In this episode we discuss the 1991 coming of age drama, Boyz N the Hood.
Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is sent to live with his father, Furious Styles (Larry Fishburne), in tough South Central Los Angeles. Although his hard-nosed father instills proper values and respect in him, and his devout girlfriend Brandi (Nia Long) teaches him about faith, Tre's friends Doughboy (Ice Cube) and Ricky (Morris Chestnut) don't have the same kind of support and are drawn into the neighborhood's booming drug and gang culture, with increasingly tragic results.
Episode Notes
- The character who has the pacifier in his mouth (who's name we couldn't remember) was called Dookie. He was played by Dedrick D. Gobert, who was shot and killed at the age of 22, 3 years after the film's release.
- Intro Music: How to Survive in South Central by Ice Cube
- Outro Music: End of the Road by Boyz II Men