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Starting point is 00:01:03 I'd rather be more comfortable. But I do want to say an impact this movie out of me that I didn't expect. And I'm very uncomfortable, but I'm going to try to get it out. I think that. Reject Nation on February 22nd, Real Rejects is hosting a panel at Multicon at the Preserve in L.A. With all proceeds going to victims of the recent L.A. wildfires. We'll have special guests. And Coyna, we'll be hosting additional panels.

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Starting point is 00:01:53 Was this nominated for anything? Should be. I feel like it probably. I mean, I've heard the title. so many times and the poster is so iconic i've seen that image yeah i've seen the image of like you know um ice cube and i did not know that's morris chest that yeah man god he he like changed shape shape i didn't realize like when the rock changed shape yeah it's like what happened your body different physical yeah morris chestnuts's huge yeah it's i didn't realize you had

Starting point is 00:02:22 i would have mentioned it earlier i didn't know it hadn't tracked so i was like yeah i was like i don't know tinkles and cast more's chestnut it's it's crazy i'm on look at a photo of morris chestnut yeah you change shape it's like when the rock changed shape so funny dude lorence fishburn has the same shape lorence fishburn is the same is the same shape man that was so good um anyway yeah this was uh an experience i didn't know what we were walking into you know and i like how it's it's a story that is like we were saying during the reaction how it's you were saying like a link later like it was like a slice of life yeah and but a slice of life that isn't as commonly shown like this is not as prevalent as like hanging in this decade in this in this

Starting point is 00:03:08 decade in Americana this is like they said in the film the thesis of the film is shown at the beginning through the microcosm of making your choices and I love when a film can give you a scene that encapsulates a whole film and I love at the end that it gives you kind of like a really good paper the in like an essay you've got a thesis paragraph And then you've got all the supporting facts. And then at the end, it's a summary. And I love that this film was formatted in the thesis of the transition of age and decisions making. And then the summary is given throughout and supporting arguments are given throughout.

Starting point is 00:03:38 And then at the end, the actual statement of what the film is is encapsulated in Ice Cube saying, they show everyone else but us. They say we live in a violent world. My brother wasn't in there. So it gives you that whole thing to re-invigorate that fact while being down the street 30 years ago. Like this is so powerful. Yeah, when it comes to this kind of movie, like, because you had such a great analysis of like the filmmaking side of it. And then there's like all the thematic elements of what they're actually talking about in here. And so much of it is something that I'm by no means like an expert in or strongly educated.

Starting point is 00:04:13 And so it's always like a fascinating exploration for me to go down to try to like expose myself and stuff. Because like, of course we've seen movies that deal with subject matters like this, but I've never quite seen it executed like this. I think it is insanely short-sighted that so many people think movies are just movies when stuff like this exists. I get so angry when people are so cavalier with, oh, it's just a movie, why think

Starting point is 00:04:38 about it? Why worry about this is an experience of capturing culture? And in this case, it's a very specific culture. But I feel like more people need to know what their world is around them. And instead of having to live

Starting point is 00:04:54 it, what an experience to live through other people's living in. Yeah. Like the stuff you didn't know, I didn't know, obviously, I've never seen this film, but I didn't know what elements would be alien, what things I didn't know.

Starting point is 00:05:07 Like, all I'm trying to say is like your experience and my experience are different because of how we were raised. Yeah. So it's interesting to hear like what felt so alien to me versus you. Well, I mean, this takes place in South Central. And I grew up in L.A.

Starting point is 00:05:21 I grew up mainly in North Hollywood for a lot of my life. which there's been discussion of how it has been like gentrified because when I grew up in LA in North Hollywood it was not the community it is now where it's turn the streets from like if you if you live in LA so like Lancashem Oxnard to Lancashim and Riverside right with this part of North Hollywood that is a lot more populated it's nice now it's nice now and it wasn't I wouldn't say it wasn't like that for me growing up it was not known as like it wasn't to the degree that you're seeing depicted here in no degree of like south central um but then knowing that south central was

Starting point is 00:05:59 only like a 20 minute drive away yeah where i grew up it's like oh yeah this all these experiences that were like not that far away from where i grew up and to be exposed to it yeah it's like i i can only talk about what this movie is what this movie portrays from my takeaway with it you know i cannot talk about it in a way of like yeah here's what they're doing and i am a smart man to to to educate others on it you know so what i got from it you know from that opening shot that i thought was really strong with the stop sign it seems like a lot of this is about stopping that cycle of violence like because it's systematic racism the suppression and a lack of opportunity that does breed a cycle of violence in a community and i thought the commentary in that part where

