Mookie
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Mookie is the young Brooklyn pizza delivery man and central figure in Spike Lee's film "Do the Right Thing," whose actions help ignite the movie's climactic racial confrontation.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Do the Right Thing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | American independent cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sal's Famous Pizzeria
NERFINISHED
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racial tension ⓘ urban community ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
conflicted
ⓘ
laid-back ⓘ pragmatic ⓘ |
| createdBy | Spike Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Spike Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dayDepicted | hottest day of the summer ⓘ |
| employer |
Sal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sal's Famous Pizzeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African-American ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Do the Right Thing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext |
drama
ⓘ
social commentary film ⓘ |
| hasDirector | Spike Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEmployerType | Italian-American-owned pizzeria ⓘ |
| hasScreenwriter | Spike Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFiction | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central character
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | helping ignite the film's climactic racial confrontation ⓘ |
| occupation |
pizza delivery man
ⓘ
pizzeria employee ⓘ |
| partOf | Do the Right Thing franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Spike Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationship |
employee of Sal
ⓘ
friend of Buggin' Out ⓘ friend of Radio Raheem ⓘ |
| residence |
Bedford–Stuyvesant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
participates in the climactic confrontation on the hottest day of the summer
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throws a trash can through Sal's pizzeria window ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
community conflict
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economic struggle ⓘ police brutality ⓘ race relations in the United States ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 1980s ⓘ |
| workEnvironment | neighborhood pizzeria ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.