Meighan Byron "Boyz N the Hood" response
Yes, a woman’s perspective is almost completely ignored in the film. Although it is only about an hour and a half long film, there is no way that Singleton could have done justice to both situations. He drew upon his experiences as a black youth and created this film from things he recollected about his past. He wrote and directed what he knew, and that is a part of what makes this film so tangible and real. Set in pre-riot South Central Los Angeles, review of this film gives an accurate temperature of the time which it happened in.
In a way “Boyz� is a nihilistic film because young lives are wasted for nothing. There is no sense to the loss of a young life, whether he is in a gang or a football star. However there was a saving grace, a moral foundation in this film in the form of Furious. The morals of Furious that were instilled in Tre saved him from becoming a casualty of the circular gangland warfare.
The hope was not lost when Ricky was murdered. It pushed Tre to the edge and he discovered that he was stronger than the hate people had toward each other. Was he angry of course, but he saw a way out of the cycle. He was able to leave. Singleton left the door wide open for Tre to come back to the community when he was older and educated. But chances are Tre would not come back and the circle of poverty and crime would continue because there are no good paying jobs for educated people in such a place.