Yo! Bring it!
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C’mon!
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Welcome to hip hop movie club where three
old heads put their old heads together.
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The vibe on some of the most memorable
or forgettable
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hip hop themed movies of all time.
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And here's Hmsi with your HMCs Boogie.
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JB. Oh yeah, and Deano, right.
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Bring it.
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Come on.
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Season four, episode one Boyz n the hood.
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Written and directed
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by John Singleton
and produced by Steve Michaelides.
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Released in 1991 and featuring Ice
Cube Cuba Gooding Jr.
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Morris
Chestnut and Laurence Fishburne. Oh.
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Well, answer the question.
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Which of the boys can survive
and which can thrive
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in the main streets of South Central LA?
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Right.
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One on one.
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Look what I know.
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Boys in the hood is a coming of age drama
which sees a young boy, Trey,
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sent to live with his father.
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Furious styles in the rough and tumble
south central LA neighborhood of Crenshaw.
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Both series instills proper
values and respect in Trey.
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His friends Doughboy and Ricky
don't have the same kind of support system
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and are drawn into the drug
and gang culture with tragic results.
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Boogie, what are your
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initial thoughts of boys in the hood?
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Boys in the hood
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is the quintessential South Central film.
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It's the first film from John Singleton,
first major film film,
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and the first of the South Central quote
unquote trilogy films.
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I think the super poignant and it touches
on, a lot of a lot of topics.
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You have street violence,
you know, drug dealing, gang culture.
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There's police brutality.
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It touches on gentrification of the
of the hood as well
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as on misogyny
and single parent households,
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absentee father and the repercussions
that can occur, when that takes place.
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Even though I know
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the ending of the movie, it's it's
always one of those movies that whenever
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I see it on, I have to stop and pause
what I'm doing.
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And I pay attention to it because
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it tells the story of of what can happen
if you're not careful.
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And also, you know, even though
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you have a hopeful situation
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in terms of the of the character Ricky,
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and his ability to play football,
in potentially get out
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chance occurrences of being
in the wrong place at the wrong time can
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sometimes have some really ugly results
and consequences.
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But yeah, I definitely enjoyed this movie.
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This is one of those films that
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I highly recommend for people to watch
if they want to get an insight
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on on the street
culture of Los Angeles in South Central.
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And it's sad because a lot of these
occurrences in the movie still occur.
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I mean, we do it
just fairly recently hip hop artist
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PNB Rock,
you know, murdered in Los Angeles.
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And it's very sad to see situations
like that occur.
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And also we have the issues
of prudence, brutality that still occur.
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So I think John Singleton was
was ahead of his time.
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As far as bringing these stories
to the forefront
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so that not only can the world
see what's going on,
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but also the people that live in Hollywood
that are oblivious to the situations
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that are going on,
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to kind of
look over their shoulder to say, oh,
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wow, this is what's going on in our own
backyard, and pay attention to it.
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It does. Right.
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What are your thoughts initially?
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I had never seen this before
in one of those movies,
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and it was equal, or
maybe even better than Do the Right Thing.
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The characters were very human.
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It was multi-dimensional, and the acting
actually met the level of the writing.
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The writing.
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These characters were written so well,
and they they really brought
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great acting to it.
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And a lot of them were their first movie
roles.
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It's like,
amazing that you got these performances
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out of these, the actors,
and the whole thing was just,
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you know, they turned it the stars, right?
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They so many people,
like we've seen so many other movies
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now in this podcast too.
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They got their start here. It's like, wow.
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a lot of them like had been working, but
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they really became more prominent
thanks to this movie. And,
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this might be
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my favorite one that we've seen so far.
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Yeah, this was incredible.
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I had seen it once or twice,
but years ago, shortly
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after it came out and to rewatch it,
I was just enthralled by it.
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It holds up.
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I mean, this could be a top
20 film of all time, perhaps.
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I'm just astounded by how young John
Singleton was when he made this film.
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He was 24 years old.
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Think about what we were doing at age 24.
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I think it's important.
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You know.
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Youngest director
ever to be nominated by an Oscar.
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So kudos to the late,
great John Singleton.
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Yeah, actually you you did a comparison
with Do the Right Thing.
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I was reading up
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two years after spike Lee was passed over
for nomination for Do the Right Thing.
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He didn't get it.
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Singleton
became the first African-American
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to earn a Best Director
nomination for, Boyz n the hood.
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The character development,
the cinematography was all on point,
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and it's a teaching moment,
and it's poignant, like you said.
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So this one started out
with the statistic of one out of every 22
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black Americans will be murdered,
which is just jaw dropping,
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and most will be at the hands
of another black person.
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So then you're talking about,
you know, black on black crime,
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like you said, done, right.
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Ice cube hadn't done any acting right
for John Singleton to reach out to him.
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So John Singleton,
I really want the USC for film school,
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which is a cop program,
and for him to reach out to Ice Cube,
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who was really knee
deep into the success of N.W.A.
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And to bring him into this
role was just remarkable.
