Review of Do the Right Thing (1989) by Murray Kempton for The New York Review of Books — 12 Aug 2018
Art cannot be art unless its hero has an antagonist worthy of him. Mookie is unfit for the challenge, simply because, if Sal is not without his flaws, Mookie is without anything else.
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This review of Do the Right Thing (1989) was written by Murray Kempton and published by The New York Review of Books on 12 Aug 2018.
Do the Right Thing has generally received very positive reviews.
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