>> mookie. >> what?ht? >> beatle's down. all right? all right? >> "do the right thing" is one of the most important films in the history of cinema certainly as it pertains to the representation of race. >> it was like a cultural hand grenade. someone set it off and you just couldn't believe the things that were being said in that film. they were all under the surface but they weren't said in that way. >> who is your favorite basketball player? >> magic johnson. >> who's your favorite movie star? >> eddie murphy. >> who's your favorite rock star? prince. >> bruce. >> prince. >> bruce. >> all you talk is nigger this and nigger that. and all your favorite people are so-called niggers. >> it's such a time capsule of new york in that era. at the same time its themes are universal. everyone's interacting. and it's funny. >> move back to massachusetts. >> i was born in brooklyn. >> it's creative. it's cultural. it's social. >> stay black. >> it's political. and it has this edge to it. it has this provocation as