Let's talk Boyz N' the Hood and cruel mothers.

[@Globoyked]

Everyone thank you so much for the support! Make sure to tune in to my other videos! Love you all. This is the start of something truly awesome.

[@Ave_Satana666]

Ion able to hear shit you're saying lil bro

[@user-ks8kn4hx8q]

Brenda only hated Doughboy based on who his daddy is. Whether a father aint shit or not, you supposed to love your kids equally no matter what

[@Reese1882yw]

A man she willingly slept with

[@leighwright3450]

Exactly 💯, wasn't his fault that she picked a LOSER for his father

[@RiyahSmith-xe2jw]

Based off his dad did u watch the movie him selling drugs gang banging he was slow and dumb it wasn’t no saving him

[@Mikeaj-un6mf]

No, it’s because she saw Ricky as a meal ticket and doughboy as “aint shit”. As far as we know, neither one of their dads were around.

[@armanicarter3382]

That s the way it is i hate it

[@philneliusharris4189]

Doughboy was the realest character. He was a good son, brother and friend. Who tried to get the ball back? Dough Who had Ricky’s back when he talked to Ferris? Dough Who avenged Ricky? Dough He was a tragic hero. Didn’t even blame Tre for getting out of the car. He loved everyone in his circle but never got the love back. Justice for Darrin Baker

[@thenewjord50]

Facts most dudes in the hood will try Tre for not avenging Ricky but Doughboy know Tre wasn't build for that life wish we had a Daryll aka Doughboy in this world. Boyz is example of a Good Kidz in a Maad City type of Hood movie

[@thenewjord50]

@@jovanyserrano7700 Ferris and that black cop are also villains. Doughboy is not viscous like O Dogg on Menace but will be if his love ones are threatened. Doughboy always looked out for his people

[@rastaewabeach]

One thing I don’t understand is why on earth would dough bring dead Ricky home to show his mother his corpse.

[@_Jerry8a]

​@@thenewjord50People like Dough do exist bro, just they get caught up and die young and never get to live to their potential either. Met a few stand up dudes like him before

[@danielmckay372]

​@@rastaewabeach he was doing it for Ricky, bringing him home. He might not have fully died by that point and Dough probably wanted him to have his last moments in a more comfortable place. More courteous than letting him bleed out on the sidewalk waiting for the cops to come

[@NYRyder1983]

Nah, Doughboy's mom was right to check him when he called Regina a bitch. In fact, that's the only time in the film she was right on.

[@Globoyked]

Yea i just kept it in cuz it makes me laugh everytime i see it but hes def wrong

[@cydneygriffin604]

I think it comes full circle, him treating women that way could be a reflection of how his mother treated him as a child. Also, maybe her seeing his father as a mistake could be the reason why she resents him in the first place. The fact that she's so quick to check and slap him, without trying to send positive reinforcement created the toxic environment they both add to.

[@natenate4525]

nah

[@miguelpasamano4995]

No. DoughBoy's mom was in no position to check anyone for anything. If Regina was a bitch, DoughBoy was right to call her that. A spade is a spade.

[@negroraven9458]

Nah, that was because of how she treated him when he was younger. Typical POS black mother.🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Reese1882yw]

She treated Ricky like a son-husband

[@americanlonewolf1390]

And treated Darin like he was the Devil.

[@grawakendream8980]

surrogate spouse, emotional incest

[@Fudge_Fantasy]

No.

[@serenitysubs933]

Ussually I would agree but not in this instance

[@falaafalstick]

She treated doe boy like a son / bby daddy 😭

[@cherryblossom7120]

You missed the part where doughboy offered to hold Ricky's kid away from the living room situation. He said "the baby doesn't need to see this!" But Ricky's girlfriend refused. Doughboy didn't want his nephew to see Ricky's bloody corpse.

[@pbpb22319K]

And the part where Doughboy thought he finally had his mother's love when he was comforting her but she ended up taking her frustration and anger on him like always..

[@life0093]

They just had a fight, and she thought Doughboy killed him.

[@EliJackson-is8ks]

BRO@@life0093

[@americanlonewolf1390]

​@@life0093 Siblings fight all the time so it's nothing new but her thinking she killed was just stupid and showed what she really though of Doughboy.

[@life0093]

She probably thought he did because he went to prison, was drinking 40’s in the morning, he had guns. She didn’t think much of him. She thought he was. Fights do escalate to people getting shot.

[@user-ks8kn4hx8q]

Rick never once called out his mom for how she treated Doughboy

[@shadeofbrown80513]

They never do, in his eyes his brother was fuck up too.

[@americanlonewolf1390]

​@@shadeofbrown80513Yeah and that's her fault for not treating him good and sorta Ricky's for being kind-of a douche for that.

