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From: UUCJEFF@ECNCDC.BITNET (jeff beer)
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Subject: Do The Right Thing
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Date: 4 Feb 90 07:33:00 GMT
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Yes, that just came out on video.  Great film.   BTW, all the riots
they predicted it would cause never happened.

But really, the reason it wigged out a lot of people stemmed from the
fact it used a form rarely seen in American films:  There were no
absolute heros or absolute villians; everyone had their reasons.
Plus, a la Bergman and some of the French film , after the drama
had played out, there was no resolution.

So not only did Spike make a good film on race relations in the U.S., he also
might have raised the level of American filmaking one or two notches.

Jeff Beer