Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing1989

Stars: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Rating: R
Runtime: 120 minutes

Spike Lee's incendiary look at race relations in America, circa 1989, is so colorful and exuberant for its first three-quarters that you can almost forget the terrible confrontation that the movie inexorably builds toward. Do the Right Thing is… more »



Buggin' Out:
You almost knocked me down man, the word is "excuse me."

Clifton:
Ah, excuse me, I'm sorry.

Buggin' Out:
Not only did ya knock me down, you stepped on my brand new white Air Jordan's I just bought, and that's all you can say is "excuse me"?

Clifton:
What, are you serious?

Buggin' Out:
Yeah, I'm serious, I'll f*** you up quick two times!

Punchy:
Two times!

Buggin' Out:
Who told you to step on my sneakers, who told you to walk on my side of the block, who told you to be in my neighborhood?

Clifton:
I own this brownstone.

Buggin' Out:
Who told you to buy a brownstone on my block, in my neighborhood, on my side of the street? Yo, what you wanna live in a black neighborhood for anyway, man, motherf*** gentrification!

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