[@danielmckay372]

Not in the movie he doesn't. Their mom was irrational I'm sure even if Rick were to tell her to chill out she'd just redirect her frustration on him. By the time they're grown Dough understands that he can't please his mom and Rick understands what he needs to do to stay on her good side. The brother isn't gonna have much say in what the mother does.

[@sergeayissi939]

That's what kids do. They know it's wrong but they take advantages of it! No remorse for the other siblings...

[@SamBrickell]

Kids think whatever they are raised with is "normal". It's not up to a child to realize that their home situation is wrong and be able to stand up to it.

[@ColinoDeani]

Telling a little boy he is going to be nothing is soooo traumatizing.. even calling them stupid hurts their self worth and how they view themselves If my parent that is supposed to love me thinks Im worthless and stupid theres nothing left.. Sooooo many young black men growing up with mothers liek this.. its an elephant in the bedroom for the black community.. the lil boys are expected to just get over it... smh...

[@_Jerry8a]

My mom is like that too. Eventhough I was clearly favored over my brother, I wasn't necessarily exempt from her harsh, verbal insults either. This movie in a sense also hit home

[@ColinoDeani]

@@_Jerry8a sorry to hear that bro.. You'll be a better dad for your kids for it though ;)

[@johngittings4673]

What’s even sadder is how 11-yo Doughboy was just dismissing it. The kid was already used to his mom insulting and belittling him before he was even a teenager.

[@ColinoDeani]

@@johngittings4673 Ive seen some women really treat thier little ones just as bad... its a sad unspoken truth.. And we wonder why Chicago and Philly have 11 year old murderers... smdh..

[@LyricalXilence]

This is why we have 2 generations of broken black men who who had absent fathers and toxic mothers. Even if Doughboys dad was a loser you should never bad mouth a child's father in front of them.

[@logTopic]

That whole - projecting her resentment for his father onto him thing hits home fr

[@BruceWayne-kz8wk]

😢 it does

[@bobbyblazini]

I pray you both make it through it. Stay strong

[@akporesiriomene3396]

Head up 🙏🏽

[@sunflowerlady2057]

Sorry that you had to endure that trauma.

[@Lovequalpeace]

Sadly, I worked with a person like this. She was a single mother for most of her first child's life and got remarried, but the resentment was still there. I remember her anger while speaking about his father, and I remember her telling me how she hates looking at her son's face because he looks just like that man. She felt guilty about it , but he grew up pretty sound. They were white though

[@bilalrashad6636]

I hate Dough's mom with a passion 🤦

[@MAGAISKLAN]

I hated her too! Ugh, she was awful. That’s why doughboy was the way he was.

[@Mortablunt]

She set the expectation doughboy was going to be a lowlife gangster and didn’t nurture him to be better so of course he fell into that. It’s more than just expectations, raising somebody with the wits and determination to rise out of their starting economic position is extremely difficult. That kind of abuse crashes aspirations, and makes a kind of tough survival mindset, but kind of you go out on the street to get away from once at home and you learn how to make money on the street young or basically the fact of becoming a gangster, because it was the best way to get out of what was waiting for you in the house, and once you habituate into that life, not only is it hard to break off from that new Support networking lifestyle, as well as from the money but if you get a record in it like doubted now you got society discriminating against you for it.

[@katymbeke8400]

I remember watching this film for Media studies back in Secondary school, and I hated her so much. As a 14/15 year old I was disturbed by what she was saying to her kids, and could point out the obvious favouritism. The fact that she immediately blamed Doughboy further solidified what a wicked character she is.

[@123dan165]

My theory is, is because both Ricky and Doughboy had different Dads I think that she had a positive relationship with Ricky's dad but a very negative relationship with Doughboy's dad and took all her trauma out on Doughboy. Her relationship with her sons is a reflection of her relationships with her son's Dads.

[@katymbeke8400]

@@123dan165 I remember coming across a video a few weeks ago that stated that same fact. Doesn't change the fact that she's a terrible mother. Thank you, though.

[@123dan165]

@@katymbeke8400 I'm not making excuses for her. I was just providing a possible explanation as to why she was the way she was.

[@katymbeke8400]

@@123dan165 Oh, understood. Have a nice day.

[@RiyahSmith-xe2jw]

@@123dan165wrong she had a bad relationship with both if she a good one with Ricky don’t u think he would have been around? How she got a good relationship and he a deadbeat not around she live Ricky more because he was smart good making it in life dough boy was lazy fat tryna be in the streets

[@gtracingnewton]

And notice also, it was Ricky, not Doughboy, who irresponsibly had a kid before he even graduated high school and had to live with his mother, girlfriend and child all in the same house. She was the one who fooled around and got 2 sons by 2 different men.

