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These are my opinions of the movie Friday, starring two black guys.
If there was ever a movie pandering to the typical poverty stricken inner city and its inhabitants, this is it. The movie in a whole is a modern day editorial on how minorities operate in their own ecosystem.
Friday opens the eyes to the fact, that each day in the "hood" or "barrio" is filled with the usual pitfalls that the typical uneducated African American male in his 20's will fall into face first.
The movie seems to want to drive home the point that Craig is smarter or more sensitive than than the average black male in his age demographic. While showing a distinct contrast between him and Smokey. Whereas they portray Smokey as the typical weed smoking, game playing, uneducated black male. This is also reinforced by the fact that both of Craig's parents have "good jobs." Being an Animal Control Officer and whatever it is that Craig's mom does is shown to highlight the differences between Smokey's mother and Craig's responsible parents. Yet, the director wanted to keep the "ghetto" in both of Craig's parents as the movie shows in certain scenes. This belief that Craig's parents never forgot where they came from just makes the movie more ludicrous than it already is. Even more so when the snooty black neighbor is shown admonishing Craig and Smokey about walking on his lawn.
Of course in all of this there has to be the cookie cutter bad guy of sorts. Now this would have made the movie worse if not for Tiny Listers performance as Deebo. Listers acting as the neighborhood bully is classic. In one of the funniest scenes in the movie, Deebo steals the whole scene. If that weren't bad enough, Smokey owes the neighborhood gangster money for weed he was supposed to sell. To complicate matters, Smokey is given until a certain time to come up with the money or Big Worm is going to kill him and Craig.
Big Worm exemplifies the usual "bad guy" that inhabits the poverty stricken ghetto. This is a social statement, commenting on how some of the problems are the black on black abuse and systematic killing of young black men. It really is unfortunate that a character like Big Worm had to be such an influence in showing the class disparities.
The movie does eventually come to a conclusion with a cliche' ending where Craig and Smokey overcome all their trials and trubulations.
Overall the movie tries really hard to convey its message of hope in a dark future. If the movie isn't taken at face value then people should enjoy it. Otherwise those really from Compton will probably have a few things to say about the stereotypes.
If you're looking for a movie that has raunchy humor, cussing, and adult themes, then by all means catch this classic flick on your nearest streaming device.
If there was ever a movie pandering to the typical poverty stricken inner city and its inhabitants, this is it. The movie in a whole is a modern day editorial on how minorities operate in their own ecosystem.
Friday opens the eyes to the fact, that each day in the "hood" or "barrio" is filled with the usual pitfalls that the typical uneducated African American male in his 20's will fall into face first.
The movie seems to want to drive home the point that Craig is smarter or more sensitive than than the average black male in his age demographic. While showing a distinct contrast between him and Smokey. Whereas they portray Smokey as the typical weed smoking, game playing, uneducated black male. This is also reinforced by the fact that both of Craig's parents have "good jobs." Being an Animal Control Officer and whatever it is that Craig's mom does is shown to highlight the differences between Smokey's mother and Craig's responsible parents. Yet, the director wanted to keep the "ghetto" in both of Craig's parents as the movie shows in certain scenes. This belief that Craig's parents never forgot where they came from just makes the movie more ludicrous than it already is. Even more so when the snooty black neighbor is shown admonishing Craig and Smokey about walking on his lawn.
Of course in all of this there has to be the cookie cutter bad guy of sorts. Now this would have made the movie worse if not for Tiny Listers performance as Deebo. Listers acting as the neighborhood bully is classic. In one of the funniest scenes in the movie, Deebo steals the whole scene. If that weren't bad enough, Smokey owes the neighborhood gangster money for weed he was supposed to sell. To complicate matters, Smokey is given until a certain time to come up with the money or Big Worm is going to kill him and Craig.
Big Worm exemplifies the usual "bad guy" that inhabits the poverty stricken ghetto. This is a social statement, commenting on how some of the problems are the black on black abuse and systematic killing of young black men. It really is unfortunate that a character like Big Worm had to be such an influence in showing the class disparities.
The movie does eventually come to a conclusion with a cliche' ending where Craig and Smokey overcome all their trials and trubulations.
Overall the movie tries really hard to convey its message of hope in a dark future. If the movie isn't taken at face value then people should enjoy it. Otherwise those really from Compton will probably have a few things to say about the stereotypes.
If you're looking for a movie that has raunchy humor, cussing, and adult themes, then by all means catch this classic flick on your nearest streaming device.
