section A Boyz n the Hood "Can we talk about....?' by Tyke O'Brien

Alyssa Romero

2023-11-01 02:43:03 UTC

Can we talk about the portrayal of gender roles in the film?

Austin Hong

2023-11-01 23:25:51 UTC

Can we talk about the difference between "making" and "raising" a child, as portrayed/defined in the film?

Advait Kartik

2023-11-02 02:13:42 UTC

Can we talk about the incredible openness that Tre and Furious share as father and son?

MARISSA HALLEY

2023-11-02 03:11:12 UTC

Can we talk about the constant mention of having sex(even from when they were young boys)?

Kevin Martinez

2023-11-02 04:55:36 UTC

Can we talk about the message the movie is trying to convey from the lack of fathers in the film?

Jessica Powell

2023-11-02 07:51:22 UTC

Can we talk about how the movie highlights the importance of a father figure through the different relationships each child has with their father?

Ella von Thaden

2023-11-02 17:17:58 UTC

Can we talk about the level emotional vulnerability Tre shows throughout the movie and the "tough" front many of the characters put on.

Asta Uziel

2023-11-03 01:04:47 UTC

Can we talk about the use of background noise to convey a deeper message, for example, a baby crying as Rick falls to the ground after being shot?

Hannah Pitney

2023-11-03 01:04:50 UTC

Can we talk about the Doughboy's moment with Tre on the porch the morning after Ricky was killed - it seems like he's learned a lesson and might start getting his life on track, only to be murdered two weeks later.

Warren Nam

2023-11-03 01:46:10 UTC

how well Tre was raised and yet his circumstances still nearly caused his life to crash down? Also despite who he hung out with and his crowd, he listened to Furious's words in the end instead of rebelling like many teens do.

Kat Zirn

2023-11-03 04:52:55 UTC

Can we talk about how brothers Ricky and Dough-boy had such different life trajectories as a result of Dough-boy's initial childhood arrest; yet, both succumbed to the same ending.

Matthew Reiling

2023-11-04 20:21:31 UTC

Can we talk about the kindness of the teen who gave the football back to the kids and why Singleton may have decided to make this choice instead of having the group keep the ball?

Nicole Lee

2023-11-06 00:34:59 UTC

Can we talk about how Doughboy's mom automatically blames him for Ricky's death and the idea of trust portrayed throughout the movie(Doughboy and his mom, Reva and Furious)?

Autumn Zhou

2023-11-06 01:47:24 UTC

Can we talk about the effect living in the neighborhood had on Tre, and how it almost overrode his relatively good upbringing in the moments that he wanted to avenge Ricky?

Halia Benn

2023-11-06 03:29:05 UTC

Can we talk about how someone searching for them in their neighborhood usually has a fatally threatening connotation? (college rep scene, opportunity does not find them- the opposite, officer "one less," billboard/ gentrification, systemic mortality rates)