[@emoreeH]

This ALWAYS stood out to me

[@quintinwright8487]

Right

[@Andrea-nom]

That actress who played the mother was amazing.

[@jmaree_official]

YO!!!! I ALWAYS SAID THIS! I hated how the mom played favorites with her two sons! You’re supposed love both of your children NO MATTER WHAT! Diffent fathers isn’t even supposed to be a factor🚫That just shows how immature the mom was

[@Chani-uk4wf]

This woman had no business being a mother. She tells Doughboy he's just like his father. Yeah, great job picking him out, mom 😒 Not to mention you let two men knock you up? The typical garbage parent that takes no responsibility and blames everything on the kids and their ex.

[@sickofguysnamedtodd2293]

And she holds Ricky in such high regard because his father, but you’ll notice you never see him either?? How’s he so great if he’s never present??

[@Alanboy395]

How come no one pointed out the fact that Ricky had a kid before age 17 or the fact he could BARELY pull a 700 on the SATs? That alone should indicate as a parent she ain’t it.

[@Globoyked]

great points guys!

[@papaadot9369]

​@@Alanboy395 Ricky had a brighter future than doughboy

[@leighwright3450]

Typical UNFIT parent

[@cydneygriffin604]

This shows the importance of fathers being in the lives of their sons. Mother can't do it alone.

[@ri067953]

Yup...most mothees can be too emotional and that sets the standard for young men in the house unless the father is there to counter it and balance it out.

[@phantom_mist1726]

@@ri067953it’s so important!! People just don’t understand how LOST young men are without their father.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

The "mother" at the beginning straight up abandoned her kid and left him to die in the ghetto

[@leighwright3450]

"Mothers" need to remember that when choosing the fathers of their children

[@_Jerry8a]

Father or not, mothers need to love their children equally

[@t_mac842]

Bringing that awareness that cruel mothers exist too

[@Lovequalpeace]

I think this has always been known. There were books before television was invented about mothers being cruel, and there are even sayings. Society believed in the "You should be happy to be here" mentality. As a social worker, I know we constantly get calls from women who don't want their children, but it's illegal. I think the fact that parents can't get rid of children also plays into that mentality, causing parents to lash out and do the bare minimum for their children.

[@spacebar9733]

Cruel mothers exist in movies and it’s talked about online all the time maybe you’re not seeking out the content. But moms don’t kill or abuse to the amount dads do which is why it’s not talked about but it is important.

[@IItsAyoshi]

​@@spacebar9733I've seen plenty of mother's get charged with abuse almost as much as men...what are you on about

[@SMOKELIJAH]

The performance of the whole family even the crying baby felt so real to me and fr felt like some everyday shit. These actors are amazing fr

[@alexf9381]

To be fair, that's because they really got the baby to cry for the scene which is kind of messed up. They purposely scared the kid and yelled in his ear to make him cry for the Ricky death scene.

[@mayastill258]

I hated her as a kid and thought she was evil. As I got older I realized a lot of my friends had moms like this😢

[@robjackson5245]

But she was evil.

[@JohnnyBagodonuts-u1p]

Not to mention, but the Mother’s relationship with Ricky also cost him his life in the streets. He was coddled and spoiled by his mom, which caused him to have a naive view of the streets and the rules completely underestimating that Ferris and his crew that they would actually do something to him and asking Trey to split up (which might have actually unknowingly saved Trey’s life too). Overall, the fates of Ricky and Doughboy’s character end fate was the fault of their lack of a father to teach them how to be man (Doughboy found the wrong kind of father figures in the hood & prison who taught and raised him) and the mother coddling Ricky and favoring him cost him his life. Having a father in your life is so important. Hence, Furious and Trey.

[@WeaselScratches]

Damn never though about that way

[@RiyahSmith-xe2jw]

U think he was killed because he wasn’t in the streets u think he was killed because he didn’t have a father to show him how to sell drugs and be like his dad he got shot cause he was bout to fight them at a party and dough boy Joe’s the gun u gotta be slow asl to say this he died because he ain’t know the streets

[@americanlonewolf1390]

Yeah because the fact he said rhat they weren't gonna do anything was ridiculous. They are gang members, they are cold hearted killers but the favoritism obviously made him not think that while Doughboy knew that was what it was like.

