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"Decades later they're still asking why Mookie smashed the window..." (Original Post) Bonobo Nov 2014 OP
Referrence is probably lost on a lot of people here, sadly Scootaloo Nov 2014 #1
Oh, true. Bonobo Nov 2014 #2
As soon as I saw the excerpt, I knew exactly what movie it came from. GGJohn Nov 2014 #3
So did I. AngryOldDem Nov 2014 #6
Do the Right Thing 99th_Monkey Nov 2014 #4
I watched that movie at 2 different times in my life. Inkfreak Nov 2014 #5
AMEN AND AMEN!!! uponit7771 Nov 2014 #7
kick... Blue_Tires Nov 2014 #8
 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
4. Do the Right Thing
Tue Nov 25, 2014, 03:26 AM
Nov 2014
Do the Right Thing is a 1989 American drama film produced, written, and directed by Spike Lee, who is also a featured actor in the film. Other members of the cast include Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, and John Turturro. It is also notably the feature film debut of Martin Lawrence, Christa Rivers, and Rosie Perez.

The film was a commercial success and received numerous accolades and awards, including an Academy Award nomination for Lee for Best Original Screenplay. It is commonly listed among the greatest films of all time. In 1999, it was deemed to be "culturally significant" by the U.S. Library of Congress, and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry, one of just five films to have this honor in their first year of eligibility.

http://dotherightthing.wikia.com/wiki/Do_the_Right_Thing

Mookie is the main protagonist of the film Do the Right Thing. He is portrayed by the director, producer and writer of the film, Spike Lee. He is a young black man who is lazy, and works for Sal in Sal's Pizzeria as a pizza delivery man. He wears a Dodgers baseball shirt. He lives with his sister Jade and has a girlfriend named Tina, whom he has a son with named Hector, who lives with Tina.
In the film, his plan is to make the money and move out from his sister's place. He apparently sees Tina and his son only once a week. He is respected by his peers, and is friends with Vito, but hated by Pino. He is annoyed about climbing flights of stairs to deliver pizzas and Pino's racism. Mookie wants Sal to pay him his money early, but Sal refuses as he thinks that he won't see him later if he does. Mookie takes a shower at his sister's house while he's still working his shift. Sal gets annoyed by this, saying that he's pushing it, and threatening to fire him.

He is part of the fourth wall breakers sequence, where he is the first person and insults Pino and his Italian background and says: "You dago-wop, guinea, garlic breath, pizza slinging, spaghetti bending, Vic Damone, Perry Como, Luciano Pavarotti, Sole Mio, non-singing motherfucker."

He tells Jade to stay away from Sal, and tells Sal to leave Jade alone, as he think that Sal is a dirty man. When delivering a pizza to Tina, he gets her nude in her bed and rubs ice all over her. When Radio Raheem gets killed by the cops, he gets a trash can and throws it at the pizzeria window, starting a riot.

http://dotherightthing.wikia.com/wiki/Mookie

Inkfreak

(1,695 posts)
5. I watched that movie at 2 different times in my life.
Tue Nov 25, 2014, 07:52 AM
Nov 2014

Once as a child groeing up in an area where I had no exposure/contact with any black people. Then I watched it 20years later....and I understood it so much better.

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