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And he you nailed it.
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When I, was thinking about
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the characters and how this movie was,
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it was Ice Cube that you really saw
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how he became a Hollywood star
because he has the acting chops
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to to do a role like this
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that wasn't just one dimensional,
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you know, he would he could have been
just portrayed as a thug,
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but there was a dimension
to his, his character.
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And, you know, he actually did.
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I mean, he and his brother would fight,
but he actually did love his brother
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and wanted to protect him.
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And he had levels to him.
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So, and that made him think like
that was his first movie.
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Wow, what a talent.
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He definitely knocked it out of the park.
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I mean, toe to toe
with any seasoned vet in the film.
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His portrayal of Doughboy
in this movie is top notch.
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And like you said,
it was definitely layers.
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Like, he was definitely not just a street
like he was.
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He was compassionate.
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He was loyal, compassionate.
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He was strong, strong willed as well.
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And he was very realistic and very he was
he wasn't a good person,
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but you kind of want to root for him
anyway,
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because you can still see
those good qualities in him.
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And he's a guy I, you know, like,
you know what?
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He's he's he's not good.
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that, you know, he can do better
if he just applied himself.
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And you want to root for him to do
better is.
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at the end of the movie, he definitely,
you know, he didn't make it,
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you know, he was he was also,
you know, he was murdered as well.
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Came another statistic, unfortunately.
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And that's that's the sad thing.
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And it's like you see these guys
and you know that there's something
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more to them, but you're so wrapped up
that, you know, it takes them under.
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The character of Doughboy.
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That's very interesting.
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He was the street smart one between him
and his brother Kenny.
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He was protective of them.
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In fact, when they were walking down
by the tracks and they came upon
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the other group of,
I guess, almost like a gang,
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and they stole his football
and they stole Kenny's football.
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Doughboy
was the one that stood up for him.
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I'm Ricky, I'm sorry.
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Ricky.
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Ricky's football. Yep.
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So he fought to get the football back.
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He wasn't
afraid to back down from anybody.
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And I think what what was really driving
some of Doughboy was motive.
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Was Ricky being the one
that had the aspirations before a player
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was definitely favored by their mother,
and he internalized that.
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You can see that when they would fight,
she would slap
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him, slap doughboy like,
get your hands off him and everything.
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In fact, you fast forward,
you know, at the end when
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when Ricky was shot and killed,
her initial thought was
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that Doughboy had done it,
and she's blaming him.
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And punching him,
and he internalized all that.
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And I think that kind of made him
the way he was.
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Yeah, I definitely agree.
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You said you could definitely see him
crying out
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for attention
that wasn't being bestowed to him.
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in that in those situations
between the wearing Ricky and.
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Yeah, yeah, I think if he was getting
that attention from the mother as well,
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you might have a different outcome.
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Like I said, the synopsis is like daily
they had a single parent
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issues.
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I mean Trey did also.
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So Trey was, you know, well
not single parent but separated, right.
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And then furious, played by Laurence
Fishburne.
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I mean, what an amazing character Laurence
Fishburne was.
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I thought he should have been nominated
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for, supporting actor,
but he was passed over as well.
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What? What a great father figure.
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You know,
the rough and tumble neighborhood.
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But the first night that Trey goes to
to live with him,
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there's a break in in the house
the way that Singleton had
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that build up with the dripping faucet
and the intensity of it and the shooting.
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with the the cop that that came.
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There was a black cop who took forever
to arrive, and then he stays.
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He states, it's one less
and we're on the street.
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If you would have gotten him.
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And it's like, well, what's going on here?
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Like it was it
kind of brought a lot of drama, for sure.
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I read that Singleton shot this in order,
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and I also had that reaction
about the dripping faucet.
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The tension building was really great
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to read that.
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This was like
when he was still figuring out things
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and by the end like, wow,
this was your first movie.
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I was listening, to some other podcast
about and doing some research.
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It's like he was fresh out of film school,
so like, I guess he was using these
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techniques and he used him to to a tee,
and it was masterful.
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Masterful as the word.
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Yeah, yeah. So, so dramatic.
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And back to, furious Laurence Fishburne.
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He taught Trey the life lessons,
and he kept them and straight and narrow
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as much as he could.
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You see, he was the one that was working
at the mall and trying to do,
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you know, trying to live a normal life.
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The famous scene where they're fishing
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and he's teaching him,
you know, how to be a man
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and the rights and wrongs
and everything like that.
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It was impressive.
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Ice cube scenes,
though, boy scenes and periods of style
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scenes, those were really gripping, like
I was glued.
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oh, this is something to pay attention to.
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Yeah, yeah, he just stole the scenes
and there was a lot of gems that he was,
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he would drop and things that, you know,
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people are starting to talk about now,
or he was talking about it back then.
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And in that movie, just a
just a good overall solid character,
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well-respected in the neighborhood.
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And, you know,
it was good to see a positive role model
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by everything going on.
