A question that was brought up after viewing Do the Right Thing. This film was about adressing racial isusses in a poor neighborhood. It was all african americans except for a dad,Sal, and his two sons, Pino and Vito who ran Sal's Famous Pizzeria. Towards the end of the film, Radio Raheem, an african american local was killed by a white policeman which started a riot. Another main character was Mookie played by Spike Lee. He threw a garbage can through Sal's Famous Pizzeria to spark the riot. The question that was asked was: Did Mooking do the right thing? People wonder why he did that when it seemed like he and Sal got along.
After viewing the film, I don't think that Mookie was trying to take it out on Sal. I think he was just so frustrated that his friend was just murdered by a white cop, that in the heat of the moment that's who he was mad at was whites. He could correlate that with Sal and the pizza place because they are the only whites in that town. Some people say he over reacted and some say he did the right thing. I don't think Mookie was against or for the riot but he was just so frustrated in the heat of the moment that he snapped and got frustrated. I don't think he over reacted but on the other hand I don't think it ws because he didn't like Sal.
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