[@RiyahSmith-xe2jw]

@@americanlonewolf1390 no he thought they wasn’t gone do anything because they been seeing them and they could have been killed them u thought him being good smart and good at football and being loved made him think someone wants gone kill im not in the streets but I would also think no one gone kill me over me wearing a color it all started at that party Ricky was wearing blue they are bloods he bumped Ricky and wanted to kill him for standing up for himself he was embarrassed when dough up that gun and wanted revenge

[@quintinwright8487]

Yup

[@kingwavyyt7395]

It’s sad that the last time Dough saw Ricky alive,they were fighting

[@Stantonthestandardstanding]

You hit this right on the head, i wish alot of black mothers understood the lesson this scene was trying to teach before the year 2000, we would have so many of our precious black men alive and well accomplished today. My mother loves us ALL the same.

[@evanalmighty5554]

To add on; Ricky became a father as a teen in high school. She’s addressed that in the bbq scene. Having said that, I always thought she went easy on him.

[@theloftons8297]

What really stuck with me, the first time I saw the movie, is she's all smiles when Ricky comes outside. Doughboy passes her in the door and her face immediately changes. Tyra Ferrell said a thousand words without saying one.

[@FeelingPoyChina]

if a parent doesn't love their kids equally that means she has something to gain from those she is showing extra affection towards.. favoritism always comes from selfishness

[@danishamcclendon]

Bingo

[@quintinwright8487]

Exactly I feel bad for children that's in that situation it's like who can compete for my love

[@kjmartin815]

with all the great actors in this movie, it's crazy how well ice cube and Lawrence fishburne steal every scene they're in

[@srami004]

It happens all across the board. Some people shouldn’t be parents plain and simple, particularly those who have unresolved issues. That crap could get passed to the kid and the dysfunction continues. An unfortunate truth that so many in America doesn’t want to accept

[@私の名前を翻訳しないでください]

Completely agree. Pisses me the hell off when parents pass their personal issues/unresolved trauma down onto their kids. I definitely do not expect parents to be perfect beings, but actions like that I find to be completely inexcusable.

[@bruhbutwhytho]

Not just America

[@lanagievski1540]

I would argue that Doughboy was disassociating as a child to get through the treatment.

[@jayjonesii4049]

I've seen this movie where Doughboy's mother was always cruel to him. 😦

[@reginaldmassey3272]

Me and my 2 sisters grew up with different fathers, was bad psychologically on me as a young kid, getting joked on etc, even family treated us with contempt, I remember my mother saying I was an ugly baby and she didn't know how bad that hurt my feelings but she thought it was funny, but she only did what my grandmother did, kids out of wedlock.

[@izelarzate3841]

Jeez I'm sorry about that I hope yours and your sisters lives turned out well

[@reginaldmassey3272]

@@izelarzate3841 unfortunately my sister died from complications of drugs and drinking at the age of 52, was one of the saddest times of my life, my mother died at 60 from a stroke in '96, she took all of her secrets to the grave, I remember how she begged for death in the hospital, neither of my sisters visited her in her final days.

[@Yummy_N_Blu]

It’s been years since I first watched this movie and I realize now that growing up my younger sister and I had the same mother. I was more academically driven (mostly due to being sheltered, strict parents and religious programming) and my sister to me was actually more intelligent than me. She was always getting picked on by our mother at one point and I noticed as a young teen that it’s because we had different fathers. I learned how to take a stand for my sister and later on vice versa where she has stood up for me. Today we have a way better than we did when we were young. I’ve learned that my mother (like many women who have kids and experience some type of financial hard ship) was taught that even if all else fails, your children will save and take care of you. My mother didn’t have boys but I was the oldest and was always a good student who did things “the right way” until I had my own life turns and had to start over. Then she couldn’t depend on me financially to help take care of her. Now both of us are “useless” in her eyes. I can give my mother some grace because of her history and trauma but I’ve now confirmed that women like that one portrayed in the movie, though are extremely complex in how they got there do hold many dangerous narcissistic traits.

[@charenzo95]

I remember being in the theater absolutely confused about them dumping Ricky on the sofa but my pen pal in Compton ( we met from being some of the first members of Icecube's fan club when he first went solo) told me that the cops and coroner might have taken hours so to protect the body they moved it. In NYC the coroner does take a half of a day to arrive but the cops arrive fast in a shooting so I wasn't aware.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

Remember at the beginning of the movie when they see a dead body in the dumpster? You know no police are ever showing up

[@bruhbutwhytho]

@@MASTEROFEVILespecially in the 90s

[@BrandonWaggoner-b1x]

Did anybody notice when the were young everybody had the same shoes🤣

[@nikobello101]

Yea y'all 90s babies had either them big ass Nike shoes or all star converse 😂 wack asf

[@BrandonWaggoner-b1x]

@@nikobello101 🤣🤣🤣

[@IItsAyoshi]

​@@nikobello101they say wearing as they wear big ass Fila's on their feet

[@cheshirewise942]

Sad, but true story. Mothers eventually pick and choose 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@adrianTurbogocrazy]

⁠@@FroggyHopScotch30your self hate is trauma based I’m sure and I feel for you brother I do, but don’t generalize a group of ppl based on your limited experience or a fictionalized character. My mother is beautiful, loving and supportive and she is also black. The positive traits of her personality have absolutely nothing to do with her skin color.

