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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Is it stealing if he took it from one of his own movies? This is taken almost directly out of Do the Right Thing, it's just more inclusive and instead of having different people rant on a specific race, he has Norton do it for everyone. It worked, but I liked it better the first time I saw it.
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I think I saw this comment in a review on Salon, but the conclusion was different. The reviewer indicated that the gimmick seemed like Lee's thinly-veiled racism in Do the Right Thing, but was a much more honest, self-loathing character portrayal in 25th Hour.
I think it worked better in 25th because of the final line in the rant where he gets down to what's really bothering him: himself.
Anyway, I loved the show. It's in my top 5 list.