Starting point is 00:06:46 lawrence fishburn's furious character was talking in krenshaw about gentrification and also the there's okay my mind is like also semi-processing a lot at the same time as I'm talking is when there's talking about gentrification and all the the the oppression that happens there we're trying to just shut out the voices and when a community tries to take when like gentrification tries to take over and silence culture as well and at the same time the way how America has put a lot of this like blame on the black community to try to like pass along shit which makes a lot of this internalized hatred breed itself. Yeah. Is that internalized hatred side is something I've never even quite heard the discussion about, you know? That's what was fascinating to me because I did not grow up in L.A. I didn't grow up in an environment like this. I grew up closer to what you did where I grew up in the outside Boston.

Starting point is 00:07:48 And it would have been about like 40 minutes away to rough neighborhood. But that would have been a very different thing. and this felt like I knew of South Central being dangerous and violent, but it felt so removed because of the East Coast versus West Coast separation. So even though I was around dangerous neighborhoods that were nearby, this felt so different. But the difference for me was I think growing up with so much of music from this time, it is to me common knowledge that we brought in an aggressive amount

Starting point is 00:08:16 of highly addictive drugs to ruin an entire people. like to me that I was a little surprised that it was a new idea for you and this isn't meant to be derogatory I just didn't realize that it wasn't something you'd been exposed to because to me this is and when you when you mentioned it I was struck because if you and I had we our Venn diagram is so much bigger like we share more experiences than separate like you and I grow up watching a lot of the same movies we have a lot of the same favorites were the same um within five years of each other age so I was really surprised that just what I grew up listening to versus you even movies, because I think we've seen most of the same movies. That, to me, is fact. Like, that is such a known thing. So it's really interesting that it kind of validates the point I was trying to make at the top. Like, it is so important that people see movies.

Starting point is 00:09:01 It is so important that people experience art and culture, because I've always blamed the government for all that. Like, it's been fact to me. Yeah, yeah. So it's really interesting that you hadn't been exposed to that concept even. Well, they even talk about it in this movie, which is decades ago. There's a line in passing it. Like, this is what you see in the movies that they try to portray. black people and when I think about what my perception is of Crenshaw and South Central for

Starting point is 00:09:26 so many years growing up I did just have the thought like the part of racism that's been really fascinating to me to explore is the ways when we don't realize we are having a racist thought you know how when I if I when I'm it might even still happen today honestly like if I'm in a room and it's like only black people another thing we just hear about what it's like what it must feel like for a black guy to be in a room full of only white people and if i'm in a room full of only black people i'm like am i comfortable i don't know if i'll be comfortable in that and it's like but then i have the question like but why am i uncomfortable is it because of what i grew up with with like movies and shows portraying these communities to be that way because when i do hear south central

Starting point is 00:10:07 and krenshaw my mind immediately goes oh yeah it's just dangerous you don't want to be around there everyone there's like a bad guy it's like villainize right and so when i'm watching this story which clearly has a very personal approach and touch to it like a lot of these people are just people you know they're just regular people and there's a lot of love in these communities as well yeah and a lot of that just gets uh overlooked and you just kind we're kind of experience that is weird micro in a microcosm way with the california and the fires right of how like other parts of that are not california are uh how we're hearing a lot of how they view what california is like you're like actually no it's not that's not the reality of it and we don't

Starting point is 00:10:46 doesn't mean we deserve these fires that are happening right now and so that's kind of what this movie was doing for me with zeroing in on the lifestyle of people in South Central and Crenshaw as it makes me question my upbringing and even what I was even told that's beautiful in an educated way

Starting point is 00:11:02 you know because there are those little microcosms of racism that I think pop up in most people right when we don't intend to it's like that and a big part of this movie is about choice you know and I think we also have to choose to open up about those things and open up to people as well and to know when that's happening to go against that.

