The Brooklyn depicted in Spike Lee’s 1989 film, “Do The Right Thing,” isn’t the same today. The borough has undergone major changes ;largely due to gentrification and Friday on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” host Jimmy Kimmel aired a parody clip titled, “Do The White Thing,” that gave viewers a chance to see what the film would have looked like if it had been filmed in 2015. Kimmel’s take on the iconic film shows a slightly exaggerated version of present-day Brooklyn where “I heart kale” is written in chalk on a sidewalk and people are looked down upon if their clothes aren’t from a thrift store. ; ; Mookie, the iconic film’s young black male protagonist who combats …
The Brooklyn depicted in Spike Lee’s 1989 film, “Do The Right Thing,” isn’t the same today. The borough has undergone major changes ;largely due to gentrification and Friday on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” host Jimmy Kimmel aired a parody clip titled, “Do The White Thing,” that gave viewers a chance to see what the film would have looked like if it had been filmed in 2015.
Kimmel’s take on the iconic film shows a slightly exaggerated version of present-day Brooklyn where “I heart kale” is written in chalk on a sidewalk and people are looked down upon if their clothes aren’t from a thrift store. ; ;
Mookie, the iconic film’s young black male protagonist who combats racial tensions in Brooklyn, is replaced with a white man concerned with conserving the environment and consuming organic food. “Do The White Thing” ;shows Mookie and friends protesting Sal’s pizzeria not for having no photos of black people on the walls like in the film but for having less than eco-friendly practices. ;
“I make the pies my way,” Sal, the pizzeria’s owner says in the video. “No tofu. No duck pancetta. No quinoa.”
“You gotta at least go gluten-free,” Mookie urges Sal.
Unlike the original film, of course, no violence erupts because Mookie and friends are too busy sorting Sal’s trash and listening to a whitewashed version of Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power.”
Watch the full “Do The White Thing” ;parody above. ;
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‘Do The White Thing’ Is A Hilarious Take On Spike Lee’s Classic Film
