Do the Right Thing- Greg Weinstein

Da Mayor, as a character, fills the void of the old wise man who has seen and been through it all and during all the chaos just wants to bring a little peace and understanding to the world in which he lives. He has an interesting transformation throughout the film from drunken bum to "Romeo" to hero and finally to enlightened despot as he tries to settle down the crowd, but can only get the Fragione's out of the fray and watch as a piece of the world burns. His values and ideals are troublesome to the film because they involve everyone getting along and being nice to everyone, something certain characters in the film could never let happen. The characters barely tolerate each other which comes through in the final act when Radio Raheem is killed and all hell breaks loose on the white family perpetrated by the cowardly act of Mookie. Da Mayor tries to be a preacher to all the young ones sharing the wisdom he has accumulated over the years, only for the film to shove him to the side, being less Martin Luther King Jr. and more black panthers.