The Climatic Sequence in Do the Right Thing
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	The climactic sequence at the end of Do the Right Thing dynamically draws together many of the key elements and strategies of the film's mise-en-scène: the dynamics and differences between public and private spaces, the blocking of different
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	groups in communities, and the performances within those spaces. The sequence begins with Buggin Out, Radio Raheem, and Smiley bursting into Sal's pizzeria and demanding that photos of African Americans be added to the wall of fame. As the crowd goads them on, the space of the mise-en-scène seems to contract in, adding to the rising emotional intensity. In the heat of the moment, Sal takes his baseball bat to Radio Raheem's boombox and destroys it. After a silent,
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	tense moment where the onlookers and Radio Raheem process what has just happened, a brawl erupts in the pizzeria and wrestling bodies chaotically spill into the street in a fight that destroys the tense blocking of the previous scene. Sal and his sons are on one side, and a line of angry neighbors are on the other. Here the blocking and spatial organization of the mise-en-scène crystallizes the central tension in the film as not only between two groups but also between the private space of the pizzeria and the public space
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	of the streets. It's at this point that the film's most ambiguous, important, and controversial action takes place. Mookie calmly picks up a garbage can and throws it through the window of the pizzeria, breaking apart the thin line between Sal's private world and the streets. Is this an act of anger and hatred, or might there be another motivation for Mookie's decision? Against the backdrop of littered streets and the burned-out pizzeria window, Sal and Mookie meet
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	the morning after the brawl and argue about Mookie's pay, money being one of the key props and themes of the film. Sal throws Mookie's pay on the ground, and after Mookie picks it up, he turns and walks down the street. In the light of morning the mise-en-scène has not changed much, but perhaps Mookie has. He's going home to take responsibility for his son.