Do the Right Thing (with Yoel Inbar)

Do the Right Thing (with Yoel Inbar) is the 58th episode of the Very Bad Wizards podcast, released on December 02, 2014. The preroll contains the standard disclaimer and theme_music.

Opening Quote

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Show Notes

Film critic, VBW regular, and social psychologist Yoel Inbar joins David and Tamler to talk about Spike Lee's controversial 1989 film, Do the Right Thing, a movie about a day in the life of a small Brooklyn community on the hottest day of summer, and how the day's events lead to a race riot. Which characters in the film deserve our sympathy? (Maybe all of them?) Who was Spike Lee criticizing with his depiction of the characters in this community? Why did Mookie start the riot at Sal's? Was his action justified? Was starting the riot the "Right Thing" that Spike Lee was referring to in the title? Twenty five years after its release, how much have things changed? [Please note: we recorded this episode before the Ferguson verdict, which is why--despite some parallels--we don't refer to the verdict or the aftermath.]

• Yoel Inbar
  
• Do the Right Thing
  
• Do the Right Thing Scene: Insults
  
• Do the Right Thing Scene: RIP Boom Box
  
• Do the Right Thing Scene: Just Off the Boat 
  
• When Spike Lee Became Scary
  
• The Boondocks
  
• Uncle Remus
  
• Lyrics to Black Korea by Ice Cube
  
• Do the Right Thing and Night of the Hunter Side by Side
  
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