[@sergeayissi939]

​@@FroggyHopScotch30True! White parents are more objective. They might have kid preferences too but they hide it and maintain a good atmosphere.

[@shayla106]

@@adrianTurbogocrazyWhoosh

[@felinechanel]

@@adrianTurbogocrazyI completely agree with you but you can’t blame them for saying this. A lot of us have this same experience with our black moms, people like you are rare. They’re are often aggressive, loud, violent and you have to walk on eggshells around them. There’s a reason so many people, especially young women, are making videos titled “toxic black mothers”. Please don’t gaslight us, there’s clearly a pattern. Idk why but there just is.

[@jaimesmith2266]

Facts my mom favor my big brother more than me but i truly don't care i get more love from folks thats not family lol.

[@FlavoredGenuine]

If Brenda actually gave Doughboy the same amount of love and care as she does Ricky, both of them would be alive and successful in different careers. It’s understandable why she has contempt for Doughboy’s biological father and at the same time it was wrong for her to treat him like he’s a piece of crap as a child to the point of him being very disrespectful towards women as an adult.

[@BossC614Yungin]

My mom was like that in the beginning of my life with me and my brother I'm just glad she realized early on that we are not our father

[@Yvanehtnioj2000]

Ricky’s dad left the mother too so I never understood why she singled out Doughboy it seems like both their dads wasn’t shit

[@Ungrounded-jay]

His dad might’ve died

[@Yvanehtnioj2000]

@@Ungrounded-jay true it’s never really explained what happened to his dad but seeing how the mom is I’d assume he left too lol

[@_Jerry8a]

I really love how true to life Brenda is compared to most of these moms from the hood. All the characters are and their situations, but especially Brenda. RIP John Singleton. This film was such a masterpiece 🙌

[@ButtersCCookie]

You notice how Ricky the favorite and yet she is ignored. Doughboy, is the rejected child yet more respectful. I loved Dough. Most of the kids in my group home.

[@Alanboy395]

Your analysis at 3:20. While the reaction is more shock based than anything, it subconsciously is based on the contempt she had for Doughboy already, which was aggravated by the fact Dough and Ricky had a small brotherly tussle before the shooting. That’s years of thinking Dough was just evil and in her mind Dough proved her right. Hopefully, after things calmed down, it was explained to her Dough was doing the exact opposite thing of trying to prevent what happened to Ricky not just there but really throughout the movie.

[@taco_lovin5491]

I felt so doughboy so much, my mom was the same way towards me I grew up in LA than moved to Pomona ( very shitty place) and I started doing terrible shit bc I just stopped giving a fuck. My mom would tell me how dumb, dirty, ugly, and blame my dad for me being the way I was n shit , so when I turned 16 I left to a different state and I was so happy, I wasn’t involved in stupid shit, I was working out, getting great grades in school and happy but I had to move back with my mom and it was the same thing, she use to blame me for everything and she repeated he same pattern. Neither of my parents went to my graduation, and I moved bc I hated being with her

[@trevorhubbard6416]

I always wondered why they didn't intro their dad's so we can why she feels the way she does. It's just always confused me bc neither father is present so why does she feel like the other one is so much worse than the other

[@kelvinbremont1341]

So damn valid!

[@lxbronx6]

Maybe he’s the one that got away (Ricky’s Dad) or something happened to him.

[@trevorhubbard6416]

@lxbronx6 that's a good point i did think he was the one that got away before or she was The one that messed things up

[@Mezzy..]

The way him and her embrace when ricky dies is really beautiful

[@BruceWayne-kz8wk]

I can relate to Doughboy on a fundamental level, it’s a complex process where it wasn’t his fault for his father’s actions, for some reason a’lot of women deal with the ideal of hating on a child as a way to cope with the process of the failure of the relationship, this causes low self esteem issues, including mother issues and leads to trauma, where you don’t have too much control over how people feel or react to you.

[@live4marilyn]

Let’s talk about the sequel: Boyz n the Hood and the corrupted police officer.