Starting point is 00:11:21 And you have to know it to go against it. You have to be aware of that feeling and that tendency and even that inclination to go like, whoa, that's not all I want to think of this situation. And the part that I related to, I think I'm so drawn to the internal racism side because I don't like bringing up certain things about my past because I feel like that exposes people who are around today. and I did have an internal racism problem for sure growing up and I think that that's why I think I was so drawn to how like oh I have like an individualism one

Starting point is 00:11:51 that a lot of people in my life could not relate to who are my ethnicity so to see how oh they were trying to like have them like eat each other and kill each other alive and I feel like does that still happen today oh yeah look at the look at the actual statistics of like the way they had to get rid of jaywalking as a a as a penalizable offense in LA because the statistics of the cops that were giving jaywalking tickets to black people was so much higher this just happened they just got rid of jaywalk three years ago because like cops are still I don't want to get into cop stuff because I don't want to offend our audience but it is it is still today and it's and it's it's so hard for me and I don't like getting personal I don't I don't this is too big of an audience for me to expose too much myself to be honest I'd rather be more comfortable but I do want to say an impact this movie out of me that I didn't expect And I'm very uncomfortable, but I'm going to try to get out. I think that you, the way the world works is you always want to make the next generation better. You always want to improve.

Starting point is 00:12:54 And I know that when we look at our financial situation, we are the first generation that is not doing as well as our parents. We are, we were handed really shitty circumstances and the dollar's worth nothing and houses are millions. And like, we don't get the opportunities to do anything. but looking at a movie like this and this is the personal part i'm going to have a black child when i have children and i am so glad that i'm aware of this world and i'm so appreciative that i am bringing them into a better world in some way and this is important for people that have no exposure to anything to at least look at like i i have i know one percent of one percent of one percent of something of any exposure but I think that people need to see things like

Starting point is 00:13:43 this so that that can even understand why we need to make better decisions and why people need to be as informed as they can about their inclinations and their knee jerk reactions and the situations that people have been trapped in it's terrifying to me so I as someone who hates the fact that I in 2025 will not have as many opportunities as my parents at 36 years old I am so glad that my kids will not have some of the disadvantages that the generation before me did. So, like, I can, I'm making lemonade out of lemons. I'm trying to see the appreciation of, like, this wasn't long ago and it wasn't far. And so, like, the big thing I got out of this is at least progress, slow, but it is making moves.

Starting point is 00:14:29 So, I don't know, I got, I got, I'm so defensive of L.A. and I'm so angry as a person like inside at people like treating people like shit that this affected me so like made me a little fighty didn't expect that I'm excited for you and your white fiance

Starting point is 00:14:43 to have a black child that's what Koi meant I didn't even like like saying it because I know that's going to get clipped out somewhere and some asshole but like that's how I feel about the movie I think it's so important like it is Coy does not have a white female

Starting point is 00:14:56 Greg immediately does this Greg said undercuts it some people Some people will think it seriously. How's it going to happen? I don't know what coin meant. Is he a big adoption plan? What's very specific?

Starting point is 00:15:12 No, but like that's how I think of the future. Like, it's like the 3,0005 thing. And it's like money trees. Like, I'm trying to plant a tree that I'm never going to see the fruits of. I'm trying to like see a better world for my grandkids that I won't see. And seeing stuff like this gives me hope that that will at least happen if not in my lifetime in theirs. Yeah, that's a great point.

Starting point is 00:15:32 Well, a big part of the path of choice that they were talking about here is it's easy to, what I love is when you, when a film can magnify a character or a specific group, what might seem like a singularity problem, you realize how universal it is. And that's what I think this movie did so well by really being authentic to what they wanted to talk about. And one of those was about rising above the stereotypical identity, that society or america whatever we want to say has thrust it on to the black community and not just falling into that camp but rising above it in a way you know and i thought that was a really strong part of the messaging that never felt corny or ham-fisted that was ever i got to say like

Starting point is 00:16:16 in terms of direction i was so surprised by the atmosphere that this movie provided like the the environment felt like a character in it of itself right you mentioned that early and it only grew it kept growing it kept it kept going bigger it's like it doesn't feel like there's spanning like a big terrain of the city right and it feels a few streets like few streets a few neighborhoods it's not really something that large but the the patience behind the camera and allowing the actors to just feel like you're with people i thought made that so much stronger and that's why i was saying early on of yeah it's really easy to just go south central oh my god the kind of people over there scary but then go no wait a minute this movie did a great job at like shining like i'm not like

Starting point is 00:16:59 that today I would say or maybe there's parts of me that are and I gotta kind of question that if like I'm not like itchy to go to South Central or something like that I was wondering if like if I drove through there or Crenshaw or something like that I would I be tense in the shoulders if I saw a black person or a group of black people would that what was instilled in me as a kid would that still come up you know rejection it's a new year and we want to start strong right And for me, that means finding simple ways to stay on track, especially when it comes to eating well. And that's why I've been loving, this is my own order, not one sent to me, Heule, H-U-E-L, that's on screen, right? I trust them a lot. A few months ago before partnering with them, I actually asked them to send me a few bottles, that way I could make sure I like it before I talk about it.

