![]() ![]() To the senior, it’s more like a gesture of resentment to the system that so cruelly and casually rejected him. To the film’s father and son, for example, it represents a chance for reconciliation. The film is lively, and it manages to convey what the Million Man March meant – and continues to mean – to a wide spectrum of people, pro and con. And sometimes what emerges isn’t so much a movie as a talk show.īut if Get on the Bus is Oprah on wheels, it certainly does keep rolling. Get on the Bus doesn’t offer many fresh insights or much depth of analysis occasionally, it edges dangerously close to sentimentality. He keeps his balance while embodying the most positive aspects of the spirit of the march. As you watch him, his playfully defiant eyes seem to follow and mock you.Īlso memorable are Davis, whose performance as the discarded old-timer is touching without becoming cloying, and Belzer (TV’s Homicide: Life on the Street), whose brusque turn as driver Rick is exceptionally tough-minded.Ībove all, there is Dutton (TV’s Roc), whose work as driver George is both witty and, at times, remarkably evocative. Performances do count, however, and Lee has gotten some terrific ones.Ĭast as the out-of-work actor, Braugher (TV’s Homicide: Life on the Street) is especially effective. But that isn’t a big problem here because Get on the Bus (which opens today) is basically a road picture – that is, a type of movie in which structure doesn’t matter. The filmmaker’s main shortcoming has always been his difficulty with structure. Working from a script by Reggie Rock Bythewood (TV’s New York Undercover), Lee explores many sides of the various issues raised by the big event. With such a range of personalities to draw on, there are more ideas bouncing around here than there are in almost any dozen current movies you could name. Dutton) and Rick (Richard Belzer), the only white on the bus and also the only Jew. The character of Smiley was not in the original script he was created by Roger Guenveur Smith, who was pestering Spike Lee for a role in the film.A recently downsized senior (Ossie Davis).Ī film student (Hill Harper) who calls himself “X” and whom somebody else calls “Spike Lee Jr.”Īmong those taking turns in the driver’s seat are the good-natured George (Charles S. on the destroyed Wall of Fame and smiling. ![]() Smiley is last seen at the end of the scene inside the burning pizzeria, with the song " Fight the Power" playing, putting a picture of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. The people are happy about the pizzeria burning down, with Mother Sister seen yelling: "Burn it down Burn it down!" Fire fighters arrive to put the fire out, but people try to prevent them from putting it out. People were not aware that Smiley was responsible of the burning down of the pizzeria. He is then shown lighting a match and burns down the pizzeria. When the riot starts and the people rush into the pizzeria and destroy everything, Smiley is seen smashing several things outside the entrance of the pizzeria. When the people start arguing, he shouts: "One of the police was black!". They enter the pizzeria, and after Sal smashes up Raheem's boom box, Smiley joins in on the fight.Īfter the cops kill Radio Raheem and take him and Buggin' Out away, he is shown mourning over the death of Raheem and can be heard sobbing. Smiley insults Pino, who insults him back.Īt nightfall, he meets with Radio Raheem and Buggin' Out and plan to boycott Sal's Pizzeria. Sweet Dick Willie is heard defending Smiley off-screen. He tries to sell a picture of them to Sal outside through the pizzeria window, but Pino loses his temper, telling him to go away. He is seen throughout the film trying to sell a picture of Malcolm X and Dr. ![]() King, saying who they are and how they're dead. He is first shown saying: "Good Morning" and introducing himself, and drawing on the picture of Malcolm X and Dr. He is a young, mentally impaired man who tries to sell pictures of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. Smiley is a character in the film Do the Right Thing, portrayed by Roger Guenveur Smith. ![]()
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