1. Watch: History of Hip Hop and Urban Decay
2. Watch: History of Hip Hop in the Bronx – Arts in the City
https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/29/nyregion/new-yo… read this to answer
5. Watch: Rapper’s Delight by Sugarhill Gang
6. Watch: Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Message (Official Video)
7. Watch: RUN DMC – Walk This Way (Video) ft. Aerosmith
Q1/According to the New York Times article, what were race relations like in New York during the late 1980’s? What are some issues that are brought up in the article related to racial tensions? How do both black and white Americans feel about these issues?
(15 + sentences, minimum)
Q2/What were the 4 main elements that make-up hip hop and were essential to its creation?
Q3/Where, why, and how did hip hop culture emerge in the early 1980’s? (be specific and give examples)
(15 + sentences, minimum)
8. Watch Parts of: The “Decline Of Western Civilization” (1981)
Q1/Where, why, and how did American punk culture emerge in the mid-1970’s/early 1980’s? (be specific and give examples)
(15 + sentences, minimum)
Q2/In the documentary The Decline of Western Civilization, what do you notice about the performers’ interactions with the audience? What does the punk lifestyle mean to the people interviewed at the end of the film? What do they say about it, and how does it reflect the punk attitude of the early 1980’s?
(20 + sentences, minimum)
Third part pleas can you look for entire Film Do the Right Thing to answer these questions
Q1/The opening scene – Tina (Rosie Perez) is dancing and the credits are rolling. How do these elements all work together? What effect does the mise-en-scène have on your understanding of that opening scene? (what can you tell about the film from these opening credits – what kind of tone does it set)
(15 + sentences, minimum)
Q2/The heat in the film functions almost as a character. What’s significant about the heat? How does Spike Lee convey the concept of heat through the mise-en-scène?
(15 + sentences, minimum)
Q3/How are women portrayed in Do The Right Thing? How does the portrayal the female characters differ from the portrayal of male characters?
(15 + sentences, minimum)
Q4/Why is the wall of fame important to Sal? Why is the wall important to Buggin’ Out? Do you think integrating the wall would ease racial tensions in the neighborhood?
(15 + sentences, minimum)
Q5/ Look again at the riot at the end of the film and how it connects to the title “Do the Right Thing”. What effect did including the riot have on the film? How does it connect to the title of the film?
(15 + sentences, minimum)
Q6/A photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X smiling and shaking hands reappears throughout the film and the film closes with opposing quotes from both leaders that express different views about power and violence. Which perspective do you think Spike Lee is more aligned with?
(15 + sentences, minimum)
Q7/ What role does music play in the film? Which music (or sounds) are diegetic ( noise which has a source on-screen) and non-diegetic ( noise which does not have a source on-screen) ? What song is important to the film, and why?
(15 + sentences, minimum)
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