Why People Hate Ricky and Doughboy's Mama | Boyz N The Hood
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- Join Heit & Cheri as they dsicuss why people can't stand Doughboy and Ricky's mother, Brenda, in the 1991 film, Boyz N The Hood!
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My first thought about Shanice staying at Ricky's house was that her mother kicked her out and she had nowhere else to go. Brenda felt sorry for her and let her stay because maybe the same thing happened to Brenda when she got pregnant with Doughboy. She's a young grandmother which tells me she was most likely a teen mom herself. I don't know, but all that resentment she has toward Doughboy could stem from her past.
Simple she treated one son like a golden child and treated the other son like trash.
Which is wrong,a parent is suppose to love both children equally
Agreed
I felt so sorry for Dough boy!
In the end, she lost both of them.
@@BrotherDerrick3X😢
Brenda loved Ricky’s father but hated Doughboy’s father. Yet somehow they both left her a single mother
I always assumed Ricky's father died
@@A.Light33 I thought that too. Especially when Doughboy points out the sentimental value of the football his daddy gave him..
The question is tho.. if his daddy did die.. Was he killed In some form of Gang war.. if so. That would then create a reason that correlates more with this persons comment.. Cuz true enough she'd have every right to hold Love amongst grief In Her heart. But if he was dealing drugs & gang banging, it's like he made himself more vulnerable to being killed and being taken away from his family.. so at that rate you'd think she'd have some resentment about him as well.. UNLESS.. Ricky's daddy illegal activity was paying the bills & such.. them it shows her True values.. hence she favored Ricky cuz she was sure he'd make a lot of money from Going pro as an athlete.
I thought, she just had more love for Ricky’s father and resented Doughboy’s! That’s why she treated him so bad!
Dang! Good assessment
@A.Light33 I got that feeling too especially when Doughboy talked about the fact that Ricky loved that Football ...because his Dad gave it to him!
It's obvious she treats her sons according to how she feels about their fathers. Look at how her tone changed after she realized the boy on her porch is the kid of Furious, a man she's interested in. She's the kind of mother to start treating Trey like 💩 if she and furious were to start dating and fell out later on.
She thought that Furious was handsome and apparently that boy reassembled the father....the way she took a drag from the cigarette...like she would be glancing across the street when ever he was outside ...waving and smiling...Tyra Ferrell is a great actress...she did " White Men Can't Jump" and " Poetic Justice" after this movie...she brought something different to every character!
Oh, I thought that was Tasha Smith this whole time 😮😅
Sometimes the child you treat the worst may be the one you might have to depend on in your old age.
And that’s when they avoid you like a plague or stick you on a old folks home
Son husband's or sonsband.
Brenda was raising Ricky, Doughboy was her responsibility 🤔
True that does make a big difference. That kinda answers why she let him stay in the house
Dough boy was an obligation
But BOTH of them were her sons though
Brenda didn't raise a damn thing. Without a father she had both of them boys in custody. She simply favored one over the other. Fathers raise their children. Mothers groom their children and maintain them at best.
You know Brenda is bad, when she has her own page on the villain wiki.
😆I didn't know this!
Say what 😂
😂😂😂😂
No bullshit 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Brenda's Got A Baby
When I was 11, I just thought she was mean and nasty. I had no sympathy for her although I was used to hearing many black women speak to their children this way in my neighborhood.
43 year old me realizes this woman's emotional intelligence/maturity and possibly unhealed trauma led her parenting. She was legally an adult but mentally a child, raising children.
Perfectly stated
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Truth! My mom treated me just like Brenda did Doughboy. Well both my parents treated me that way. I don't know much about my father's upbringing because he didn't like to talk about it. But my mother was adopted and her adoptive mother was abusive. Unfortunately she didn't heal from that trauma and treated me the same way her mother treated her. Both my parents lacked the good emotional maturity and intelligence to be functional loving supportive parents.
I was a teen, when I saw this movie. I didn’t understand why she was so mean to Doughboy. My sister and I have different father than our 4 younger brothers, even though our parents didn’t split on the best of terms, my mom didn’t treat us like Brenda did Doughboy!
