Jimmy Kimmel Do the Right Thing spoof

Last week Brownstoner reported that Jimmy Kimmel was filming a Do the Right Thing spoof in Park Slope, and here it is.

In introducing Do the Right Thing 2: Do the White Thing, a sequel to the 1989 Spike Lee film, Kimmel says it captures “the feeling and spirit of Brooklyn, New York, now.”

Watch it below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q81_bY6CMJU

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  1. I lived in the “Do the Right Thing” Brooklyn and now I live in the “Do the White Thing” Brooklyn. I much prefer the latter.

    BTW – the skit is satire. For those that don’t understand satire – its not supposed to represent reality, just make fun of reality through exaggeration and humor. Get over yourselves.

      • On your “steel anniversary” post, I wrote that the editorial here had become “garbage”, and that Mr. B has clearly sold at a market top. You deleted that comment, and three other that agreed. Why? Can’t handle criticism?

  2. we get it, brooklyn is changing. what i hate about these pieces (including the SNL bushwick sketch) is the implication that somehow white people & white culture is making these communities more respectful, considerate, kind and gentle.

    • I didn’t see the SNL one, but the impression I got from this is the exact opposite–that white people act like they’re making these communities more respectful, kind., but in fact they’re dripping with smug superiority, condescension, and a self-centered indifference to the community as it existed before them.