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Video: "Do The Right Thing 2: Do The White Thing" Is The Sequel Brooklyn Deserves
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Ben Yakas
Published Oct 24, 2015
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Jimmy Kimmel has really stepped up his (sharable viral content) game during "Back To Brooklyn" week at BAM’s Howard Gilman Opera House. He's had Bernie Sanders doing his Larry David impression, Tracy Morgan touring the Bronx Zoo, and Bill Murray in a kabuki outfit. And last night, he created the sequel to Do The Right Thing no one ever asked for: Do The Right Thing 2: Do The White Thing, with appearances from many local celebs including Jay Duplass, Zooey Deschanel, Rosie Perez, Mr Robot's Rami Malek, Alex Karpovsky and Andrew Rannels from Girls, and a very strange-looking Billy Crudup as Mookie. Low-hanging fruit rarely tastes this sweet.
It that was all a bit too artisanal for you, Kimmel also had Public Enemy on the show to perform a medley including the film's original theme, "Fight The Power."
Kimmel had lots of other likeminded hipster-baiting material, including a rousing game of "Hipster or Hasidic" and Kimmel confronting a juice crawl organizer. Check those out below and DON'T FORGET TO SHARE THE CONTENT.
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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