She was most likely a teen mom in the 70s or 80s
She changed or lightened up on Doughboy cus he was getting Money at this point Doughboy was the present income and Ricky was the Future Income alot of hood mama's have this perspective about their kids
Yep
The reason that Brenda gets so much hate is because she was a terrible mother to Doughboy. If she had given half the encouragement that she gave to Ricky, both her children could be alive today. It really doesn't matter if she changes after he gets out of prison. She had at least 10 years of letting Doughboy know that he wouldn't amount to anything and that she preferred Ricky to him. Children believe what you tell them. This is why he was in and out of jail. He didn't think he was more than any of that. The damage was already done. Also, she really didn't change all that much. A real change would have been her pouring into Doughboy that he was better than his circumstances, but she didn't. She asked Trey to talk to him. Doughboy always wanted validation from his mother, and she never gave it to him. She may have loved him, but she had a poor way of showing it.
Favtss spellcast him to oblivion took the purity right out bro🤦🏿♂️
Brenda was messed up but not as messed up as monique in precious
I know that's right!
It's true. At least the character of Brenda seemed to have an arc.
Precious was overboard and not realistic.
When Precious came out my book club read it, and to this day I wish I hadn't. That mom still haunts me - just evil.
I think Brenda is worse because she's more realistic.
although Doughboy started the fight, Ricky started the conflict. he tells Doughboy to go to the store then cusses him out when he refused. Ricky was the dick in the whole situation, Doughboy just matched the energy if not turned up the tension
Yeah. Seem like Ricky had Moments of imitating his mothers disrespect towards doughboy
@@queenscarlettpimpsunkiss..5537 He is the favorite child after all so he would think he could treat him the same way and get a away with it
When Doughboy got arrested, Brenda was embarrassed more than ashamed. Probably because she judges people in the neighborhood. Chief Gates reference means he going downtown LA. That was an Easter egg but no one said it like that.
She was embarrassed and angered that her child was arrested in front of her neighbors
To be honest I understand why doughboy went that path imagine your mom telling you will amount to nothing
Im glad you commented.
I think Brenda saw Ricky as a meal ticket TBH
Doughboy never had a chance cause of how bad his mother was to him, it’s a shame because many people in society go through similar situations if not equal and it’s honestly scary. No kid regardless of gender, age etc should ever feel neglected from their parent on an emotional, mental, physical level. Great video guys keep it up!🙏🙌
“ She love that fool, more than she love me. “ 😥❤️🩹💔
Brenda’s got a baby….
But she forgot she had two!
Brenda was definitely a bad mother. Maybe she tried to change, but her attitude towards Dough Boy never really changed. And even if it did, she was so abusive when he was small, he could ever really recover from that. Her opinions of him became a self fulfilling prophecy. Dough Boy could do no right, Ricky could do no wrong. And in the end, they both paid for it. Being the Golden Child was just as damaging.
Great breakdown.
Them first two lines a whole bar 🔥
A lot of parents born in the 60s who had children in the 80s talk to their children thee exact same way. Under the guise of tough love.
Agreed. My dad was born in 1930 and my mother was born in 1956. I was born in the mid-80s. They definitely used to talk me to that way and yelled a lot. They called that trying to have "conversations".
That part and some of them had been through so much shit themselves they didn't know how to show a "healthy" form of love.
My parents didn’t talk to us like this at all. First Time I heard this was at one of my friends house ( we also went to the same church) when I was 14 yo. Her mom was like a completely different person at home. She called them the N word and just fussing/ cursing about everything. I didn’t go back over there. So uncomfortable for my friend and sad for her.
Fast forward 2 of the 5 kids went to prison and my childhood friend started using drugs some point after HS. She was a banner roll student several scholarships but didn’t pursue a degree. 😞
@@dirtyjswiss yup
Yeah I was born In 86 and Brenda was light compared to my mom
Ricky lacked critical thinking and survival skills which made him an easy target him dying made no sense he didn't know what was going on he was more sheltered than Doughboy Doughboy just wanted to be treated as an equal but brenda pushed him away
…right into the street life smh
@@damngrrl it's all Doughboy knew he didn't wanna go to work or get an college degree he wanted to be squaded up with the homies on the porch that's why Brenda didn't pay him no mind Ricky was her main meal ticket in life and it got taken away from her Doughboy was too envious of Ricky and wanted he had Brenda's love and care Doughboy was a threat and everyone wanted him out the way more
@@jaerononeal Doughboy & his buddies were getting that dope money though..you dont get cars like his & monster's w/o making nice bank...& in real life Brenda would have accepted money from Dough before, multiple Xs; while still not liking him & while ricky wasnt doing anything to help her with expenses
@@BadTV1993 I agree 💯
@@BadTV1993 she wouldn't take it Brenda hated Doughboy too much to accept money from him plus she looking at the fact that Ricky had a chance to make it out the hood in her eyes Doughboy always messed up and Ricky did no wrong Ricky showed prue innocence he was too naive for the streets
I'm not from LA, but the Chief Gates reference sounds like some kind of boot-camp, Chicago had them too as an alternative for jail back in da days.
