040 Do The Right Thing

1989, the number, another summer! We get ready to fight the power with the (unnecessarily) controversial Spike Lee classic. It’s the hottest day of the year in Bed-Stuy and tensions are on the rise. Do the Right Thing is a complex, dirty, real look at race relations which is still painfully applicable today.

 

Beer of the Week: Brewster’s Hawaiian Coconut Porter

 

Ebert’s Review of Do The Right Thing: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-do-the-right-thing-1989

 

David O Russel yelling at Lily Tomlin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXKX0o7U9D8

 

The Love and Hate Speech from Night of the Hunter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X20XIg38GcE