Ep 19 - Do The Right Thing

This this week we try to DO THE RIGHT THING by looking back at Spike Lee’s masterpiece. Raquel decides to check back in with the film after 30 years because of the political demonstrations of The Summer of 2020. Raquel finds herself drawn to the humanity of the characters & the parallels to WEST SIDE STORY. Raphael drops some mad science about Public Enemy & explains some N.Y. slang. Who is actually trying to do the right thing? Sal? Mookie? What does it even mean to “do the right thing?” Lots of talk about race, anger, & how America deals with the two. A long one, but a good one! The Generation Splice is film podcast where retired psychologist Dr. Raquel Martinez, a Baby Boomer through and through, and her son Raphael Jose Martinez, a cranky Millenial punk rocker, former music journalist, and current film writer, discuss various films through the lens of their generation & personal experiences. Every week one host picks a film for the two of them to dissect and see if they can splice together the generation gap via their love of the movies. Feel free to write to us! Give us some film suggestions at [email protected] or @gensplicepod on Twitter. Raphael is on Twitter at @citycelluloid. You can find his film writing at cinefile.info and film-cred.com The show is produced by The Martinez Family & the show’s theme song was written, performed, & produced by Raphael.