Also she talk to him just like Smokey mom talked to him on Friday. Very indicative of the times .
I think Brenda is wholly despised because (A) so many of us know of a parent like Brenda, and (B) many of us have seen the aftereffects of Brenda-esque parenting.
And I'm quite certain that some of your followers were the recipients of Brenda-esque parenting: the favorable side or the disheartening side.
Very good observation
Hold up now 😂🤣😂
Facts we couldn’t stand her
The mom spellcasted doughboy all crazy he never stood a chance in this agenda.. him walking back and fourth brushing head was his coping mechanism plus no father around makes it no better
He was the black sheep crazy thing is dough was reading books wanted to change his ways respected his friends and even still respected his mom and innerstood why tre got out and woulda did the same wit a pops and he avenged his brother even thoe it wasnt his fault at alll from the event wjen rick got pushed etc it wasnt doughs fault he was just lookin out for his bro.
He really didnt wanna be a killer thats why he looked at ferris like that when he offed him it was the sad reality he was forced upon and his love for his brother even thoe they was put against eachother there whole life
Worst movie mother goes to the mom in the 90s flick "flowers for the attic"
Might be "flowers in the attic"
Oh Absolutely. Victoria Tennant (the mom) made Louise Fletcher's grandmother role seem cheery and warm.
Whew yes that mom was horrible
The "mom" in people under the stairs was a nightmare. "Did you lick this plate" ? 😳 The scalding hot bath was nasty work.
Precious Mom also
@AxiomAmnesia The fight was Ricky’s fault… You haven’t seen Doughboy antagonize Rick until he tries to son doughboy by asking him to go to da store… Why would he play like dat lol
Tecmo bowl playin mf 🤣
Brenda got 2 babies, but she only like 1 😮😅
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The way she flick that cigarette she must practice that for hours.
Or did 90s special effects have an invisible string yank it perfectly off screen???🤣🤣
We Brendas Just Good At That 😂🤣😂
Thee way alot of parents think. Esp at that time . Shanice parents prolly put her out when she got pregnant and Brenda took her in..
I low key wonder just how bad Doughboy's father may have treated her, because from the very beginning to me it seemed her animosity for Doughboy was mostly carryover from who, and how his father may have been with her. And because the father wasn't around, Doughboy was a constant reminder of him, so he ended up bearing the brunt of the treatment she wished she could have unleashed on his father.
It’s a lot moms in the hood that talk to they kids like Brenda did.
Exactly, disgusting mothers.
I love the way the Wayans Brothers spoofed this movie in Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood. Literally in the very first scene when the mom is dropping off Trey, she says that there are no positive female characters in this movie, and it's the truth lol!
But she always suspected Darren. Darren is the scapegoat ! When anything goes wrong, BLAME DARREN❗ Ms. Brenda got on my nerve with that favoritism carrying on. Darren had nothing to do with Ricky death. Ricky pulled up to crenshaw on his own.
There's plenty of Brendas in the community and across America.
I never talked to my Sons like that 😂🤣😂
Part of me wants a backstory on Brenda cause i always felt she was severely misunderstood yet she represents a lot of women in real life. I feel there's a deepness to her that a lot of ppl refuse to recognize
As a New Yorker, I always looked at these big houses with front and back yards and think "this is y'all hood". Y'all got it made.
Loving the new pics of y’all at the bottom. The Afro is afroing, and sis looking like a queen with her hair tied up. IKDR !
Awww thanks!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Even as a kid I could tell Ricky wuz the favorite. What mama in the hood y’all kno let her teens son’s BM live in her house? The favorite! U can clearly tell. She never had anything good to say about Doughboy. And she always gave him these side eye looks wit attitude lol.
Ricky and doughboy turned out differently cuz for some reason Brenda patiently nurtured Ricky. And I think she did so cuz she felt Ricky wuz her way out the hood through football.
