The only African American characters I liked were Mayor, the three old guys, and Mother Sister. Sal didn't do anything wrong, he hung up pictures of Italians in an Italian pizza joint. Radio was probably the rudest person in the film. I wasn't upset when he died.
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I hated how they looted the place. *beep* them and everyone that participated. They had absolute no reason to do that. Radio and Bugging started it, they had to pay for it. *beep* them. Mook was an idiot. Hated him. Sal was awesome. I sympathized with him the most and felt really bad for them. But the film was terrific in what it tried to archieve.
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It is a moment of transcendence when one recognizes oneself as an adversary- Ramu
Sal was always right, they just wanted to fight with someone and he was the victim.
The point is that violence never led to something.
I agree. No great loss to the human race when Radio Raheem got killed.
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That's the point, Radio was just being obnoxious, that's why no one took him seriously at the beginning of the film. The same with the guy with the sneakers, he even asks other Blacks to boycott the pizza joint and they tell him that not only are they not going to boycott it, they're going to buy a slice. Now, think about this, is death really a fair punishment just for playing loud music? If you think so, you're a re-tard. Hell, my neighbors would be dead by now with that logic. That's the turning point, they turn against Sal because while they had been on his side throughout the whole movie, that's the first time something that's actually serious happens because of him. Having no Blacks on the Italian wall is irrelevant, therefore, no one boycotts him save for the crazy ones. But being responsible for the death of someone IS serious, so they boycott him.
However, at the end, the message is that violence only leads to more violence. That's why Radio ends up dead and Sal's joint ends up burning, because both were being aggressive. The only ones that end unharmed are the Asians, and they end up like that because they tried to reason with the other races instead of attacking them. Whether or not you think it's fair is another topic entirely. When one race tries to "get even" with another, that's when things turn ugly. And as with the real world, it may or may not be fair.
I don't see how can Sal be held responsible for Raheem's death - he didn't kill him nor did he instigate the situation that ultimately led to the death of the dumbass. Yes, grabbing the baseball bat wasn't exactly the right thing to do, as it were, but to expect him to remain calm in the face of such outrageously obnoxious behaviour and irrational demands was not really very realistic; anyone in his position would have been seriously pissed off.
On the other hand though it's understandable that the blacks, deeply aggravated by the killing and with the mob mentality taken over, took it out on the pizzeria as the nearest and most obvious target.
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but to expect him to remain calm in the face of such outrageously obnoxious behaviour and irrational demands was not really very realistic; anyone in his position would have been seriously pissed off.
OP: Why would you even consider racism in your answer? The more times I watch this movie, the more I side with Sal. IMHO Sal was THE ONLY PERSON who did the "right thing" in the end. A close second would be The Mayor,
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