YouTuber says Baby Boy is a misunderstood masterpiece about Black masculinity

[KidJSoul]

I used to watch dude, but his content is for CACS nowadays.

I could peep his sheepish “hey I’m a black guy, I know, toxic masculinity and all that, I’m sorry “

And nowadays it’s like “hey white people, it’s your resident black guy here, let’s talk about a white comedian, black people don’t know about this stuff btw, I’m kind of a trendsetter “

A lot of what he says makes sense, but I really don’t like the way he presents it. I know his type, straight black male academic whose been in those ultra woke sociology circles for too long and has been beat down to nothing.

Qft

I've seen his videos on toxic masculinity and other shyt. He's one of those "let me take my bass out of my voice and try hard to be liberal" types.

He's a perfect example of how left wing politics can sometimes be a ruse to hold black people back, indirectly.

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

As gleefully ignorant and dense as Americans can be, I understand it.

Agreed with the first part of what you said. I think all the themes the YouTuber talked about are what Singleton was trying to do with the movie, but the execution and disjointed tone threw it off. And the over the top unintentional comedy overpowered the movie’s actual message

As for Spike, I think his issue is the opposite. sometimes he’s too obvious and didactic with his messages, like he’s screaming them at you instead of being a bit more nuanced and subtle

what if that's how he actually talks.

Qft

I've seen his videos on toxic masculinity and other shyt. He's one of those "let me take my bass out of my voice and try hard to be liberal" types.

He's a perfect example of how left wing politics can sometimes be a ruse to hold black people back, indirectly.

 

[8WON6]

this sounds like a goofy thinkpiece that "Very Smart Brothers" would have written examining some black stuff that they discovered 20 years later.

 

[invalid]

I do believe Singleton was trying to say something within the movie and its script but unfortunately, the film's execution was executed poorly in that ppl got more caught up in the entertaining baby daddy/mama drama aspect so the message was lost.

A lot of his movies, similar to Spike have an underlying message that sometimes gets lost by the time the final product is finished.

This begs the question, who was Singleton making this movie for? Do you think the demographic that’s reflected in the movie, who watched the movie, would have the capacity to peel through the comedic and dramatic layers to get what Singleton was trying to do?

 

[Burned Verses]

Dude’s kinda on the hoe babble train. I wanna give him a chance but ehhh.

 

[YouMadd?]

Jody ended up being a killer like Henry though….

 

[Unolove]

I’ve seen that shyt over 1000 times on bet through my life

 

[Taadow]

Summary of his arguments for those who don’t wanna watch:

Bless you for this. lol

Anyway - I think this analysis is pretty spot on.

 

[Stir Fry]

Cliff of cliffs?

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

I thought that is what everyone thought the movie was since it was released

 

[Piff Perkins]

It's a terrible movie but certainly hits the nail on the head with respect to a group of black men who were essentially babied by their mother, are emotionally stunted, aren't loyal to the women they impregnate, and essentially exist off the grid working odd jobs or hustling until they end up in prison, get out years later and find a woman to take care of them...

 

[Streetcar]

I’ve seen a few of this guys videos. He’s got decent content sometimes but like some here mentioned he’s definitely on that ultra left wing black guy shyt. Almost all of his videos are criticizing black men and sometimes white people. Nobody else does anything wrong apparently.

 

[TEH]

Of course it was meant to be serious

But it’s the best unintentionally funny movie of all time.

Plus I can’t wait to act out that Ving Rhames role in real life.

 

[JesusFOREVER]

People overanalyze things too much. It's just another coming of age movie set in Los Angeles. No need for think pieces on it.

Breh its a movie, have you ever written a script before? You know how much intricate planning goes into that? Especially for a somewhat major motion picture? Mr. Singleton is an oscar nominated director who’s produced multiple classics, you’re supposed to analyze his work to get the bigger picture

 

[Will Ross]

When you realize Jody was only 20 it makes the movie much more interesting

The idea of what a 20 yr old should be has changed since the movie came out.
if it was made today he would be like 30