Either way, yes parents have a favorite. All u have to do is sit back and watch how the parent interacts with her kids and u will clearly see who the favorable one is. I’m sure she still had love for DB, which is why she allowed him to continue to live wit her. But Ricky wuz clearly the favorite
Her slapping Doughboy was just another example of her showing favoritism towards Ricky I thought, that wasn't even a surprise to me.
Right Ricky had a whole baby and woman (young lady) in the house he was a freaking teen dad definitely not a golden boy ugh
I will honestly say that as a youth, this movie made me say, "Hell Naw."
I have 4 kids, and I could neva as a mother treat my child like she did doe boy. ABSOLUTELY NOT
I know Mammys like this in real life smh
Brenda was an awful mother. You cannot speak to your son the way she did and still be considered a good mom. I don’t know what her problem was, but doughboy did not ask to be here. She needed to do better!
Do'Boy Was Released To His Parents Because He's A Minor, But Brenda Probably Said Shyt Like "Take Little Phat Phucker To Jail, One Less Mouth To Feed!" 🤔🤔🤷♂
Theory: Doughboy's father is actually PLOT TWIST
Willie Jones[ aka John witherspoon] from Friday is back in the day willie in his youth use to be Wild,crazy and a playboy ,and use to mess around with multiple women.
He met Brenda(Doughboy mama)had a one night stand with her,and she got pregnant and had Doughboy,Brenda fell in love with willie and wanted to have a real relationship with him,but willie wasn't ready to be a father at the time ,cause he was a young man at the time and plus he and baker would always fight back and fourth,so he left her,which is why Mrs baker resents him and takes her anger out on Doughboy.
Then He had a relationship with another woman,and she got pregnant and had Fudge(From higher learning),but that relationship didn't work out either,so he left her all alone to raise fudge too.
It was until when Willie Met Betty(Craig mama),that he decided to finally change and become a better man and he had a 3rd son(Craig),Willie realized that he was wrong to not be in his other sons lives and decided to do right this time by staying with betty to raise Craig,and teach him how to be a better man,than he was.
Also the reason why the 3 brothers look the same(Resemble ice cube) is because the Jones family got stronger genes on the male side
Evidence: in Friday after next,when mrs pearly tries to flirt with willie,she mentions how he use to called be Big d willie
BANG! BANG! YITTYDEE
Next you gonna say, Fudge, his real name is Danny Rich, graduated with a degree in film and editing teamed up with Teri Florez played by Jennifer Lopez and served an encounter with not 1, but 2 Anacondas.......his descendent ended up as a Mercenary battling demons on Mars?
Maybe Willie has another son, the Mercenary Darious Stone in XXX: State of the Union
But Doughboy died at the end of this movie tho….
Shanice could've been a girl who was kicked out of per mom's house due to getting pregnant. That was and is an issue in many homes, especially black homes. Brenda probably felt obligated to take her in since it's her son and grandchild. Had Ricky left to get a place with Shanice and the baby, it would've deterred his football plans and prospects. Imo.
I also, to a degree, blame the parent for how a child turns out. As a mother, I believe in pouring power into my kids. Brenda, from the beginning of the movie, was speaking nothing but negatively into Doughboy. However, with Ricky, it was the opposite. I believe she loved both her sons, she just only believed in one. She lost not only her son Ricky but also her hopes for a better future and better life. #brendasgotababy
You see how 2 different families are raised in that environment...teaching the same lessons, just differently
I wonder what her reaction to Doughboy dying was in comparison to Ricky. 🤔
I wonder sometimes too, but the way Doughboy said "he had no mother either" talking to trey so I am assuming she resented him and didn't want nothing to do w/ him, its sad really.
Boyz in the hood II
I gotta say I LOVE Tyra Farrell. She nailed this role. Beautiful woman and great actress. ❤
She is amazing!
