My kid saw it last night and said it was great. I'm leaving work early to go see it. I've been waiting a year!!

Anyone else a fan of NWA? 

Is NWA initials for something? 

I really want to see it but it will probably be a red boxer. 

I've been told it's good, but really long- 

NWA? 

The trailer with Dre and Ice Cube intro/ Chrysler commercial:


View on YouTube 

I've been told it's good, but really long-?





Really? 

Is NWA initials for something?

Yes, it is.
And you know exactly what it is.

I've been told it's good, but really long-

It's about two hours, according to everyone I have chatted with who has already seen it.


I have been a fan since they came out, and I am actively trying to get one of my Sociology professors to give a selected topics class on the group and their rise.
Ice Cube hasn't always been an actor.
I'm sure that's shocking to a lot of the sheltered lol

The other day, I walked upstairs and heard one of my girls rapping "Straight Outta Compton" - made me smile.
I can't wait to take them to see this movie. They NEED to see it.

Why you should see it too 

Black people love to make fun of cool/hipster white folks like you. 

Black people love to make fun of cool/hipster white folks like you.

LOL
That's funny...the guy who wears popped collar polo shirts and deck shoes acting as if he speaks for "black people." 

If that ain't the pot calling the kettle black. 

Ice Cube



Didn't he have a show on HGTV? 

Didn't he have a show on HGTV?

That's Vanilla Ice. 

I think that was Ice Tea! 

Ice T is a cop on Law and Order.

And he survived the game. 

Right- I thought she was talking about IceT loves Coco, but I was guessing, I'm sure you're right- 

Ice Cube I love! Want to see how his son does... 

Right- I thought she was talking about IceT loves Coco, but I was guessing, I'm sure you're right-

The Vanilla Ice Project is on HGTV. I actually like it.

But, according to my husband, the only thing I ever watch is cooking and home improvement shows. I'm "boring" LOL 

Iced Tea? lol 

Want to see how his son does...

He looks just like him. I was reading an article about him having to wear Jheri Curl wigs...I laughed lol

I am torn on them using an actor to play Eazy-E instead of his son, but I guess the producers just didn't think he could pull it off.

Eazy-E was a character. I look forward to seeing the dynamics between the five. 

He does look like him! I just hope he can act- 

Good movie wish they would have referenced btnh more.. They were a major part of Es life the last couple years. 

Iced Tea?

All the good rappers, you know? Iced Tea, Q-tip, Vanilla Icecream, Ice Cubes...I think there's an up and comer called prep H.

Hippity hop is in the house. 

For anyone that's seen the movie, does the movie devolve into the narrative of "the white saviour" that helps the "inner city kid(s)"? This has been a criticism of dangerous minds, the blind side, the help, etc. Paul Giamati seems to play a big part as their manager. 

Drug users, songs about killing cops, and AIDS... great legacy. By the way, no adult should leave work early to see a movie. 

My lily white a** used to live in Compton - near Long Beach Blvd and Alondra. It wasn't as rough and tumble as everyone makes it to be. 

IceT!! Quit picking on me! Lol!! 

dangerous minds, the blind side

They were based on true stories though. 

Dread Pirate Roberts --- 2 days ago - quote - hide comments
I've been told it's good, but really long-?





Really?

2 hrs 24 minutes. 

Straight outta Compton is based on a true story, too.... 

For your enlightenment...

White savior narrative in film

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The white savior narrative is a cinematic trope in which a white character rescues people of color from their plight.[1] The trope has an extensive history in cinema of the United States.[2] The white savior is portrayed as messianic and often learns something about himself or herself in the process of rescuing.[1] The trope reflects how media represents race relations by racializing concepts like morality as identifiable with white people over nonwhite people.[3] White saviors are often male and are sometimes out of place in their own society until they lead minorities or foreigners. Screen Saviors: Hollywood Fictions of Whiteness labels the stories as fantasies that "are essentially grandiose, exhibitionistic, and narcissistic". Types of stories include white travels to "exotic" Asian locations, white defense against racism in the American South, or white protagonists having "racially diverse" helpers.[4]

Kathleen Fitzgerald, associate professor of sociology, said, "While a successful film genre, this image is problematic because it frames the person of color as unable to solve their own problems, as incompetent." A common storyline in white savior films is a white teacher or white coach helping students of color. Fitzgerald said the storyline was not problematic on its own but that it "sells" in Hollywood despite thousands of teachers of color helping students of color and despite communities of color having their own leaders.[5] Noah Berlatsky in The Atlantic said the white savior narrative is frequently seen in slavery films, including award-winning ones. The films are variations of a single narrative where black people "are oppressed by bad white people" and "achieve freedom through the offices of good white people".

The following films have been described as containing the narrative:

12 Years a Slave
The Air Up There
Amistad
Avatar
The Blind Side
Blood Diamond
City of Joy
Conrack
Cool Runnings
Cry Freedom
Dances with Wolves
Dangerous Minds
District 9
Django Unchained
Elysium
Finding Forrester
Freedom Writers
Glory
Gran Torino
The Green Berets
Half Nelson
Hardball
The Help
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Last Samurai
Lawrence of Arabia
Lincoln
Machine Gun Preacher
The Man Who Would Be King
The Matrix
McFarland, USA
Mississippi Burning
Music of the Heart
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Principal
Radio
The Ron Clark Story
The Soloist
Stargate
Sunset Park
Three Kings
To Kill a Mockingbird
Wildcats 

Ice T is a cop on Law and Order.

Iced T is a criminal. 

Sorry Tat, I found amusing...lol. 

I saw it on Saturday. It was very good. Very tastefully done I think. Ice Cube's son did a good job & he looks so much like him & has his fathers mannerisms down too. Even has the lip thing going when he talks & smiles. Jerry was not portrayed in a good light at all, it's a true story so I don't think any of their troubles with him were made up. So there is not the " white savior thing in this movie".
They even talk about Ice Cube writing Friday and there is a really funny reference to "Felicia" early in the movie. You just have to see the movie to get it. But again, it was a really good movie & brought back memories from back in the day. 

I paid to see Boyz in the Hood.
I paid to see Dangerous Minds.
I bought every NWA disc.

What else need I do to be accepted into the black community the way JAMS claims she is?




(btw, JAMS is no longer on KU so that's not calling out an active user, per the rules.) 

(btw, JAMS is no longer on KU so that's not calling out an active user, per the rules.)?

JAMS hasn't been here for months, and yet you are STILL obsessing over her.

Flattering or terrifying?

What else need I do to be accepted into the black community the way JAMS claims she is?


LOL, you can't even get the white community to accept you.

You should try and work on that first. 

(btw, JAMS is no longer on KU so that's not calling out an active user, per the rules.)

LOL