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Usually, you know, sometimes the father
is portrayed in a negative way or not
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portrayed at all, non-existent in the case
of, you know, Doughboy and Ricky.
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So it was good that there was a counter
balance to show, hey,
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you know,
despite the parents being separated,
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he's still a positive,
you know, influence in his life.
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And there to help him become a man.
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I think even a point to the mother
portrayed by Angela Bassett, that,
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you know, she wanted him,
you know, wanted trade to to live with him
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because she's like, you know,
I bought him this far, but, you know,
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he needs his father
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to kind of buckle him down a little bit
and show him how to become a man.
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I can, I can help, but you're good, man.
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He needs a man in his life.
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And I understand that
we're not together, but,
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I want you to take care of him
from this point, just to make sure
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he gets that other side of the coin
upbringing as well.
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Yeah.
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You mentioned the term gentrification
earlier and that.
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Wow. I mean,
that becomes so much more popular.
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This is back. This film was from like 91.
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There's a scene where furious is
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speaking in front of the empty
lot with the in front of the billboard,
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and this is the first time
I pretty much heard that word.
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And he explains it in such a clear way
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to, train Ricky and a lot of the folks
in the neighborhood,
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one of them,
including Grady from Sanford and Son.
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Yeah, one of this.
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Yeah, one of the neighborhood guys.
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And he explains this
like it's called gentrification.
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And I have a quote here.
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It's like, it's
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what happens when the property
value of a certain area is brought down.
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He's like, you're listening.
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You bring the property value down,
they can buy the land a lower price.
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They move all the people out, raise the
property value and sell it at a profit.
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Okay.
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So now what we need to do
is keep everything in our neighborhood.
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Everything black,
black, owned with black money,
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just like the Jews, the Italians,
the Mexicans and the Koreans.
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And then he's talking about, I think
it was maybe it was actually the old man.
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I think Grady talking about,
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he's like, ain't nobody from outside
bringing down the property values,
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these folks shooting each other
and selling the crack. Right.
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So you saying, oh, wait a second,
now we're all doing to ourselves.
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And then furious was like, well,
how do you think the crack rockets
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in this country?
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We don't own any planes.
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We don't ownerships.
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We're not the people flying
and floating it all in here.
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Why is there a gun shop
on almost every corner in this community?
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So really gets everybody
thinking it's very provocative,
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but it's poignant where it's like, wow,
they really want it.
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It's kind of like
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the odds are so stacked against us
is all the liquor stores on the corner.
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There's the gun shops.
They want us to kill each other.
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It's pretty much what he's saying.
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We have to overcome
that, you know, we're able.
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So that was
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really a great speech he had there.
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Absolutely.
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That was one of my favorite scenes
of the movie.
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Yeah.
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Anytime you can put Whitman, Mayo
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and I think.
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Grady.
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But it's so funny.
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We've had so many.
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We don't want to page cameos.
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It's about time we got somebody else
from San Francisco and gravy.
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We haven't seen on that there in a while.
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Let's see.
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Grady.
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There's one more thing about so Fury
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style is played by Laurence Fishburne,
who was like a mortgage broker.
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And you see the scene when he, he's,
talking to Trey when they're fishing.
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And he was talking about his time
in the military army.
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And some people say that this is the same
character, possibly from Apocalypse Now.
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Laurence Fishburne is character.
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So if you go back
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and look at that, this this could be
the evolution of his character,
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which was interesting.
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I was like these little
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interim inter movie kind of connections
that, yeah, maybe
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they're. Always kind of. Cool.
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Yeah.
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This it's possible
if you put two and two together
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and we just go back
to the cinematography.
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I believe there was like almost John
Singleton was paying homage to Stand By Me
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with the train track scene,
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finding the body, there was a kind of a
double double thing there,
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although this was a much shorter walk
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than the boys in Stand By Me
and Finding the Body.
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But also,
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like you said, when Doughboy vanishes,
that's like, I think River Phoenix.
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It the way that they make him vanish
at the end.
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Yeah, I read that too. Like it was. Yeah.
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To use. That same.
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Yeah. And things that
he can. It was a hat tip to,
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to stand by me.
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I don't think there was a false note
in this movie at all.
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And I think maybe it's recency bias,
but I feel like Do
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the Right Thing had a few scenes
that didn't have to be in the movie.
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And so it wasn't like completely ironclad.
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And I think this movie, like
there was no fat in this movie.
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It was so powerful
and consistent through the entire movie.
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Yeah.
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And I heard a comparison
of so John Singleton and Spike Lee.
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They rose to prominence
around the same time.
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So they're always kind of compared
to each other.
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And the comparison I heard was that spike
Lee, as we mentioned when we talked
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about the right thing, left some things
open ended and wanted to spark debate.
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And he was created that whereas John
Singleton was more or less,
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I want to take you into this world
and tell you the story of how it is.
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This is almost like if NWA was on film,
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and that's why Ice Cube was such a natural
to play this role.
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It's like, this is how it is essential.
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This is the true story.
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Here's how the characters evolve.
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And this is the tragic events, right?