When I say Brenda played that hell out of that scene. She deserved an Oscar. I still get choked up seeing that scene unfold, there is no doubt she had love for both of her boys. She just showed it in a different way. She was more tougher on dough because I believe she was disappointed in him because she expected more. Being the oldest myself, the oldest always catch the blows because we have to be the responsible ones over our siblings. We’ve seen mama go thru a lot, the oldest always grows with the mama. The youngest requires more guidance and attention. You can see how Immature Ricky was in his choices, versus Dough. Dough may have been the trouble maker but he was responsible with his sex life: he was really intelligent you see it more after Ricky passed
Tougher, more like abusive. She couldn’t give a damn about doughboy
Ricky was her pride and joy. She poured into him and was delicate in her handling. She hated Doughboy existence because he was a constant reminder of his father. It all stems from the fathers and her Relationships with them. Doughboy father probably left her high and dry or could have been a r.ape baby so she had nothing but obligation for him. She did the bare minimum. She obviously loved Ricky's father and thus loved Ricky. I feel they stayed away from each other until Doughboy got killed 2 weeks later because she reverted back into what we saw in the beginning with the verbal abuse. If Brenda had a daughter, she would be a million times worse. Furious was responsible for his kid. He understood it would be like trying to mop the ocean Saving and mentoring all the kids because there were 2 many outside forces fighting against the lessons. These were generational curses in the making.
When they got arrested, what I saw in Brenda's face was that she is well aware that her choice in men was probably a large reason why her boy was going to jail. She probably had seen Doughboy's father in cuffs plenty of times and it was like," I can't believe this ish."
I'm a victim of a neglectful emotionally manipulative mother and I don't worry anymore, because I know when I'm old and feeble, my future children won't toss me in a nursing home, which I can't say the same for mommy dearest..
Dang. I don't know your situation like that. But I hope your and your mother can work it out. If not than I do pray for your peace and tranquility
@@sayjinpat4life I'm living with my grandma now, have been for months and I cut off all contact from her this month, I have no mother.
@@AbrasiousProductions i know its hard. Be brave. The world is not always nice but do try to see the the little things to smile about.
@@sayjinpat4life your right, thank you, my life is admittedly better now :)
She smacked doughboy cause Ricky’s the favorite, and plus doughboy is bigger and stronger than Ricky and he knows how to fight being in and out of jail . He was gonna beat the breaks off Rick , and I think she knew that .
BRENDA’S GOT A BABY!! The reason people hate Brenda is because her favoritism towards Ricky did more damage to Doughboy than the hood ever did. Fun facts: Prior to this movie Tyra Ferrell was on the forgotten short lived show Pryor’s Place, New Edition’s My Secret video, School Daze along with Laurence Fishburne & The Mighty Quinn. Her & Baja Jackson young Doughboy were also in Poetic Justice. Can we please get breakdowns on the following black hollywood mothers:
Carol from South Central
Khalia from Losing Isiah
Wanda from Holiday Heart
Cassey from Woman Thou Art Loosed
Victoria from Madea’s Family Reunion
Jennifer from Daddy’s Little Girls
Mary from Precious
She was also in Jungle Fever .
@@TheRetroWoman80 Sure was. I forgot to mention that.
I agree with wanting to see mama breakdowns. Losing isiah is a great movie
@@dorothydandridge3937 Losing Isiah is streaming on MGM +
@@dorothydandridge3937 That is a classic.
Nah the worst movie mom is precious
“You a dummy, B*tch”
Ricky's father died. It's mentioned in one of the scenes when they're still young kids. So it is implied that Ricky's dad never left the mom.
What's the exact quote when it was mentioned?
@@AxiomAmnesia I was wrong it was never stated that his father is dead. Tre offers Ricky a football after his was taken. Doughboy replies, "He ain't gonna want it. His daddy gave him that football." Which led me to believe his father was dead. My apologies.
Brenda was a shitty mom by showing favoritism to one son and showing bitterness and abuse towards the other son. A true parent never shows favoritism towards one child and bitterness towards the other.
I think Brenda related to Shanice.. & also. She prolly saw an opportunity to not be the only feminine being in the house .. lol. She likely saw Shanice as like a Lil sister or even the daughter she always wanted.
Maybe so!
Single mom here two kids two daddies no help 😢
Aint nobody gon save you
Doughboy getting arrested for stealing at 10 YEARS OLD was mind blowing for me when I first saw this, even as a Latino man who recognizes institutional racism and police brutality against black and brown people. I’ve never heard of that happening to anybody ever, even in my Chicago hood
Short answer; she was a horrible Mother, who was indirectly and directly responsible for what happened to her sons. Maybe she thought she was doing right, but she definitely wasn't.
I see a lot of people making excuses for her, and why she was the way she was with them, but I think the brilliance of the Movie not giving us any clues, or insight into that, works. Maybe she was just a horrible person, and if Rick didn't show any massive future Earning Potential, she probably would've treated him shitty as well.
She treated Ricky Like Gold ! And Doughboy like trash which molded him into the Gangster he becomes !
