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Do the Right Thing · 1989 — 第 18 / 20 章 · 4'39" · B1

Sal Smashes Radio Raheem's Boombox, Explained：got my back

At closing time, a boycott argument turns into a fight. Buggin Out demands that Sal put Black faces on his Wall of Fame, and Sal refuses: the wall is his family, his restaurant, his rules. The rallying cry is "Not spending one red penny up in there till he put folks of color up on that wall."

あらすじ

It's closing time at Sal's Famous Pizzeria. Buggin Out and Radio Raheem confront Sal, demanding that he put Black people on his Wall of Fame. Sal defends the restaurant as his family's life, announces he'll rename it Sal and Sons, and tells Mookie he's like a son to him. The argument escalates, Sal grabs a bat and smashes Radio's boombox, and the fight spills into the street.

ArgumentsAccusationsConfrontingThreateningStaff & customerB1mediumamerican
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注目の表現

turn downgot my backmake money offtake it over

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このシーンの表現

got my back

support me

Buggin Out asks Radio Raheem to stand with him, and Raheem answers on the spot.

I know you've got my back when things go wrong.

このシーンの他の表現

  • turn down

    lower the volume

  • make money off

    profit from someone

  • take it over

    take charge of it

  • To go

    takeaway

  • Wall of Fame

    wall of honored names

このシーンのメモ一覧

88 行のセリフに 32 件のメモ

表現 · B2live large

living it up

Living large, bro.
スラング · B2dope

awesome — Street slang; fine among young friends.

You don't like Public Enemy, man? That shit's dope.
文法 · B1don't be playing

habitual be: In AAVE the invariant be marks a habit: you don't be playing means you never play other things.

I'm down, but you don't be playing nothing else.
スラング · B1down

up for it — Casual yes; keep it out of formal talk.

I'm down, but you don't be playing nothing else.
スラング · B2motherfucker

bastard — Very rough; avoid it in most company.

Yeah, I know that motherfucker.
表現 · B2organize a boycott of something

start a boycott

I've been trying to organize a boycott of Sal's Famous, you know what I'm saying?
文法 · B2I've been trying

present perfect continuous: Have been trying stresses a repeated effort that continues up to now.

I've been trying to organize a boycott of Sal's Famous, you know what I'm saying?
表現 · B2bust someone in the head

hit someone on the head

I almost had to bust him in the head today, man.
表現 · B1turn something down

lower the volume

Radio Raheem complains that Sal told him to lower his boombox without even saying please.

to turn down my box and shit, man, and didn't even say please.
表現 · B2make money off someone

profit from someone

He make much money off us black people and all he got up there on the wall is Italians.
スラング · C1okey-doke-looking

phony-looking — Old-school slang with a mocking edge.

You know, Sylvester Stallone, okey-doke-looking motherfuckers.
スラング · B1homeboy

buddy — Neighborhood address; not for elders.

You know what I'm saying, homeboy? On the strength.
スラング · C1On the strength

for real — A street way to swear something is true.

You know what I'm saying, homeboy? On the strength.
表現 · B2not spend one red penny

a single cent

Not spending one red penny up in there till he put folks of color up on that wall.
表現 · B2people of color

people of color

Not spending one red penny up in there till he put folks of color up on that wall.
文法 · B2till he put

time clause: Till introduces the condition that must happen before anything changes.

Not spending one red penny up in there till he put folks of color up on that wall.
表現 · B1have someone's back

support me

Buggin Out asks Radio Raheem to stand with him, and Raheem answers on the spot.

Yo, you got my back? Your back is got.
発音got my

The t in got flaps to a d sound before my.

Yo, you got my back? Your back is got.
表現 · B1got to get paid

must be paid

Sal, start counting my money tonight 'cause I gots to get paid.
表現 · B1there is nothing like something

nothing compares to

There's nothing like a family in business, working together.
表現 · B2take something over

take charge of it

Sal tells his sons and Mookie the shop will be theirs to run someday, speaking like a father passing on a business.