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That whereas spike
Lee was more kind of open ended.
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It definitely complementary.
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Yeah. They fit together for sure.
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Yeah.
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I think it's fun to think of Cowboy Curtis
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misses that.
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And then he goes in Cowboy Curtis
the furious styles that wow.
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And I read that, John Singleton worked at
pee wee's Playhouse as a production
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assistant and security guard,
and that's how he met Laurence Fishburne.
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So you never know
these connections are wild.
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Well, yeah.
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I was even I was so impressed
by the child actors in the beginning,
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when it was the small train
teaching the class.
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About, yeah. Africa.
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And then he starts to fight and I'm like,
wow, these, these kids are just so great.
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Yeah.
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The kid that played Doughboy at age
ten and.
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Yeah, little Trey.
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Yeah. It was very good.
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I was reading and I saw that, backtrack
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to that ice cube real quick
in his cast of a joke for Doughboy
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that he was John Singleton's
first choice to play Doughboy,
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but he just kept approaching Ice Cube
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after concert 2 or 3 performances.
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If, you know, Ice Cube,
of course, was reluctant.
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So, like, you know, I'm not an actor,
but John Singleton,
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following encouraged him to audition
to take a screen test.
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He performed just as well as John
Singleton knew that he would
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and you know, was cast as Doughboy.
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They developed the friendship,
and John Singleton
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actually was
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was the one who started
encouraging Ice Cube to write screenplays
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based off of his writing of his lyrics,
which resulted in a this,
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which was in a Friday.
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How about that?
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That's amazing.
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Yeah. Wow.
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This was the source material
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for all these great things
that happened afterwards, like Friday and
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the rest of his trilogy and all that.
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Wow. Yeah, yeah.
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With the gang kind of bumps.
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Ricky
and he confronts Ferris from the gang,
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and the dope boy is the one who stands
up, says, is there a problem here?
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The machine guns kind of blast out.
403
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Trey and Ricky kind of get pulled over to.
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And then.
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And then there's that
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black cop threatening them
with the gun to the throw,
407
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and you see the dramatic breakdown
of Trey, like Chase.
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Chase so conflicted.
409
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He's trying to live this straight,
narrow life.
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But is all this pressure on him.
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And he starts
crying in front of his girlfriend Brandi.
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And that was a really powerful scene, too.
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And then you see furious and,
ex-wife Reba
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talking about his future and him moving in
with Brandi and things like that.
415
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Ricky sees the Army commercial on TV
and is intrigued by it.
416
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And then, you know, there's the fight
between Ricky and Doughboy.
417
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There's so much that that kind of happens.
418
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And Trey convinces
Ricky, like, don't go into the military
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because his father was like, you know,
it's not for us and everything like that.
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So, so much to this character development
and what these kids are going through.
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It's it's it's well.
422
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I agree the.
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Yeah,
they say they had to grow up really young.
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Yeah.
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Little like full grown adult situations
as kids get out of high school.
426
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Yeah, yeah.
427
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That scene when Trey breaks down
in front of Brandi at her house,
428
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yeah, he was holding it together so well
and came out
429
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and yeah, you kind of feel that because
430
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you get
431
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threatened
like that and you feel that power dynamic,
432
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but the the cop, the
the self-loathing cop, right?
433
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Yeah.
434
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Totally relate to how he reacted to that
and how he to hold himself together
435
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until they found a place
where he could let it out.
436
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Well, yeah.
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And that was
there was a whole lot of tension
438
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between folks in the neighborhood
and the police
439
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at that time as well, and a lot of it,
you know, making no excuse for.
440
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But a lot of
it was based off the violence of the area.
441
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The police officers weren't sure who pull
the trigger to act, and who wouldn't.
442
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So they walk into every situation
and they, they were just over overzealous
443
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with their handling of situations
that could have been violated.
444
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Pretty simply.
445
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No simple questions here and there.
446
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And, you know,
everyone could have been on their way,
447
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but they were just really,
really nasty and rude
448
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and they developed such a bad reputation.
449
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It was a rite of passage.
450
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All right.
451
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Okay.
452
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At what point are you going to come in
contact with the cops and, you know,
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get roughed up?
454
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You know, it's going to happen.
455
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At what point is it
going to happen to you?
456
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You know it's going to happen.
457
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That was trace, I guess, real.
458
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That might have been his first time having
that that situation like that occur.
459
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And once it finally happens to you,
you don't know what to do because
460
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at any point,
you know, he could have been dead.
461
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All it takes
is a misjudgment from that police officer
462
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I thought he was going to do
or thought he was going to do this or,
463
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you know, whatever.
464
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And that overreacted and killed him.
465
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So, yeah.
466
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And you said, you said,
there's a power dynamic
467
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where, you know,
you're powerless in that situation
468
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when he was probably out
of that situation, you know,
469
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we had a mount C Helens type moment
where you just erupted with emotion.
470
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I can definitely relate
to that situation.
471
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I mean, I've never been to the extent
of what he dealt with,
472
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but yeah, when you're in,
you don't know what's going to happen.
