Communication in Do the Right Thing

        There are many times in which Spike Lee uses communication, or the lack of it, to make important points. I personally think that the most important time in which this method is employed is non-verbal communication. Throughout the whole movie people are taking action, violent or nonviolent, to underhandedly convey a message. I think the most obvious example of this would be Mooky throwing the trash can through the window of the pizzeria. He was hesitant. It seemed as though he didn't even want to do it, he was struggling with the decision. But in the end he does it and then sits back and watches the scene unfold. The message he was trying to send was clear, you are responsible for this and that is more important than the relationship of an employer and his employees.
      
       I think that Spike Lee is trying to show through these instances that there are sometimes choices that need to be made, hard ones, and in a time like that, people need to suck it up and make the right choice, violent or nonviolent. Im not sure what Spike's stance is on violent protest but the two conflicting quotes at the end made me think he was trying to simply set a forum for the conversation of what is appropriate protest. I think either way, the point he is trying to make is that we all have a choice, and we are responsible for the outcome no matter what.