Comments
Fly By Night
This hip-hop tale from 1992 did one thing really well: it showed the tension between positivity and negativity. This plays out best in two scenarios: one is an argument about the message behind the music and the fruit it bears. One rapper tries to reason with another that little kids are buying this stuff and listening to these artists, who are heroes; the second is a mother's speech to a young man who ditches his girl and child to chase his dream of rap stardom. She does her best to talk some sense into his thick head, which was applaudable.
A goofball named Rich the "King" (played by Jeffrey Sams) teams up with street thug named "I" (Ron Brice) to make some gangsta rap that starts a buzz. The backdrop of the industry, greed, the streets, and making music all rally to help boost the film, but ultimately it fails due to mediocre acting in all the wrong places. The strange tradition of hanging a pair of old sneakers over the telephone, light, or electrical lines is kind of explained here in the intro and outro. Interesting...
180 : Obscenities
1 : Sexuality/Nudity
70% : Spiritual Relevancy
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