473
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And when you know you're finally out
of the situation, you break down.
474
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I've broken down before,
475
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not to that extent, but I've had moments
where I've been kind of police officers,
476
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and after they were going my face,
I just sat in the car and cried.
477
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Or I got home and parked my car and
just sat there and cried like, Thank God
478
00:23:37,166 --> 00:23:39,291
they didn't go in a different direction.
479
00:23:39,291 --> 00:23:42,291
And when it did, you know, it was just a
480
00:23:42,708 --> 00:23:43,500
interaction.
481
00:23:43,500 --> 00:23:45,291
I got home.
482
00:23:45,291 --> 00:23:48,291
So every time I see that scene,
it touches me.
483
00:23:50,250 --> 00:23:53,250
Yeah, and police brutality.
484
00:23:53,250 --> 00:23:56,250
You think of the timing of this movie.
485
00:23:56,333 --> 00:23:59,000
If you look back at the
486
00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:03,041
one of the most visible incidents back
then, Rodney King
487
00:24:03,041 --> 00:24:05,875
happened in March of 1991.
488
00:24:05,875 --> 00:24:08,583
This movie was released in July of 1991.
489
00:24:08,583 --> 00:24:12,875
So this was definitely at the peak of
when this came to light.
490
00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,625
Obviously it still happens.
491
00:24:14,625 --> 00:24:19,333
We've seen so many instances,
but this is really on everybody's mind.
492
00:24:19,500 --> 00:24:22,458
And you said,
I can see how it could be so emotional.
493
00:24:22,458 --> 00:24:25,708
The police are supposed to be
the ones that serving and protecting,
494
00:24:25,708 --> 00:24:28,166
and someone you can confided
in, someone that would help you.
495
00:24:28,166 --> 00:24:33,083
And then when you a threatened
and pulled over racially profiled
496
00:24:33,416 --> 00:24:36,416
with a gun to your head
where you think you might die
497
00:24:36,416 --> 00:24:39,416
and someone of your own race,
I mean, I can
498
00:24:39,583 --> 00:24:42,125
I can see why
it all bubbled to the surface.
499
00:24:42,125 --> 00:24:43,041
Trey.
500
00:24:43,041 --> 00:24:47,583
So if you want to jump to the final scene,
romantic scene at the end
501
00:24:48,416 --> 00:24:51,416
where they hear the gang pull up
502
00:24:51,666 --> 00:24:54,333
and Ricky and Trey are together
503
00:24:54,333 --> 00:24:57,333
and they hear the car
and Ricky says, you know, split up.
504
00:24:58,541 --> 00:25:01,125
And we always ask us,
505
00:25:01,125 --> 00:25:05,333
you know, like, like you said this,
this kind of movie is pretty airtight.
506
00:25:05,916 --> 00:25:10,583
But the one thing I do question is like,
Ricky has to stop to pee.
507
00:25:10,583 --> 00:25:13,583
He also has to do his lottery scratch
off tickets.
508
00:25:14,500 --> 00:25:16,791
And I'm like, oh man.
509
00:25:16,791 --> 00:25:19,875
But yeah,
that was like poor timing on his part.
510
00:25:19,875 --> 00:25:20,375
So bad.
511
00:25:20,375 --> 00:25:23,208
Like, yeah,
someone really react like that.
512
00:25:23,208 --> 00:25:24,041
Yeah.
513
00:25:24,041 --> 00:25:27,958
I'm like now Ricky had the running back
skills like.
514
00:25:27,958 --> 00:25:30,083
And I'm wondering
why he actually thought the split up.
515
00:25:30,083 --> 00:25:33,458
I was wondering, maybe he thought
that Trey would slow him down.
516
00:25:33,958 --> 00:25:34,500
I'm not sure.
517
00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:37,500
So there's a lot of question
about that final scene,
518
00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:41,291
but but obviously they had to get Ricky
was isolated and train
519
00:25:41,291 --> 00:25:42,875
in another direction unfortunately.
520
00:25:42,875 --> 00:25:46,833
And then, you know, Ricky's
gunned down the dramatics
521
00:25:46,833 --> 00:25:50,583
like slo mo scene
where Trey shouting out Ricky's name.
522
00:25:52,208 --> 00:25:53,000
Yeah.
523
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,458
And to further add drama, it's
not like everything ends there.
524
00:25:56,583 --> 00:25:58,666
They actually
525
00:25:58,666 --> 00:26:02,041
bring the body home,
all bloodied and shot,
526
00:26:02,041 --> 00:26:06,208
put him on the couch, and then you see
Ricky and Doe Boy's mother
527
00:26:07,958 --> 00:26:10,666
losing her mind, obviously.
528
00:26:10,666 --> 00:26:14,875
But then again, like I said, blaming
Doughboy, hitting him and blaming and
529
00:26:16,250 --> 00:26:20,583
it all culminates in that Trey then
goes home and, you know, gets his gun.
