Open Thread: Do The Right Thing Edition
The 20th anniversary of the release of Spike Lee’s ground-breaking movie Do The Right Thing, which dealt with a day in the life of a block in Bed Stuy, and in so doing brought the multi-layered issues of gentrification race coexistence and conflict in the inner city to a broader national audience. Two decades later,…
The 20th anniversary of the release of Spike Lee’s ground-breaking movie Do The Right Thing, which dealt with a day in the life of a block in Bed Stuy, and in so doing brought the multi-layered issues of gentrification race coexistence and conflict in the inner city to a broader national audience. Two decades later, how much has changed and how much remains the same?
I wonder if Crooklyn appealed to women.
ENY: my husband says the same thing . He’s like “Crooklyn” was pretty much my life growing up in BK. Why do I want to see it reflected in a movie?
THL – come to think of it -“Ill Never go back to Georgia” are the only words sung in that song, right?
ditto, we’ll get to the sex talk later. Somebody already mentioned Rosie Perez’s boobs so we’re on the right track.
I think Mr. B has long given up on sheperding us. He suffers from a case of wishful thinking maybe 🙂
Gem,
Here it is…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdHu26Hb9Co
“Crooklyn was much better (for all the reasons she stated)”
That’s funny. I honestly thought Crooklyn was just plain boring. I do agree Crooklyn was more about “real” people that “Do the Right Thing.” But I couldn’t even watch all of Crooklyn…after an hour or so, I was like “Who cares?” That’s just me, though.
Gem- Soon as I hear the whistle I smile.
DIBS – will you stop talking about brownstones. Whaddya think this place is.
Not only was it a great performance but Rosie Perez has the 2nd greatest breast shots in movie history in DTRT (2nd only to Jamie Lee Curtis.Trading Places)