Do The Right Thing

Question 1

What year was Do the Right Thing released?

Answer 1

1989

Question 2

Who wrote and directed Do the Right Thing?

Answer 2

Spike Lee

Question 3

Who plays Mookie?

Answer 3

Spike Lee

Question 4

Who plays Sal?

Answer 4

Danny Aiello

Question 5

Who plays Radio Raheem?

Answer 5

Bill Nunn

Question 6

Who composed the score for the film?

Answer 6

Bill Lee (Spike Lee’s father)

Question 7

What is the setting of DTRT?

Answer 7

Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, on the hottest day of the year

Question 8

What genre is Do the Right Thing?

Answer 8

Social drama / urban realism

Question 9

What real-life events influenced DTRT?

Answer 9

Howard Beach incident (1986) and rising racial tensions in 1980s NYC

Question 10

What political group is mentioned in the credits?

Answer 10

The Black Panther Party (through the use of quotes by Malcolm X and MLK)

Question 11

What public enemy song features prominently?

Answer 11

“Fight the Power”

Question 12

What type of cinematography is used in DTRT to convey tension?

Answer 12

Canted angles, direct address, saturated colors

Question 13

What does Radio Raheem’s “LOVE/HATE” ring monologue reference?

Answer 13

Charles Laughton’s The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Question 14

What awards was Do the Right Thing nominated for at the Oscars?

Answer 14

Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Danny Aiello)

Question 15

What is the significance of the trash can scene?

Answer 15

It marks the turning point of the riot — Mookie throws it, raising questions of protest and morality.