530
00:26:20,583 --> 00:26:24,625
And then, furious, demands
the gun and the huge emotional hug.
531
00:26:25,791 --> 00:26:27,875
And then there's the, retribution.
532
00:26:27,875 --> 00:26:33,750
Where Doughboy, Dukie and Monster
go find the gang that killed Ricky.
533
00:26:34,583 --> 00:26:38,333
Trey actually asked to be dropped off
before they got to them.
534
00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:42,500
And they do end up,
you know, gunning down the,
535
00:26:42,833 --> 00:26:45,375
the gang members that had killed Ricky.
536
00:26:45,375 --> 00:26:47,875
Yeah, yeah, it got real.
537
00:26:47,875 --> 00:26:49,000
It got real.
538
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,958
A-Train came to the conclusion
539
00:26:51,958 --> 00:26:57,500
that he's definitely not cut out for that,
which was actually good
540
00:26:57,500 --> 00:27:00,916
that he realized
instead of potentially ruining his life
541
00:27:01,625 --> 00:27:05,250
in that situation,
had it going in a different kind of way.
542
00:27:05,250 --> 00:27:11,458
And which was actually good, is
that when he asked to get out of the car,
543
00:27:12,083 --> 00:27:14,583
there was no pressure
for him to make a mistake.
544
00:27:14,583 --> 00:27:18,708
They knew that he shouldn't
have been there, so they just let him go.
545
00:27:19,375 --> 00:27:23,000
Trey again, his future would have
been jeopardized as well. And
546
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:28,083
I do like the kind of epilog where they do
show you that.
547
00:27:28,083 --> 00:27:29,416
Trey then does
548
00:27:29,416 --> 00:27:33,000
go on to Morehouse College
and his girlfriend Brandi goes to Spelman.
549
00:27:33,833 --> 00:27:37,375
So they they're supposed to be both local
and they can continue
550
00:27:37,375 --> 00:27:39,166
with their relationship.
551
00:27:39,166 --> 00:27:42,166
Unfortunately, like they said, Doughboy
was killed a couple of weeks later
552
00:27:42,291 --> 00:27:44,291
by the other members of the gang.
553
00:27:44,291 --> 00:27:47,000
I'm sure.
554
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,875
One other thing
I didn't mention was interesting.
555
00:27:49,875 --> 00:27:52,875
So Ricky
556
00:27:53,083 --> 00:27:55,333
being recruited by USC? Yeah.
557
00:27:55,333 --> 00:27:58,583
And the recruiter comes to the home
and outside the front porch.
558
00:27:58,583 --> 00:28:01,333
There's a lot of chaos,
a lot of cursing and stuff like that.
559
00:28:01,333 --> 00:28:04,333
And the recruiter was kind
of, like, unfazed by it.
560
00:28:04,416 --> 00:28:07,166
And what did it kind of turn them off,
561
00:28:07,166 --> 00:28:11,291
though, was Ricky Ricky's child runs out.
562
00:28:11,291 --> 00:28:12,250
So Ricky has a child.
563
00:28:12,250 --> 00:28:15,041
They fast forward,
he closes his laptop or whatever.
564
00:28:15,041 --> 00:28:18,041
But what makes it even more tragic
565
00:28:18,291 --> 00:28:21,375
is that obviously you know,
he had the son and he was gunned down.
566
00:28:21,375 --> 00:28:26,250
And it does reveal at the end
that he did pass the I think it was sad
567
00:28:26,416 --> 00:28:30,000
as he had just just met the requirement
by like ten points.
568
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,875
So he would have received a scholarship
569
00:28:34,458 --> 00:28:36,416
and gotten out so many.
570
00:28:36,416 --> 00:28:39,125
So many occurrences of things
like that happening.
571
00:28:39,125 --> 00:28:42,166
What is the potential for
someone when they get out and you don't
572
00:28:42,583 --> 00:28:45,416
because of situations like this?
573
00:28:45,416 --> 00:28:49,250
I mean, we saw some of the similar
almost occur in about the rim.
574
00:28:49,250 --> 00:28:50,333
Yeah,
575
00:28:50,333 --> 00:28:54,500
we saw a situation like that almost occur
when he was going to get a scholarship.
576
00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:57,500
He was could have been gunned down
on the basketball court.
577
00:28:57,750 --> 00:28:58,500
Yeah.
578
00:28:58,500 --> 00:29:00,791
Georgetown in that case. Yeah. Yeah.
579
00:29:00,791 --> 00:29:03,083
It's very believable. Realistic.
580
00:29:03,083 --> 00:29:05,916
Like you said, these incidents happen.
Some gone down all the time.
581
00:29:05,916 --> 00:29:10,416
A lot of these athletes
that come from the inner city,
582
00:29:10,416 --> 00:29:13,916
and they they live in surrounded
by the gang violence.
583
00:29:13,916 --> 00:29:16,583
This is lifestyle.
And that's their only ticket out.
584
00:29:16,583 --> 00:29:19,583
That is really the only ticket
is to get that scholarship.
