You'll also never read about trouble in or near theaters showing mainstream films. In today's America, with our insane lack of gun controls, I'm surprised there were only two guns.Īnd what if they'd had metal detectors for other weekend movies, like " Terminator 2: Judgment Day" or " Point Break"? How many guns? But you'll never read that story, because it doesn't fit into the formula. Let's say the theater had four showings of the movie, and averaged 600 people a screening. Here's the kind of dramatic news report that bears a closer look: It was reported that metal detectors were used at one theater, and two handguns were confiscated. But the national roundup stories make it look like a wave of carnage took place, when in fact the majority of "Boyz" screenings were without incident. We should not blame the messenger for the message. It would be tragic if a film this important and thoughtful was blamed for conditions it dreams of changing-and if the development of the New Black Wave of filmaking was suppressed. Should the film be held responsible for the violence? Nothing on the screen could have possibly inspired any trouble-just the reverse. A few theaters have pulled it, and the police chief of Minneapolis has volunteered the advice that people should wait until it comes out on video.
Unfortunately, it also opened to a killing, several shootings and some shoving matches.
#BOYZ N THE HOOD TRAILER MOVIE#
The movie opened to outstanding business. Well, the ad campaign was apparently a success.
But how could you know that? The TV commercials and trailers for the movie emphasized a few scenes in which the movie's characters are caught in a tense situation involving gangs.Īs I wrote a week before the movie opened: "The coming attractions trailer for "Boyz N the Hood" makes it look like exactly what it is not-a movie about violent young black men, guns and gangs."
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