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'''born November 16th 1963[[File:ImagesCAECD1B9.jpg|thumb|Mookie about to smash the pizzeria window.]]'''Mookie''' is the main protagonist of the film ''[[Do the Right Thing]]. ''He is portrayed by the director, producer and writer of the film, [[Spike Lee]]. He is a young black man who’s familiar with the neighborhood, and works for [[Sal]] in [[Sal's Pizzeria]] as a pizza delivery man. He wears a Dodgers baseball shirt. He lives with his sister [[Jade]] and has a bi-racial relationship with a girl named [[Tina]], whom he has a son with names Hector. Tina and Hector lives with Tina’s mother. Tina’s mother is not fond of their relationship. Mookie does support Tina, but she would like for him to visit their son more often. |
'''born November 16th 1963[[File:ImagesCAECD1B9.jpg|thumb|Mookie about to smash the pizzeria window.]]'''Mookie''' is the main protagonist of the film ''[[Do the Right Thing]]. ''He is portrayed by the director, producer and writer of the film, [[Spike Lee]]. He is a young black man who’s familiar with the neighborhood, and works for [[Sal]] in [[Sal's Pizzeria]] as a pizza delivery man. He wears a Dodgers baseball shirt. He lives with his sister [[Jade]] and has a bi-racial relationship with a girl named [[Tina]], whom he has a son with names Hector. Tina and Hector lives with Tina’s mother. Tina’s mother is not fond of their relationship. Mookie does support Tina, but she would like for him to visit their son more often. |
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| − | In the film, his plan is to make the money and move out from his sister's place. He apparently sees Tina and his son only once a week. He is respected by his peers, and is friends with [[Vito]], but hated by [[Pino]]. He is annoyed about climbing flights of stairs to deliver pizzas and Pino's racism |
+ | In the film, his plan is to make the money and move out from his sister's place. He apparently sees Tina and his son only once a week. He is respected by his peers, and is friends with [[Vito]], but hated by [[Pino]]. He is annoyed about climbing flights of stairs to deliver pizzas and Pino's racism Mookie wants Sal to pay him his money early, but Sal refuses as he thinks that he won't see him later if he does. Mookie takes a shower at his sister's house while he's still working his shift. |
He is part of the fourth wall breakers sequence, where he is the first person and insults Pino and his Italian background and says: "You dago-wop, guinea, garlic breath, pizza slinging, spaghetti bending, Vic Damone, Perry Como, Luciano Pavarotti, Sole Mio, non-singing motherfucker." Each character in the film spews racial stereotypes and derogatory terms about one another, ending with Mookie’s rant toward Sal. It is apparent by this collection of scenes that racism has affected everyone in the neighborhood and rules them subconsciously. |
He is part of the fourth wall breakers sequence, where he is the first person and insults Pino and his Italian background and says: "You dago-wop, guinea, garlic breath, pizza slinging, spaghetti bending, Vic Damone, Perry Como, Luciano Pavarotti, Sole Mio, non-singing motherfucker." Each character in the film spews racial stereotypes and derogatory terms about one another, ending with Mookie’s rant toward Sal. It is apparent by this collection of scenes that racism has affected everyone in the neighborhood and rules them subconsciously. |
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