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Do the Right Thing
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- How long is Do the Right Thing?
- Do the Right Thing is 2 hr long.
- Who directed Do the Right Thing?
- Spike Lee
- Who is Sal in Do the Right Thing?
- Danny Aiello plays Sal in the film.
- What is Do the Right Thing about?
- Salvatore "Sal" Fragione (Danny Aiello) is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito), becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.