme of the film is to show how race, social classes and moral decisions are
interactive and have an impact on how people relate and perceive each other. The opening of the
film shows the people waking up to what can be explained as a normal day, but then the day ends
with the riot police trying to bring some social order in the neighborhood. However, the police
use excessive force and end up killing a young black man named Radio Raheem because he is
involved in a fight with an Italian man Sal who owns a pizzeria. The movie tries to show how
race should not be used to judge others because this can use but uses racial stereotypes when
bringing out this message, and assumptions made about different races and languages when
seeking to bring out this social commentary.
One of the ways through which Spike Lee uses racial stereotypes in bringing out the overall
message is through the use of iconography. Iconography has been explained as “the science of
identification, description, classification, and interpretation of symbols, themes, and subject
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