585
00:29:19,583 --> 00:29:22,208
And, sometimes tragic results occur.
586
00:29:22,208 --> 00:29:24,791
So here's a cautionary tale
587
00:29:25,958 --> 00:29:28,958
and just just well done by a singleton
here.
588
00:29:29,458 --> 00:29:31,583
Absolutely. Thumbs up.
589
00:29:31,583 --> 00:29:37,541
Right. To.
590
00:29:39,958 --> 00:29:40,916
I mean, you guys.
591
00:29:40,916 --> 00:29:42,625
Enjoy the music.
592
00:29:42,625 --> 00:29:44,375
I mean, the soundtrack. Great.
593
00:29:44,375 --> 00:29:47,000
I didn't own it,
but it's a great soundtrack.
594
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,000
Yeah. Is the.
595
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,333
Yeah, I definitely love this soundtrack.
596
00:29:50,333 --> 00:29:51,833
It's a good one.
597
00:29:51,833 --> 00:29:53,041
Really good.
598
00:29:53,041 --> 00:29:55,125
Feature. Ice Cube obviously.
599
00:29:55,125 --> 00:29:56,958
Two. Sure.
600
00:29:56,958 --> 00:29:58,291
Compton's most wanted.
601
00:29:58,291 --> 00:30:00,166
Tony. Tony. Tony yo yo.
602
00:30:00,166 --> 00:30:01,791
I was in it. And in the movie.
603
00:30:01,791 --> 00:30:03,125
Yes, yes.
604
00:30:03,125 --> 00:30:05,666
Two Live Crew even
605
00:30:05,666 --> 00:30:08,166
main source Shamrock.
606
00:30:08,166 --> 00:30:10,208
One of my favorites
607
00:30:10,208 --> 00:30:11,250
Quincy Jones.
608
00:30:11,250 --> 00:30:12,750
So Kimbro.
609
00:30:12,750 --> 00:30:13,708
Maloney love is in this.
610
00:30:13,708 --> 00:30:16,250
Too. Yeah
611
00:30:16,250 --> 00:30:17,666
great soundtrack.
612
00:30:17,666 --> 00:30:21,500
So could could this movie be made today.
613
00:30:22,541 --> 00:30:25,541
Yeah absolutely I mean.
614
00:30:25,708 --> 00:30:27,000
I think so.
615
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,916
Yeah. Absolutely.
616
00:30:29,916 --> 00:30:30,083
Yeah.
617
00:30:30,083 --> 00:30:33,666
The subject matter is still relevant
much like it was do the Right thing.
618
00:30:34,375 --> 00:30:34,625
Yeah.
619
00:30:34,625 --> 00:30:36,958
And I've said this before on this podcast,
but if you're interested in
620
00:30:36,958 --> 00:30:39,083
see how current
technology would impact the story,
621
00:30:40,791 --> 00:30:42,041
what the cell phones do for
622
00:30:42,041 --> 00:30:45,083
us in this, in this,
I don't think it really matter that much.
623
00:30:46,166 --> 00:30:50,125
There was our old cordless phones
and, and brandy
624
00:30:50,125 --> 00:30:53,750
had that Apple two C computer, like,
I had an Apple two C computer.
625
00:30:56,250 --> 00:30:59,250
I was like, hey, I got that computer and.
626
00:31:00,083 --> 00:31:02,125
I have that meme of,
627
00:31:02,125 --> 00:31:05,125
Leonardo DiCaprio, or,
like, pointing at the TV.
628
00:31:06,083 --> 00:31:07,583
Yeah,
I don't know, it could be made today,
629
00:31:07,583 --> 00:31:10,291
but boy, could anyone top the original.
630
00:31:10,291 --> 00:31:13,291
I don't know, that would be really hard.
631
00:31:13,375 --> 00:31:15,958
Yeah,
it'd be really hard to top the original.
632
00:31:15,958 --> 00:31:18,458
I don't want to see this rebooted at all.
633
00:31:18,458 --> 00:31:20,291
This is so perfect.
634
00:31:20,291 --> 00:31:22,250
Yeah. You
635
00:31:22,250 --> 00:31:24,500
make another movie based on it because
636
00:31:24,500 --> 00:31:27,500
something else.
637
00:31:27,541 --> 00:31:28,500
I gotta admit, I did
638
00:31:28,500 --> 00:31:32,625
listen to the rewatchable podcast on this,
which is done by The Ringer.
639
00:31:32,625 --> 00:31:35,458
They talked for quite a while
on a lot of movies,
640
00:31:35,458 --> 00:31:37,916
and they were saying, well,
641
00:31:37,916 --> 00:31:41,416
if someone had this concept today,
it would be like a Netflix series,
642
00:31:41,416 --> 00:31:43,375
like a ten part,
because there could be a lot of
643
00:31:43,375 --> 00:31:45,833
the back story
and I could see something like that.
644
00:31:45,833 --> 00:31:48,000
Maybe I agree. Yeah.
