I was seeing the movie Rocky Balboa in theaters as a kid and during the final fight scene between Rocky and Antonio Tarvar's character, when Rocky starts making a miraculous comeback and the crowd around me was hooting and hollering, I heard the woman sitting directly behind me yell, "Yes Rocky! Kill that (n-word)!" But, you know, uncensored, hard R. I don't remember a single other thing that happened in the movie and I still can't fully believe it even really happened because no one else said anything to her????
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I think I was like four or so? Mom was in discipliinary mode for some reason (being a "hard mommy") and so I took off down the street when she wasn't paying attention and hung out with the lady who occasionally babysat me and my kid brother. Vivid memory of watching Merrie Melodies cartoons in the front room/living room when mom came rolling in and looked like she wanted to kill me. This was olden times LBC and I'm pretty sure we were living in what ultimately became Crips territory -- wasn't so scary then but would be years later.
Apr 3, 2024
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First time i remember this was going to see Reign of Fire in theaters with my mom when i was 9... perhaps i am still dreaming in that chair...
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I was 3 or 4, and hooooo boooy, let me tell you how significant this moment was for me. Thomas gets pushed onto an abandoned ferry by those good-for-nothing Troublesome Trucks and sinks into a marsh. I positively lost my shit. I vividly remember rushing into the dining room where my mom was chatting with her friend, and I would not let them continue talking until they came in and watched it again. I'm sure I wore that part of the tape out replaying it over and over and over again. Looking back now, I think it radicalized me.
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