[@friedkake1876]

We don’t talk about Maternal Sadism enough

[@BrandonWaggoner-b1x]

Dooky was killed after the movie

[@latinoheat7390]

He was killed like 3 yrs later

[@bradleycampbell245]

He was killed after Poetic Justice

[@goddessofchaos7754]

​@@bradleycampbell245his last film appearance was actually "Higher Learning" as one of Ice Cube's friends in the dorm, he had died before the movie came out sadly

[@Mezzy..]

the acting in this film is really good

[@R.J_]

This movie is deep when you watch this with the holy spirit How can a mother be so cruel to a young dough boy from an early age, it can effect you in a negative or positive way when growing up, yes their father wasn't around and that could've played huge factor, but loving your kids unequally is not right man, dough boy deep down was maybe hurt, and it effected him in a negative way This movie is a good message

[@shanirahrogers8709]

Yo this analysis was on point, great job!!!!! This was one of the saddest things about this movie, the level of hate that seemed to be present throughout. All that tension, all that anger and pain. Not even just Ricky's death but the reaction towards doughboy. I need to go do a rewatch.

[@squarebear619]

The biggest question was, where tf were both of their fathers? It's easier I guess to palm off the entire blame on the only parent that showed fidelity though because she's the only one present. You have to wonder if Doughboy was a self-fulfilled prophecy of being told he wasn't ish and was never going to be ish or did his mom clock him from the day one. She blamed him when he brought Ricky's body because he was the one in the streets and why Ricky was targeted so she wasn't wrong but she also wasn't right to say such but going through the shock of seeing her one son that was most definitely going to get out of the hood in such a state drove her mad. Doughboy really shouldn't have brought Ricky's body to the home where his young gf and baby son also resided. The mom and gf could have gone to the coroner to I.D the body after he was cleaned up. Plus, the mom and gf will have to go through more trauma of cleaning the blood out of the home and the trauma placed upon the baby is a guaranteed setup for him dealing with C-PTSD of not just losing his active father but the horror of seeing his father in such a state and the cacophony of the rage, grief, anger, deep sorrow, etc.

[@jefferyflood]

People font understand how accurate this movie is when your born into a currupt family.

[@sergeayissi939]

Typical Black family! It happens even when fathers are around.

[@MikeMyers-th1rk]

*black*

[@jefferyflood]

@@sergeayissi939 lol bro you people are a lost cause I actually pray that you find some core purpose in your life because your obviously mad your wife probably would rather ?MESS with a black man than you and that makes you mad lol

[@Mikeaj-un6mf]

Brenda didn’t love Ricky more than Doughboy because they had different dads, she loved Ricky more because he was supposed to be her ticket out of the hood. Brenda showed that she somewhat cared about Doughboy because she asked Tre to talk some sense into Dough because she was tired of him going in and out of jail, meanwhile Ricky was a star football player and was about to be recruited to USC. Also, remember when Tre asked Ricky “why you always playing football?” Ricky responds “cause that’s what I’m gonna do” Brenda says “that’s right” with a smile on her face, and then looks at doughboy disgustingly as he walks by. Doughboy had nothing going for him besides the street life which led to him being in and out of prison, and eventually his demise.

[@lincolnphillips9727]

I actually agree with this theory. I mean it’s not like we see Ricky’s dad at any point. He probably wasn’t shit either. Ricky actually had a “goal” in life other than the streets.

[@RiyahSmith-xe2jw]

Literally people keep saying it’s because of dough dad no Ricky was gone be something dough boy was just slow and dumb

[@shayla106]

Sure…let’s say you’re correct. It still doesn’t change her horrible treatment and favoritism. She obviously didn’t care about him.

[@OneEyedCloud01]

He never did anything different due to having no love at home. Was never told he could be something else

[@RiyahSmith-xe2jw]

@@OneEyedCloud01 Ricky ain’t love they where treated the same until Ricky found live in football and was tryna become something don’t use that dough wanted the streets simple he ain’t want no school no career like Ricky

[@SR-li5do]

I enjoyed this quick analysis. Hate some of the comments under the video though. 😂 I felt so bad for Dough Boy. I have seen some women talk to their kids like that and it disgusts me. I’m a mother and I could never. Ugh. That character was sick.

[@NutsItsBerserkinTime]

I haven’t watched this in a few years but didn’t she tell doughboy “it should have been him”?

[@SR-li5do]

@@NutsItsBerserkinTime I think so. Or she was telling him it was his fault. Or both. She was terrible.

[@TylerBobby-r5s]

Honestly, I would have taken to verbal abuse over the physical my father did.

[@samueledison4676]

I know exactly how Doughboy feels. Exactly how he feels.

[@JG_SmileSOBright]

Very real experiences for children of women w multiple men. So blessed my parents have been married and in love my whole life.

[@EmptyMan000]

Good for you, though all that means is that no matter what, you can't relate to people with parents who've done the opposite.

[@emoreeH]

I’m not trying to be rude but that was SO smug of you.

