Boyz n the Hood
1991 film
Bill Simmons · Sean Fennessey · Van Lathan · Logan Murdock
Aired June 29, 2021
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Boyz n the Hood
Higher Learning
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- Episodes featuring their films
- 2
- Movies in this archive
- 2
Rewatchables episodes featuring John Singleton’s films
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Who Won the Movie?
Singleton
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:44:29Read transcript
- Singleton receives explicit support for his breakthrough and Oscar nomination, with Fishburn reluctantly set aside. — Van Lathan
- Cube is a strong alternative for his transformed career; Regina King is another nominee rather than a settled unanimous result. — Van Lathan
- Later Oscar winners and nominees in the cast are reviewed.
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- Speaker not identified
- John Singleton
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:26:06Read transcript
- The opening answer names John Singleton and Ice Cube together before settling on Ice Cube. — Van Lathan
- Ice Cube is credited with the clearest, most relatable character and the only fully resolved arc because Fudge graduates.
- A second participant explicitly votes for Ice Cube while saying John Singleton would also be acceptable. — Bill Simmons
- Another participant says nobody clearly wins and considers a more abstract answer before rejecting racism as an undesirable formulation. — Wesley Morris
Podcast choices
- Speaker not identified
- Ice Cube
- Speaker not identified
- Ice Cube
- Wesley Morris
- No concrete winner
Apex Mountain
Busta Rhymes’s movie career (likely apex)
In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 01:20:01Read transcript
- Love & Basketball is favored as Omar Epps's career apex, with The Wood and ER also considered.
- Higher Learning is considered a plausible Michael Rapaport apex, with a later television role also recalled but not clearly named.
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer is preferred as Kristy Swanson's apex.
- PCU is favored over Higher Learning as the apex for mid-1990s college-campus culture.
- Higher Learning is considered Busta Rhymes's likely movie apex after Belly is correctly rejected as a film he appeared in.
- John Singleton's apex is debated between Higher Learning's career leverage and Rosewood's stronger filmmaking, while Boyz n the Hood remains his best movie to one participant. — Van Lathan
- Rosewood opening opposite Booty Call is cited as evidence that Singleton had less industry leverage by then. — Van Lathan
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