Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), January 24, 1990, p. 30

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Entertainment Spike Lee did do the right thing By DIAHANN NADEAU Herald Special Do the Right Thing Spike Lees much acclaimed film about race relations and the tensions that lead to race riots is out on video This is an unusual interesting and sometimes frightening movie it is both funny and senous and certainly one of the most rele vant films made in 1989 Danny stars as Sal the Italian American owner of a pizzeria in the mostly black area of Bedford Stuyvesant of New York City Re is helped by his two sons Vito a nice kid and Pino a rabid racist who wants to get out of the neighborhood Sal has been there eire and has no desire to leave He a black kid It is the hottest day of the vear in New York and we follow the owners and customers of Sal Pizzeria over a very dramatic hour period Tensions mount with the heat and incident after dent causes the blacks to resent the whites while the whites seem to go out of their way to insult the blacks Although there is a great deal of humor Lee is building the suspense the angec the hate until a broken radio sets off a not that leaves a black kid dead and Sal s Pizzena looted and torched The presentation of this movie reflects Lee s position as a Hollywood outsider and political radical He uses an observant at radio We Love to pass com on the events going on in the block Rap music is used sively and sometimes the accents native New York are very difficult to follow is both hero and villain and only Ossie Davis character The Mayor is truly heroic He is the one who says peo- DAILY LUNCH SPECIALS For Under 400 Across From GO King St Georgetown 8773541 GOOEY GOOD TRYOURNEW DELIVERY SERVICE 30B Guelph SI 8731651 POSSIBLY THE WORLDS BEST BARBQUE CHICKEN FRIES HONOLULU SPECIAL 8 5 Complete Quarter Chicken Dinner 232 GUELPH ST 8731646 pie should do the right thing but no one listens to him And in the end all the wrong things have been done This is a unique film disturbing and humorous and deserves the praise it has received But to most of the citizens of Halton this will seem an exotic world one we have difficulty believing reall does exist Unfortunately it does and Lee bnngs it into our living rooms with tremendous force This video was supplied through the courtesy of Country deo Put More Muscle in your advertising CALL US TODAY 8772201 VIDEO PLUS Wott of Georgetown Fruit Market BRING HOME A STAR THIS WEEK- Hooch Karate Kid III Uncle Buck Kick Boxer New York Stories Bedroom Eyes II St Units Georgetown Ontario 8774260 O GEORGETOWN 8771234 8777400 AIRPORT SERVICE 8779311 PARCEL DELIVERY w Hawkins backstage act is best Continued from Page the ladies telling one woman that she was enough to make a young man groan and cause an old man pain Why honey 1 11 make love to you so many different ways youre bound to like one of them Drinks flowed as liberally as the flattery and the dressing room seemed like the most exciting and interesting place in the world In truth though Ronnie was anx wus to go home to his wife Wanda whod just been through an opera tion Although he still insists that Im doing things now Caligula would be ashamed of Sunday night was not a Roman orgy Although some of his coterie might have wished for it Asked if he had any plans to retire he said if I dont hit the big time in the next 20 or 30 years Im going to quit The big time has always just been out of reach for Hawkins but that seems to suit Available at The Herald Office in either 8x10 or 5x7 Sizes the HERALD Guclph SI Georgetown 2201 EVERY THURSDAY HOT ROAST BEEF PLATE INCLUDES FRIES VEGETABLES MARTYS TOO RESTAURANT Georgetown Market Place the HERALD MUSIC TRIVIA CONTEST You Could Win A Record Or Tape Of Your Choice InStock Items Only QUESTION I What Dance Does Chubby Checker Like To Do j ANSWER I NAME ADDRESS PHONE NO Deadline For Entries Monday at Noon Please Send Your Entries To the HERALD ST GEORGETOWN MOBILE SOUND SYSTEMS Mike Pepper Scott ltd ioo i nit him This way he can be himself play his music and not make the kind of compromises most people make to become stars The one thing he does intend to quit is smoking which he took up at the age of when he was trying to eat less However he t lose the weight and instead ended up with a habit he considers foul This doesnt sound like the Weight Wat program Hawkins will be signing autographs at the show on Jan 27 and will appear on the Vanety Club Telethon on Feb He plays regularly at the Deer Park Inn m Stouffville and has started to play cruise ships which seems to suit him quite well Hopefully the I critics choice VIDEO ft Rentals Service J Open Every Night Till 10 I OFF VCR or Microwave Repair This Ad 235 Guelph St y Cbtwna 8730754 Legend will return to Halton in the near future and more people will get a chance to catch the original party animal good time guy and one of the very few genuine rock and rollers left RECYCLING It works Please Remember to Recycle This Newspaper YELLOW CAB HALTON HILLS HOUR SERVICE SERVING HALTON Airport Senico Parcel Delivery 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