Brenda's got a baybeh 😭. . a pack of em 😂
😂😆😂
Shit i grew up with a few hood mamas that called they kids everything but a child of god on a regular who cussed them out more then they say i love u fax
Daryl F. Gates, the rookie cop who rose from driver for a legendary chief to become chief himself, leading the Los Angeles Police Department during a turbulent 14-year period that found him struggling to keep pace with a city undergoing dramatic racial and ethnic changes I wasn't born yet but cheif gates created a D.A.R.E program similar like juvie but wanted to end drug and racial tensions in Los Angeles
You guys always deliver right on time. I love these. I just saw a young TH-camr reaction to this movie last night and I had to ponder a minute on why the mother, Brenda was so hateful towards Doughboy. I’m one of the real ones that watches until the end of the video but I had to show my love to the channel real quick. Salute.
Thanks so much! 😊
"Rickeys gettin dominated" is hilarious yo 😂
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Brenda's Got a Baby..Deep down Brenda does love both of her sons. The character I hated the most was the black cop
I wonder if that was Brenda's first time hugging Dough boy when Ricky got killed.
The sad thing is that the way DOUGH BOY'S mother was acting towards him in this movie BOYZ N THE HOOD, was the same way that DMX mother used to treat him in real life. But actually, DMX mother was worse than DOUGH BOY'S mother in this film. DMX mother abandoned him at a foster home when he was 10 years old, and she used to be extremely physically abusive towards DMX. That's why DMX expressed so much rage in his music when he first came out. And that's why he continued to battle drug addiction until his death.
I'm light brown/caramel and was born that way and was that complexion as a toddler but when I started preschool all the way through Junior High I was a chocolate brown because I was outside all day. I work from home now and look like Casper the ghost lol, I'm definitely not bleaching. My dad is darker and I looked just like him as a child so that's also a factor, but I have two fair skin grandfathers, sometimes it's genes doing what they do. Sometimes people are bleaching though. For me, I wish I could get that melanin back I had as a child.
She Cursed Doughboys Future with her harsh words ! Instead of raising him to be a good Person Like Rickie and Trey !
I just can’t imagine my mother telling me “you ain’t gonna be shit” that’s something you just don’t do. As the movie goes on you can tell that Brenda is trying to get better but she just can’t help herself.
Question #1. Would Brenda have slapped Ricky if he was winning the squabble?
Hey, y’all! Another great one - always appreciate when y’all post! I haven’t watched in a while due to life, but will be catching up on any videos I’ve missed. Wanted to comment and say something (somewhat) random: though I loved the animations that y’all used in the past, seeing your photos with the talking animation is such an improvement - GREAT REVAMP!
P.S. - I really feel like I’m in the room with y’all during these breakdowns. I finish y’all sentences and everything, lol. Take care of yourselves and one another. Until the next video! Oh yeah, Brenda’s got a baby 😂 Xo
Hey there! Hope all is well with you now. We completely understand when life is "lifing". Thanks for hanging with us. We appreciate you! 💗
It's like women who give their 14 year old daughters baby showers. I'm not celebrating your indiscretion. For ME, that's not anything to celebrate so I don't think that I would give a welcome home from jail party to my son.
I feel like Ricky baby mama got put out of the house because she was pregnant.
Welcome home from prison party-Heit.😂😂😂Heit be stating facts,but he sounding like he joking.
😂
Very good point about the expression of love..I am the youngest of 4 boys,and I feel the way a parent expresses themselves w their children depends on the birth order and other factors of that time..I got closer to my Mom ,once my older brothers graduated and moved. So in the context of the movie,Brenda and Ricky were portrayed as closer..in part due to Doughboy's imprisonment. In that time Ricky was almost like an only child..and w Brenda having Doughboy back and w his antics,I'm sure was stressful..and something she never took the time to learn how to navigate.
It looks like doughboy really wanted that hug for a long time
I love all 3 of my boys the same but I also make sure to treat them all the same in order to remove doubt. Others have told me that they think my eldest is my favorite but can’t pinpoint why they think that.
Parenthood is a group project where both get graded on participation and an overall grade which ends up being how the child turns out.. If you don’t participate at all, and I only give 50% because my heart ain’t in it either ,the overall grade is still gonna be trash and that’s not only on your head but mine as well..
