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Podcast: Old Roommates
Episode: Ep 248: "Do the Right Thing" Revisited
Description: Sal's pizza isn't the only thing heating up in Spike Lee's smash, Do the Right Thing. From the story's raging temps and racial tensions, to the film's countless accolades and critical success, the 1989 slice-of-Brooklyn saga had a zeitgeist to burn. But now, decades later, in a post-Obama country where racist "Karens" fuel our social feeds, does Do the Right Thing now feel like the alarm bell we all watched but never really heard? Is Mookie the best character in the film - or the worst? And why is everyone yelling? The Old Roommates grab some ice cubes, cool down, and...