Indeed. So many films in the 1980s pretend racism in America doesn't exist.

 that statement. Lee wasn’t concerned with the myth…sed in Brooklyn, New York, it was material he knew all too well. By the time the film was released, American cinema had primarily adhered to the false notion of reaffirming social tranquility and relegating hatred as a relic of the past. That year’s Best Picture winner, Driving Miss Daisy (1989), is evidence of that statement. Lee wasn’t concerned with the myths of Americana and instead grabbed the metaphorical megaphone to…
Do the Right Thing (1989): Hatred Knows No Race
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Indeed. So many films in the 1980s pretend racism in America doesn't exist. Lethal Weapon, for instance.
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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com
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