Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Do the Right Thing

This film is directed by Spike Lee. The link includes a brief overview of the movie and the main theme of the movie. This review is very helpful in understanding the plot, characters, setting, and how it ties in with the theme of race and stereotypes. In the review Rumsey Taylor says, "Spike Lee emerged as one of the most important contemporary filmmakers with this film..." he continues and says, "Lee is, however, clearly battling a stereotype and his means is justifiably injected with anger. " This review gives a clear reason why he thinks this way and gives good examples from specific scenes.

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