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Starting point is 00:20:16 Prize picks. Run your game, Reject Nation. I had two interesting things that reminded me while watching this movie. I used to live in Glendale, and Glendale's like this incredibly passionate Armenian population that is like the actual center of Glendale, the Americana, is designed to be like an Armenian town center. Like, it's literally made to be like the culture that the population is comfortable in. And when I lived there, I didn't feel comfortable for a few months just because I felt like a kid in an antique store. It was just that sense of like, do I touch stuff? and then one of the neighbors of mine had a baby

Starting point is 00:20:53 and we had this giant party and I was the only white dude in this Armenian family party because they invited me and they knocked my door with like oh we had a baby come up so I came and I drank with them and we got like zero dark 30 drunk for like two days it was like a full weekend party

Starting point is 00:21:08 and after that so many people were there that they saw me wanting to celebrate that like it became like a nod on the street welcome thing and ever since that party Glendale felt comfortable to me the first time and it wasn't something i had noticed i was uncomfortable because it was literally like i said antique store just where i was like i don't know why but i feel and then the nod the welcome the embrace felt amazing and i i love la and i want to know more pockets of l a and i want to do

Starting point is 00:21:37 what i did with glendale for other places in l.a and the other one was um where sunset turns into caesar chavez where old l.a was uh like caesar shavez is this is incredible community where like the best food is in l. some of the some of the best food is in LA and I would always drive out of my way to get my motorcycle fix there because I would rather give a small business my money and like I'd pay cash and I'd really want to help a community versus like pet boys and that community was always where I'd want to eat so I was like oh I'd rather give them my money and then eat locally and just have a day of it and as soon as I spent the time to pay cash and to support these local businesses all of the people that looked

Starting point is 00:22:13 at me weird when I was like you're not from the neighborhood what are you doing here and once they saw me two or three times they asked why I was there and as soon as I I explained, like, I don't want to pay some big company to fix my bike. I want to be in L.A. They started showing me around. They started, like, telling me about other stuff. And I literally just from verbally diving into, like, I want to

Starting point is 00:22:32 be a part of knowing my city, they welcomed me, and they taught me through generations. Like, I met people's grandparents. I learned about the family's restaurants. And, like, I want cities to feel like that. Because what we do is so artificial.

Starting point is 00:22:48 Like, we connect through artifice but it's it's human connection like what we're doing is human connection but it's it's through a lens and in your city if you're not dumb about it you can have those same connections but like it it feels like tenfold because you're like it's it's face to face you're breathing the same air you're having like human connection and what i love about this is we're reaching a million people but what i love about going to a place in a city and finding a culture and finding a community is you're impacting every dollar you spend in a community is going to go so much farther than buying a hundred dollar thing on amazon yeah like that dollar is meaningful in a in a place and and especially

Starting point is 00:23:26 with how i feel about la right now like i really want to hone in on like my community and and my world here and this movie made me feel that the whole time i don't know if that made sense i don't know it does actually it makes a lot of sense and then with the with the way that what this movie i think actually did do when i'm looking at the date i can imagine that it probably allowed for more films of this subject. Because it's not the first film that I've seen that explore subject matters like this. It's just like I said, it's the way the film has

Starting point is 00:23:55 done that really affected me. And I can imagine that with this being 9091 and telling the story that it opened up the doors for other filmmakers. It opened up the door for other stories to come afterwards. And this was in the height of so much rampant violent racism and so

Starting point is 00:24:11 much like it was turned up to a different like it was, it's still scary, but it was I can't imagine living through this time in this movie, how revolutionary this movie must have felt to be like, oh, they're saying it out loud. Yeah. Well, it's a coming of age story, too.

Starting point is 00:24:25 Yeah. Like, that's the biggest aspect of it. And as you are coming of age, what past you want to choose in life? I think that's why I felt the link later, like that sense of, he does such good coming of age and, like, that day in the life hang.

Starting point is 00:24:37 Yeah. Yeah. Oh, man. That was a surprisingly... Some of my favorite movies we've done. I really love this. I know we were, like, kind of quiet the whole time. I was really affected by the day.

