Do the Right Thing Page #2

EXT:
MOOKIE'S BROWNSTONE--DAY

Mookie comes down his stoop and walks to work.

EXT:
STREET--DAY

The Block is beginning to come to life. Those unlucky souls

who have to work this Saturday drag themselves to it, and

the kids are out on the street to play in the hot sun all

day long.

EXT:
MOTHER SISTER'S STOOP--DAY

Mookie stops to say hello to MOTHER SISTER. She leans out

her window on the parlor floor. In the summertime, the only

time when she's not perched in her window is when she's

asleep.

MOTHER SISTER:

Good morning, Mookie.

MOOKIE:

Good morning to you.

MOTHER SISTER:

Now, Mookie, don't work too hard

today. The man said it's gonna be

HOT as the devil. I don't want ya

falling out from the heat. You

hear me, son?

MOOKIE:

I hear ya, Mother Sister. I hear

you.

MOTHER SISTER:

Good. I'll be watching ya, son.

Mother Sister always watches.

INT:
SAL'S FAMOUS PIZZERIA--DAY

Mookie enters the pizzeria and Pino is on him before the

door closes.

PINO:

Mookie, late again. How many times

I gotta tell you?

MOOKIE:

Hello, Sal. Hello, Vito.

SAL:

How ya doin', Mookie?

VITO:

Whaddup?

MOOKIE:

Just coolin'.

PINO:

You're still late.

SAL:

Pino, relax, will ya.

PINO:

Here, take the broom. The front

needs sweeping.

MOOKIE:

Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I

just got here. You sweep. I

betcha Sal asked you first anyhow.

VITO:

That's right.

PINO:

Shaddup, Vito.

MOOKIE:

F*** dat sh*t. I deliver pizzas.

That's what I get paid for.

PINO:

You get paid to do what we say.

MOOKIE:

What we say. I didn't hear Sal say

nuthin'.

Pino looks at his father. He wants to be backed up on this;

all he gets is an amused look, and a smirk from Vito.

PINO:

Who's working for who?

There's a knock on the door and Da Mayor enters.

SAL:

Come on in, Mayor.

DA MAYOR:

Good morning, gentlemens. It's

gonna be a scorcher today, that's

for sure. Need any work done

around here?

Sal looks at Pino, who reluctantly gives Da Mayor the broom.

DA MAYOR:

It will be the cleanest sidewalk in

Brooklyn. Clean as the Board of

Health.

Da Mayor almost runs out of the pizzeria in his hurry; soon

as he finishes he'll be able to get a bottle.

PINO:

Pop, I don't believe this sh*t. We

runnin' welfare or somethin'?

Every day you give dat bum--

MOOKIE:

Da Mayor ain't no bum.

PINO:

Give dat bum a dollar for sweeping

our sidewalk. What do we pay

Mookie for? He don't even work. I

work harder than him and I'm your

own son.

MOOKIE:

Who don't work? Let's see you

carry six large pies up six flights

of stairs. No elevator either and

sh*t.

SAL:

Both of youse--shaddup. This is a

place of business.

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