[@MikeMyers-th1rk]

@@EmptyMan000GOOD!!! Who wants to relate to having a ghetto ratchet mom looooool

[@TheRealDykeDrilla]

The saddest part is when they bring rick inside brenda thinks dough had something to do with his murder. She starts slapping him and asking him what did he do to him

[@visionarybrushstroker7694]

I never understood why the hell didn’t Tre scream to his mama that doughboy didn’t have rocky killed.

[@sangredelic]

Iceberg Slim's Mama Black Widow is similar; the Blaxk Widow in the title is his mother

[@thefaultinourstars8729]

Nice to see a breakdown on this

[@deethomas886]

Rick and Dough’s mom got hers tho. Rick was her ticket out the hood but that dream died along with him. Now she has no children, has to help take care of Ricky’s son, while struggling in the hood for the rest of her life.

[@MM-ql9xj]

@deethomas886 That wasn’t Karma. Stop it.

[@megancamps1640]

Yes it is

[@MM-ql9xj]

@@megancamps1640 No it wasn't. I'm tired of you all using the concept like it's a tool.

[@toniwesley4467]

Let’s talk about the absent fathers next!

[@MikeMyers-th1rk]

Single moms are worse loooooool

[@toniwesley4467]

@@MikeMyers-th1rk you must’ve been raised by a single mom & hate women as a result. Makes sense. Absent fathers are way worse.

[@cambreezythecolorman0716]

His mother was kind being rude and mean to his Doughboy

[@erics362]

Your analysis is on point 👉.

[@robertobustamante7215]

Classic movie. Still got it on dvd with the cardboard cover.

[@CapNFailure]

" She loved that fool more than she loved me " one of the most heartbreaking thing a kid can say especially if they do it without crying or being laughed at or judged

[@christnkatas]

Notice how in the scene when the mom was hitting doughboy and blaming him, you can kind of hear him say “mom..my”

[@charenzo95]

They were also trying to show a comparison between Brenda and Reba as if to say because Reba was educated and driven, she had the presence of mind to know when it was time for Trey to have a stronger, more consistent, male influence. We don't know where the other boys fathers were but , even if she was doing it all alone, taking her disappointments about life on them was wrong. Betterment of herself could have improved all of their situations.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

They're both terrible mothers

[@leighwright3450]

I would credit Reba with at least being sensible enough to realize that Trey needed the influence of his father in his life as opposed to just allowing her ego to get in the way like what so many single mothers tend to do.

[@TylerBobby-r5s]

​@@leighwright3450I have to disagree with the ego comment because most of the time it's both parents are the problem not just one.

[@TylerBobby-r5s]

Honestly, I disliked Reba for leaving that boy there. He didn't want to stay and I agree he shouldn't. I feel like therapy would have done the job better than Trey being there with his dad.

[@leighwright3450]

@@TylerBobby-r5s spoken like a true GYNOCRAT 🙄

[@norskawarrior1919]

I hate people who do that. YOU chose that person to have kids with. Your child didn't choose their parents and they damned sure wouldn't choose an emotionally bereft parent or a physically abusive one. If YOU'RE angry about the choices YOU made, having sex with who YOU chose, that's on YOU and YOU ALONE!!! I'm a daughter of a mother who hates my pops. Made my life hell. My older half-sister does the same thing about her two oldest kids. Always trashing their pops and putting them down. Like do you see yourself in the mirror?!! I told her as much. I made bad partner choices but I NEVER EVER bad mouthed my ex in front of our kids. Never!!! I own my bad choices and I don't blame my kids for them. It's called emotional maturity and introspection. Taking full accountability for MY own actions.

[@c4rii]

sex goes both ways stupid

[@jatryas]

perfect example of how the way you’re raising your children matter

[@tonysnow2224]

U act like her being a bad mother was something hidden, hell the director of the movie John Singleton said on a interview on Oprah that the movie was mainly about a mother loving one son too much and it made him irresponsible and loving one son not enough and it lead him to the streets..

[@john1120]

Bro I was not shocked when I saw this movie. It's typical hood shit tho. Single mom with kids depressed pushing negativity on the kids in a harsh environment. It all plays a key-role in one's future. Why you think psychologist always ask about your childhood?

[@HaroonAmad]

Sad....really sad. She loved both sons, but how she felt about the fathers had influence. This happens a lot. For instance if a woman is in love with one father and has that man's child all of those feelings are going to be passed down to that child. We see this when a mother won't let the child go She is over protective of that child and she won't let the child go anywhere except with someone like a grandmother. On the other of she has a child by a man that she didn't love or have strong feelings for, she kind of let's that child do whatever and she's quick tempered with that child (not saying that she doesn't love that child, but she is passing her fillings for that child's father down to that child as well). She's gentle with the child who has the father she was in love with and shows hard love to the child who has the father that she didn't like.

