Essays on Sal

Introduction

While the political avant-garde of modernist movement had a celebration of dissidence and proceeded to advocate a revolution of art and contemporary life, postmodern art delightfully exist in a world that shows the pluralism of atheistic manner and way of play. Art hardly ever functions on a critical level: the political prospect becomes separate from contemporary art functions. Postmodern art turns to represent not only the consumer society that we live but also a privileged commodity. In the 1960s, "committed" art had turned to be the pillar if artistic postmodernism. Gender issues, class, and race become central particularly following ...

The film Do the Right Thing was written, directed, and produced by Spike Lee in 1989. Set in Brooklyn neighborhood, the film depicts the racial tensions that existed in America at the time. The film brings to the fore the widespread discrimination and social injustices against Blacks through the effective use of loud, earnest, and angry sounds. Lee's careful choice of the film's characters helps bring out the themes in the film such as racism, violence, and peace. The opening scene of a female dancing aggressively to “Fight the power” in a boxing outfit sets the tone of the ...

Movie Review: “Do the Right Thing” by Spike Lee

Individuals who are able to talk to one another in a constructive way and those who are not Mookie a 25 year old pizza delivery man of African-American decent is able to communicate in a constructive manner with his boss, Sal (Do the Right Thing). Sal is an Italian-American who has lived in the neighborhood for over 25 years; even though, Sal and Mookie come from different racial backgrounds and are able to talk constructively, there seems to be racial or ethnic tension between different races in Brooklyn. Sal’s elder son Pino does not get along with Mookie; ...

Spike Lee’s incendiary, stylish film Do the Right Thing is a wonderful example of race relations in the late 1980s; in the face of police brutality and gang warfare in the ghettos of America, a fine line exists between black pride and equality, portrayed elegantly and energetically by director Spike Lee. Multiculturalism is at a razor’s edge in this film, with many members of the community being one arbitrary offense away from being beaten or killed by an insensitive police force, or prejudiced, conflicted whites in their own neighborhood. The film takes place in a predominantly black neighborhood of Brooklyn, ...