645
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,708
And there's really rich like,
these characters
646
00:31:49,708 --> 00:31:53,166
all had rich backstories to them,
and they could have had a whole series on
647
00:31:53,875 --> 00:31:55,875
various styles, right? Yeah,
648
00:31:56,833 --> 00:31:57,875
right.
649
00:31:57,875 --> 00:31:59,125
Yeah. You could do a prequel.
650
00:31:59,125 --> 00:32:00,916
Like how did Fury Styles grew up?
651
00:32:00,916 --> 00:32:02,875
What was his upbringing like?
652
00:32:02,875 --> 00:32:06,166
And then show him, you know, what were
the challenges he faced in the military
653
00:32:06,166 --> 00:32:09,250
and what caused him to join
and then to leave. And.
654
00:32:10,791 --> 00:32:12,166
There's a lot to it.
655
00:32:12,166 --> 00:32:15,250
It could be like, got them movie
game or watched the series, got them
656
00:32:15,250 --> 00:32:18,250
and they show the backstory
of Commissioner Gordon.
657
00:32:18,375 --> 00:32:19,583
Really well done.
658
00:32:19,583 --> 00:32:21,875
I feel like it'd be like that.
659
00:32:21,875 --> 00:32:23,916
Yeah.
660
00:32:23,916 --> 00:32:28,250
He almost regret not seeing more of,
Ricky's football highlights
661
00:32:28,250 --> 00:32:31,250
because he that one piece of film,
he was explosive.
662
00:32:32,125 --> 00:32:35,125
He, like, predated, Reggie Bush.
663
00:32:36,750 --> 00:32:38,166
He was the original Reggie Bush.
664
00:32:38,166 --> 00:32:41,166
You must.
665
00:32:42,958 --> 00:32:44,958
Later day OJ Simpson.
666
00:32:44,958 --> 00:32:46,583
Right. Right to us.
667
00:32:46,583 --> 00:32:48,291
Marcus Allen. Yeah.
668
00:32:48,291 --> 00:32:49,833
I think the more I think.
669
00:32:49,833 --> 00:32:53,291
They turned out a lot of stud
running backs or Ricky could, you know,
670
00:32:53,666 --> 00:32:54,583
could have been one of them.
671
00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,916
Right.
672
00:32:59,916 --> 00:33:02,916
They 3333.
673
00:33:06,625 --> 00:33:06,916
Yeah.
674
00:33:06,916 --> 00:33:09,750
So while we do our final rating,
this is kind of a no brainer.
675
00:33:09,750 --> 00:33:14,416
But let's go around the room here
and you bring that funky flick back.
676
00:33:14,416 --> 00:33:15,083
Bring that something.
677
00:33:15,083 --> 00:33:18,083
Flick back or leave it in the vault.
678
00:33:19,375 --> 00:33:20,916
Bring that funky flick back.
679
00:33:20,916 --> 00:33:23,958
It's a classic move.
680
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,375
It's done. All right.
681
00:33:25,375 --> 00:33:27,125
Bring this funky flick back.
682
00:33:27,125 --> 00:33:29,875
Outstanding.
683
00:33:29,875 --> 00:33:32,875
Yes! Bring this funky flick back.
684
00:33:33,416 --> 00:33:36,416
Amazing work.
685
00:33:45,208 --> 00:33:45,916
Bring it.
686
00:33:45,916 --> 00:33:47,916
Come on.
687
00:33:47,916 --> 00:33:52,833
Hip Hop Movie Club is produced
by your HMCs, JB Boogie and Dino.
688
00:33:52,833 --> 00:33:55,833
Right? The music by Boogie.
689
00:33:55,875 --> 00:33:56,958
Bring it! C’mon!
690
00:33:56,958 --> 00:34:00,000
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as always to Susan, to Wanda and Alice.
691
00:34:00,750 --> 00:34:03,458
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692
00:34:03,458 --> 00:34:06,458
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693
00:34:06,750 --> 00:34:09,750
C’mon!
694
00:34:10,166 --> 00:34:12,750
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695
00:34:12,750 --> 00:34:15,916
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696
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697
00:34:19,041 --> 00:34:21,500
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698
00:34:23,208 --> 00:34:26,208
Come on.
699
00:34:26,333 --> 00:34:27,458
Shout out to your listeners.
700
00:34:27,458 --> 00:34:30,458
Thanks for tuning in.
701
00:34:33,833 --> 00:34:35,000
Come on.
702
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,250
And remember. Don't hate.
703
00:34:37,250 --> 00:34:40,250
Anticipate.
704
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,916
Shout out the brain
freeze trivia in the Lehigh Valley.
705
00:34:47,916 --> 00:34:49,916
Check out the Instagram brain.
706
00:34:49,916 --> 00:34:51,250
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707
00:34:51,250 --> 00:34:54,666
Underscore.
Trivia. Double underscore time.
708
00:34:54,666 --> 00:34:55,708
That's brain freeze.
709
00:34:55,708 --> 00:34:58,166
Trivia time on Instagram.