[@stavomatias3047]

Good analysis, I’ve seen this a lot in middle school and never remembered the resentment from doughboys mom

[@kingkbtv]

I will always have the up most respect for doughboy because he did his best to look out for his lil bro Ricky the mother never cared about dough boy all because of some sht happen with there father and she took it out on him for no reason at all i also respect how he let tre out the car and kept him away from that life style as well nothing wrong with that dough boy knew he wasn't ready for that life he walked away came back home to his father and ricky girl was real live use less i don't understand why would she just make the child look at her dead father and then she hit doughboy for nothing.

[@Aries16603]

I sympathize with The mother because the father wasn’t there. She was left to raise 2 kids on her own. This is typical in the black community and we need to start asking the obvious questions, WHERE IS THE FATHER!? She’s living in the ghetto where the crime rate is out of control and she’s raising 2 boys on her own. At least Trey’s mom was able to get help from the dad. Doughboys mom had nobody. I would be angry too.

[@DeeDaKang1]

The worst thing is that our mothers have said, done, and allowed more things to happen to their children than anyone else on the planet 🌏

[@endurex4180]

She played that role

[@zero1188]

Working as a teacher in the hood this common. My main issue with this is in the bIack community mothers are protected . No matter how bad a dn abusive they are its always excused because they stuck around. In. Majority cases the morher the same as the father. He abandoned them physically but the mother abandoned her kids emotionally. They are the same person.

[@sbrooks729]

Lost both sons in the end

[@KhadirAli-db2dx]

If you pay attention it’s because of who their dads were and how they act and Rickey has good things going for himself and doughbiy just got out of prison after years and he kept going in and out his mom even said that’s a lot of stress when your kid builds a reputation like that because your the mother of that child

[@autumnnyree98]

Watch how you talk to your kids, power lies in the tongue speak life into them not death. Don’t take your frustrations out on your children because you are upset with the other parent. Children are innocent.

[@mohoodie8728]

Doughboy was a very well written character. It's a shame that he dies to a similar fate as his brother.

[@vamp0669]

I just peeped the only time they hug is when bro died😢

[@FuadFarah-v7t]

It's sorry that she lost her 2 sons

[@lavenderwashington5337]

I really enjoyed the topic of this video and I don't think it's talked about enough but!!! Can we just talk about how she really screamed in that baby's ear? I always felt bad for that baby, cuz girl was hamming it up

[@Kingdream93]

If you haven't already, you should talk about the movie The Wood (1999) starring Omar Epps, Richard T Jones and Taye Diggs. That's a good one and a bit more positive too.

[@MikeyLee559]

All kids from the good saw this movie growing up. A certfied west coast hood classic

[@SlugSage]

Youngins watching the classics.

[@NebraskaFalls-ee7qp]

WHERE ARE THE FATHERS? ! THEY ARE FAR WORSE yet yall NEVER GIVE THOSE MEN that energy

[@07twinsfan]

Great video man it made me cry. Keep it up 👍.

[@LavenderJack540]

An excellent breakdown. Subscribed. Keep up the excellent work.

[@abrahamzatarain547]

I think it would’ve been dope to see that Dough it lived on and his mom becomes a bass head and dough boy is raising his nephew cause Ricky’s girlfriend died of an overdose after Ricky’s death. Not many stories of uncles taking care of nephews or nieces and becoming their father figure, also more powerful that the brother of your father is the one to lead you in the right direction. Dough boy could’ve been like Tre’s dad Furious.

[@alrightythen759]

Great one Fam! Do more!

[@augusthasani6588]

One more to add on the pile of men being done dirty by cruel maternal figures, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

[@c4rii]

must b the smallest pile ever lmfao

[@Xxandrew01]

I can't believe I forgot about that scene at 3:45 . I can't believe I forgot Doughboy and Ricky are half brothers, and they have the same momma, but different daddies. And she favors Ricky's daddy more, so she in turns favors Ricky more. Which for the two daddies, that's fine if Doughboy's father treated her wrong, but it's NOT fine to treat Doughboy wrong because of what his father did to her.

[@terrylu1843]

Short sweet and to the point, thank you

[@palehandgame]

I live in Chicago and I've seen this level of resentment aimed towards children who aren't even old enough to speak yet.

[@kincamell2]

"And when Doughboy disappeared After his brother died and he said nobody cared I still do, after all these years Because he should've played ball Ricky ain't deserve none of that at all These are just a illustration Of a few scenes that helped raise a generation"- Lupe

[@obelusyt]

misplaced love is destructive