Starting point is 00:24:47 death especially with how because yeah the the opportunity robbed over something that is like such meaningless violence like it's such devastating what happens but over nothing right it's just because it's sort of like taught to be that way like you said we were talking about like the bubble that it puts you in and that's the other part that I thought was so strong was a lot of the themes seem to be about systematic oppression versus personal responsibility how much can you do with your own personal responsibility that could rise above systematic oppression you know yeah

Starting point is 00:25:22 I thought that this was a this was a very strong movie of me know what I didn't realize I was afraid of until right now I'm so excited for us to watch at least those three movies leading up to the spoof and and hopefully more like I hope this does well a big bunch of juice I am realizing in this moment

Starting point is 00:25:37 I'm more afraid of the commentary from white people that we're watching black film and celebrating it than I am anyone that isn't white. Like, I'm realizing in this moment, I'm more uncomfortable with someone from Nebraska being like, oh, why are they watching? Than I am from anyone, like,

Starting point is 00:25:54 we're celebrating something. And I'm more concerned at the optics of someone being an asshole and not understanding that we're trying to appreciate movies that we didn't see that we didn't have exposure to than I am from people that would be like, why are they watching? You know what I mean? And I kind of want to just have conversations.

Starting point is 00:26:12 Well, that's what we're doing with our show. And that's why I think this is, I mean, I'm being way more long-winded than I usually would be. But, like, I want that to be the feel, right? And I feel like movies like this can allow for more conversation than, like, Iron Man. It depends, right? It's like, I like, I like seeing how, you know, what, I mean, I imagine like a fun trivia or facts that this movie has to offer, but I don't mind coming on. I think it's really easy for people like what we do to feel like we have to know everything and we have to be able to be able to talk about everything in a way and just sound like we're smarter. and we already knew the information.

Starting point is 00:26:45 I like learning sometimes too. Both. I'm kind of willing to come on camera right now. I just feel like, you know, there's so much I don't know. And I want to see what you can learn from it and allow the art to affect and enhance perspective. I think that what you just said, I think is what I'm afraid of, is like since I knew that that perspective on the drugs coming to the community

Starting point is 00:27:07 and the government, I don't want to seem like I'm trying to say I know anything because I don't. But I'm so afraid of people being like, oh, because he listens to Tupac thinks he does, and that's the you know what I mean? That's the commentary I'm like, do not ready for. I was talking about this much

Starting point is 00:27:23 of this and like I don't want that to seem like I know anything because I don't. Right, right, yeah. I mean, it's the ultimate empathy game, right? Like there's, we've never had a life like this. Never. And that's something I can only live through cinema and that's the power of movies.

Starting point is 00:27:39 That's what I'm trying to get across is this is something that I feel so lived in and real and I can't fathom it really, but I can have a taste and appreciate that it gave me any sense of it. Well, even the way they talk about death, the way they talk about violence, like when the boys find a dead body, it's just like, it's another dead body. Oh, that smells gross, you know? Yeah.

Starting point is 00:27:57 Like that, that casualness to it is, is something I can never comprehend. I'm never, I don't think I've seen it other than my father. I don't think I've seen like a dead body, you know? Yeah, yeah. Or you would never flippantly experience ever. You mentioned it as an adult you would not be like, you know? Yeah, I would be like, oh, I'm traumatized.

Starting point is 00:28:19 You know? Yeah. I would be in therapy. Yeah. If I came across a body. Oh my God. I have post-traumatic stress. This whole fucking thing.

Starting point is 00:28:29 And these kids are like, well, Thursday. Yeah, it's a wild thing. And to speak in our more normal commentary, the performances are so good. It's obvious why everyone in this became a bigger star that if they weren't already, I don't know the trajectory of certain careers. Obviously, Lawrence Fishburn had worked, you know, before,

Starting point is 00:28:48 but I don't know how much Morris Chestnut had. I'm not sure how much Cuba Gooding Jr. had. But we even mentioned, like, how incredibly naturalized Cube was this set of actors. There's a reason they're all still household names. Like, there were so many faces that was like, and 30 years later. Cuba Gooding Jr. It's not been having the best. Yeah, post-Oskar.