Why not? You guys are gonna take it over someday anyway, right?
表現 · B1there is always a place for someone

a spot that is yours

Mookie, I wanna tell you that there's always gonna be a place for you
文法 · B1there's always gonna be

existential there: There's gonna be introduces something that will exist or be available.

Mookie, I wanna tell you that there's always gonna be a place for you
表現 · B2be like a son to someone

as close as a son

because you've always been like a son to me.
表現 · A2let someone in

allow them inside

All right, let them in. Let them in. They love my pizza.
表現 · B1be out of here

leaving right away

Four slices and I'm out of here.
発音move it

Move it links into one smooth chunk.

Come on. Come on, move it, man!
発音What'd I

What'd I blurs into one chunk and the d nearly disappears.

What'd I tell you about that noise?
表現 · B2put someone on the Wall of Fame

wall of honored names

At the peak of the fight, Buggin Out points at the wall of Italian-American faces and demands black faces on it.

We want some black people on that motherfucking Wall of Fame now!
発音want some

Want some runs together as wan-some.

We want some black people on that motherfucking Wall of Fame now!
表現 · B2for good

permanently

We're closing you guinea bastards for good!
表現 · B2be goddamn right

absolutely right

You're goddamn right!

「Sal Smashes Radio Raheem's Boombox」を読み解く

What's really going on

This is the scene where the film's tensions finally blow up. Up to now Sal has been the rare white man who seems to belong on the block; here he calls the shop his family and Mookie his son, and for a moment it looks like everyone can share it. But the Wall of Fame makes ownership visible. Buggin Out's demand isn't really about photographs—it's about who gets to feel at home. "Not spending one red penny up in there till he put folks of color up on that wall" turns a pizza shop into a referendum on respect. Sal's answer is that the place is his, and when the argument won't end, he destroys Radio Raheem's boombox. The violence starts as a way to end a debate he can't win.

Theme

IdentityThe Wall of Fame decides who belongs on the block, turning a pizza shop into a fight over recognition.
PowerSal owns the store and the wall; Buggin Out's boycott is an attempt to take that power back.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A family promise and a neighborhood grievance collide in one room.
  • The wall is not decor; it decides who belongs.
  • Slurs here are weapons, not jokes.
  • One order for four slices ends a friendship.

発音のポイント

  • got my — The t in got flaps to a d sound before my.
  • move it — Move it links into one smooth chunk.
  • What'd I — What'd I blurs into one chunk and the d nearly disappears.
  • want some — Want some runs together as wan-some.
There's nothing like a family in business, working together.

Sal's toast to his sons: he sees the pizzeria as a family project and wants them to inherit it. It's sincere, and it's also the exact claim Buggin Out will attack.

Not spending one red penny up in there till he put folks of color up on that wall.

The boycott line. It ties money to representation: no Black faces on Sal's wall, no Black dollars in his register.

Mookie, I wanna tell you that there's always gonna be a place for you

Sal's warmest line, calling Mookie family. Coming right before the confrontation, it makes the night's collapse hurt more.

It's about them fucking pictures!

Buggin Out's blunt summary: the fight isn't about noise or pizza, it's about the photos on Sal's wall.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Buggin Out want to boycott Sal's?

He wants Black people represented on the Wall of Fame. Sal makes money from Black customers but honors only Italian Americans on the wall, so Buggin Out turns that into a demand: no representation, no business.

Why does Sal smash Radio Raheem's boombox?

The argument won't end and the music keeps playing through it. Sal, who has just called the shop his family's life, grabs a bat and destroys the radio—force replacing the debate he can't win.

Why does Sal say Mookie is like a son to him?

He means it as affection and as a claim. Right before the fight, he frames the pizzeria as family, with his sons inheriting it and Mookie as a kind of adopted brother. It makes the coming break sharper.

Who is at fault in the confrontation?

Both sides escalate. Buggin Out pushes a boycott over the wall and won't drop it; Sal refuses to concede anything and then turns to a bat. The film lets you see each man's reasons without excusing the damage.

What does "got my back" mean here?

It means to support or protect someone. When one man asks if the other has his back, the answer is that he does—a pledge of loyalty between the two before everything goes wrong.

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