Do the Right Thing Page #3

VITO:

Tell 'em, Pop.

PINO:

Me and you are gonna have a talk.

VITO:

Sez who?

PINO:

Sez me.

SAL:

Hey! What did I say?

MOOKIE:

Who doesn't work? Don't start no

sh*t, won't be no sh*t.

SAL:

Mookie, no cursing in the store.

MOOKIE:

Talk to your son.

EXT:
SAL'S FAMOUS PIZZERIA--DAY

Da Mayor sweeps the sidewalk, happy as can be. As soon as

he finishes he can get that money and get that bottle.

EXT:
STOOP--DAY

A group of youths sit on a stoop, waiting for someone. They

are CEE, PUNCHY, and the lone female, ELLA.

ELLA:

What's keeping him?

PUNCHY:

You call him, then.

Ella stands up and yells.

ELLA:

Yo, Ahmad!

PUNCHY:

I coulda done dat.

ELLA:

Yo, Ahmad!

She looks up into his window, then sits down.

ELLA:

Punchy, if ya want to do some more

screaming, be my guest. I'm too

through.

The door swings open at the top of the stoop and AHMAD

appears.

AHMAD:

Who's yelling my name?

ELLA:

Punchy told me to.

AHMAD:

Don't listen to him, it will get ya

in trouble.

ELLA:

Heard that, Punchy.

Ahmad sits down with them.

AHMAD:

Ella, you have a brain, use it.

In the BG, we hear the dum-dum-dum of a giant box. The

sound gets louder as the box gets closer. The youths look

down the block and see a tall young man coming towards them.

He has a very distinct walk, it's more like a bop. This is

RADIO RAHEEM. The size of his box is tremendous and one has

to think, how does he carry something that big around with

him? It must weigh a ton, and it seems like the sidewalk

shakes as the rap music blares out. The song we hear is the

only one Radio Raheem plays.

MEDIUM SHOT--RADIO RAHEEM

Radio Raheem stops in front of the group, looks at them, and

turns down the volume. It's quiet again.

RADIO RAHEEM:

Peace, y'all.

ELLA:

Peace, Radio Raheem.

CEE:

Peace.

10.

PUNCHY:

You the man, Radio Raheem.

AHMAD:

It's your world.

CEE:

In a big way.

Radio Raheem nods and turns up the volume. Way up.

AHMAD:

My people. My people.

EXT:
WE LOVE STOREFRONT--DAY

Radio Raheem waves to Mister Señor Love Daddy as he walks by.

INT:
WE LOVE CONTROL BOOTH--DAY

Mister Señor Love Daddy gives Radio Raheem a clenched-fist

salute.

EXT:
FRUIT-N-VEG DELIGHT--DAY

Da Mayor walks into a newly opened fruit and vegetable deli

stand that is owned by Koreans.

INT:
FRUIT-N-VEG DELIGHT--DAY

Da Mayor is looking for his beer in the refrigerated cases,

his ice-cold beer.

DA MAYOR:

Where's the Bud? Where's the Bud?

KOREAN CLERK:

No mo' Bud. You look what we have

and buy.

DA MAYOR:

No more Bud. What kind of joint is

this? How come no mo' Bud? Doctor,

this ain't Korea, China, or wherever

you come from. Get some Budweiser

in this motherf***er.

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