Starting point is 00:29:06 The Oscar curse is real, man. No, he's like, in recent, I thought in, like, recent years has been, like, things coming out about him. Oh, really? up and I don't know the details. I might be speaking out of my ass right now, but I don't know. I think there's a reason why we haven't seen

Starting point is 00:29:19 Cuba Good and Junior a lot. Besides the Oscar curse, you're saying. Real life things that have come out about terrible things he's done that I haven't quite researched. Got it. I don't know those personally,

Starting point is 00:29:28 but we got to Google after. It's not that performance in their radio movie. No, I think it was like he's done some like terrible things. I think the ditty stuff he was involved in. No. I could be aware.

Starting point is 00:29:38 I don't want to spread misinformation. Perhaps. Yeah. Check that before. Maybe I should check that. That is not something you just say. Well, let me just, okay, God damn, I'm going to have a can of worms now. I'm just like, that's not something.

Starting point is 00:29:48 That's the biggest allegation. Did you like, did I hear that? Well, Cuba Gooding. What do we type in here? Canceled? I guess. What do you want your search history to read? Civil abuse.

Starting point is 00:30:01 Okay. Oh. This is in 2023. Mm. A lot of lawsuits about some bad stuff. Yeah. Produce. Okay.

Starting point is 00:30:11 Got it. So he was thrown into the mix here. Got it. Okay, so a lot of assault. Wow, that's on like 20, 23, 24. White the run. Okay. Okay, so I wasn't wrong about that.

Starting point is 00:30:21 Okay. I just, all right. I just wanted to make sure we, you know, receipts. So I'm not going to say all this stuff, but we just type in Cuba Goodt Jr. I didn't know. It's not great. Yeah, not great. But yeah, but, I mean, he's good in the movie, though.

Starting point is 00:30:36 And the performances do feel so naturalistic where it never feels like someone is, performing we're trying to hit that dramatic beat and the beats were huge and powerful and that naturalness is so underrated and it's really easy to overlook when line delivery like that is because the whole point is to feel like a fly on the wall yeah in this kind of film and you do because it just feels like people talking people experiencing even when it goes for the heavier emotions when um that the i forget the character's name but when he is uh shot he's killed and then the wife or the girlfriend with the son and the mom are crying i'm like man this feels like such a real moment and they just stay in it i love that they didn't cut away yeah yeah i felt like a lot of movies would have went like beat beat outside instead it lived in it it breathed the only time i felt like a movie to me was the some of the um like the losing the virginity scene sure it's like oh this feels like a really because there's a dream sequence like i'm like this movie's been so flying the wall that all of a sudden it's like

Starting point is 00:31:38 but being able to find the humor in such the darkness i feel like that is like life you know yeah i think a lot of movies nowadays might go a little bit more heavy-handed drive the points home you notice i love the lived-inness is also in the emotions and the uh subplots that we don't see resolved we don't see how lauren's fishburn actually it lands with that glance we don't see like a later on how they get on uh we don't see the resolution of him and his mom they we never see adult him and the mom yeah i love that because like that that's the world like in reality you don't have everything with a bow on it yeah Even in the text, all we get is they went to college together.

Starting point is 00:32:15 Great movie. Great movie. One of my favorites we've done. That was really something special. Great movie about community and brotherhood. I really loved it a lot. Ready to not read these comments. I mean, maybe it'll be good.

Starting point is 00:32:25 I'm just afraid. We try to just be honest. I loved it. I'm just so afraid of like, it's so interesting how much I have fear of not of real life culture, but of the internet's culture around culture. That scares me so much more. I think you and I share a kinship and a fear of being misunderstood. Oh, absolutely.

Starting point is 00:32:43 Yeah. I just assume I'm going to be reviled and then I just hope for the best. Like, I'm just like, maybe. I'm pre-apologizing and I haven't done shit. I don't feel like we need to. And I kind of make an active choice to try not to. So I just kind of come up here and I go, hey, I don't really know anything. Here's some thoughts.

Starting point is 00:33:03 So I'm just going to tell you my personal thoughts on what I took from this. Yeah. And I'm not, you know, I think it's, like I said, I think it's really easy to, to, to, to show up for something like this and try to try to be like i'm gonna be smart yeah no i love that's why we were so quiet we don't know shit that was great i'm like i gotta take this in yeah anyway guys what'd you think about boys in the hood um do you love it do you think it's overrated how are you affected by it when you watched it uh leave our thoughts down below talk you guys soon

The Reel Rejects - BOYZ N THE HOOD (1991) IS POWERFUL!! MOVIE REVIEW! First Time Watching

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