We also saw in Do The Right Thing how after tearing down Sal’s Pizzeria, attention turns to the Korean grocery store owner, but he gets them to stop by saying, “He’s black.

But let's put a pin in that for a minute, and let's talk about Mookie and Sal. It's been hard not to think about Spike Lee's 1989 classic Do The Right Thing over the last two weeks, let alone the ...

On June 30, 1989, Universal brought Spike Lee's drama to theaters. By Robert Osborne Spike Lee (as Mookie), Danny Aiello (as Sal), Richard Edson (as Vito), John Turturro (as Pino) in 1989's Do the ...

Everett CollectionSpike Lee in Do the Right Thing, 1989. Stars: Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Giancarlo Esposito, John Turturro. Director: Spike Lee Distributor: Universal Pictures Academy ...

He did not do the right thing and he needs to invest in better clothing. Tyler: When Sal opens up his new place, I hope he invests in some diversity training. Or maybe cools it with the nepotism.

Believe it or not, it has been 25 years since we met Mookie, Sal, Da Mayor, Radio Raheem, Buggin’ Out and the crew on a blisteringly hot day in ... Brooklyn, in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing.

But in the Hip-Hop Nation, he will always be best remember ed as Sal, proprietor of Sal’s Famous Pizza in Spike Lee’s landmark film Do The Right Thing. TMZ reports that Aiello died on Thursday ...

Spike Lee (left, with Danny Aiello as Sal) both directs and stars in Do The Right Thing. Lee's character, Mookie, works at Sal's Famous Pizzeria in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Twenty years later, the trash can is still crashing through America's window.At the climax of Spike Lee's 1989 drama "Do The Right Thing," the eternal battle between love and hate teeters on a ...