Okay so my absolute confession is my enjoyment of “gangsta” flicks, or at least it used to be. More truth would be to tell you I haven’t seen one of these in a very long time! My taste for them lies in reality, at least the ones made from a viewpoint of reality. I’m not talking about the flicks that just want to look cool by pointing their guns sideways, but the real deal, where pain and joy can be seen within the depths of absolute truth of real situations we as a society face.
I get quite irritated by “made-up” mindsets that want to dismiss a movie genre outright because it carries a rating beyond the PG fantasy. It’s not that I want to judge good motives for avoiding mindless violence or outright trash, it’s merely the irritation I feel for those who want to ignore absolutely what is happening in our world; or worse, just judge it without understanding why it’s being reflected to begin with.