I think that Brenda got pregnant by a dude who ran the streets when she was a teenager and that is Doughboy’s father …maybe Ricky’s father was a high school athlete …I get the feeling that he might have passed away…she was in love with that Man…I think that is why Ricky was her favorite son …rest in peace to John Singleton ( RIP) who tried to tell a story of how the environment that we are raised in…affects the youth and it is basically a time capsule of survival in the early 90’s on the West Coast specifically South Central Los Angeles …with that said, his messages about the Military , Black on Black Crime, teenage pregnancy, gentrification, and etc…even the cultural bias of the SAT test are a great foundation for debates concerning issues that are still relevant.
It's the lowlights that gets Brenda the hate. Both her sons dying due to violence makes her a 'stereotype'..Once again,very good and in depth character study!
hey guys . I'm 6 mins in but I just noticed something . the younger Ricky( Richard ) is wearing a red shirt , but when the older Ricky(Richard ) is wearing a blue varsity jacket with a huge C on it . this is why I think he was targeted by Ferris. the red was possibly a foreshadowing of the beef Ricky(Richard ) would catch by Crenshaw Bloods as he gets closer to becoming a football star . I wonder if Johnathan Singleton did this on purpose with the wardrobe dept or I am I reaching??
The baby's mother might have thrown that girl out and maybe that's what happened to Brenda when she got pregnant and she was lost trying to do it on her own and she didn't want her grandson turning out like Darren.
Brenda’s Got A Baby
I loved this breakdown as I do all of your breakdowns, but this made me think about Jason’s Lyric and their family dynamic. Gloria seemed to put more attention towards Jason since he had commendable behavior even though it seems as though his brother would continuously do wrong to get attention. I always wondered if Doughboy would’ve turned out differently if Brenda poured into Doughboy as she did Ricky; he probably would’ve tried harder to be a better person, but it’s like she’s going to think he did bad no matter what he did.
Furious, definitely not Doughboy's daddy... she liked Furious 😆 🤣
Brenda's got a baby but raising two boys in the hood is tough
She had a look of embarrassment when the boys got arrested.
Brenda absolutely did not like Doughboy. Judging by the way she verbally abused him as a child he grew up without the care and nurturing that children require in that age group. By the time he was a teenager, it was too late to try and have Tre “talk some sense into him”. It’s not uncommon for Black children to be in handcuffs. Where I’m from, the police put a small 8 year old boy in handcuffs for an incident at school that was non-violent in nature. Y’all know Furious was not here for them other boys in the neighborhood 😆😆Which also isn’t uncommon. I saw that a lot growing up and then when I became a teacher and as a social worker.
I used to think tre said let these ladies eat first to front in front of his girlfriend. Until y’all pointed the possible reason he actually said this. Now I see this scene 🎬 completely different!!! 😂😂
I get along with my older sister better than my other siblings but i love them equally … how we interact and relate to each other is different but the love is the same …
32:29 I think it def has to do with the time and exposure of the cameras because even Morris Chestnut doesn’t look as dark now as he does in this movie. Look at him in the new Best Man series vs this movie and he looks a little lighter. And the actress playing his gf is still dark just not as she appears in this film.
I feel that you can favor a sibling over the other in every day life, but still love them equally... But it's a very thin line
Brenda's got a baby!
This review was good! I never thought to analyze Brenda this way but now i see the big role she played for time entirety of the movie (although she was only in a few scenes). The difference in treatment is loud. Loved this review!
Brenda's got a baby.
I have to say you two made some valid points. I recall reading a thread on the IMDB forums for this film. Someone made a good point that Brenda tried to be reasonable with Doughboy when he came back from jail. However, I often wonder how Brenda, despite how she felt after Ricky was killed, would have felt when Doughboy was killed. Even then, there went both of her kids. It's sad to think about.
Doughboy only spoke the truth about she felt about him and Ricky
Happy Easter Friday to both of you and thanks for taking me back to my childhood.
Happy Easter to you too! ❤️
Took me forever to figure out little Ricky’s actor is Eddie from family matters little bro. In rl.
Going Chief gates - jail camp . Some were before you went to juvi or 2th chance camp . When i was in h.s there're was a h.s jail camp called " kilpatrick for juvis either getting 2th chance from regular youth camps. Southern california had a handful of youth camps in the 90s and 80s.
I think Brenda flicking that entire cigarette indicated that she was quitting. I don't recall her smoking again after they were grown.
Ohhh that's an interesting take. I love it!