Obamas Saw Do the Right Thing On 1st Date
The first thing we hear in the 1989 film Do the Right Thing is radio DJ Mister Señor Love Daddy saying, “Wake up! Wake up! Before a screening of a new 35mm print from the Academy Film Archive, Spike announced there was a surprise: a tribute to the film by the President and First Lady. I don’t remember people saying people were going to come out of theatres killing people after they watched Arnold Schwarzenegger films.”
Saturday Spike Lee was back in Brooklyn to host a block party on the actual block where he filmed Do the Right Thing. The Bed-Stuy avenue has fittingly been renamed “Do The Right Thing Way“. With its vibrant and lyrical storytelling everyone gets drawn in to the world of Mookie. This movie made a lot of people realize talking about race issues is not a bad thing. It is an IMPORTANT thing. It is the right thing. Do the Right Thing is one of the most important films of our generation and 25 years later the film is still as relevant as ever. Watch the Obamas Tribute to Do the Right Thing:
Image Credit: Wikipedia, Spike Lee’s Instagram
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