"Friday" ft. Shaun Vizzy - 150

About this episode

Ray Salazar and guest Shaun Vizzy discuss the film 'Friday' and its cultural significance.

B-Real TV alumni, has photographed bands such as Korn and Slipknot, and loves pro wrestling - Shaun Vizzy and I discuss his favorite film "Friday" directed by F Gary Gray who stars Ice Cube and Chris Tucker. It's a slice-of-life style of a film that's set in south central Los Angeles where two homies hang out and smoke weed but they get into a sort of laid back but messy situation with the neighborhood drug dealer. It's beyond an LA film or a hood film of sorts, but a film that represents community in a raw form. You do get to see life from a perspective that we can relate. You see real people. We talk about how Shaun saw this film but in a bootlegged VHS form BUT features a cut that's different from the actual theatrical version. We also talk about my disagreement of Roger Ebert's review of the film, especially the third act. Shaun and I talk about the legendary cast and we also discuss the character of "Big Worm" and how central it is to the film overall. This is a film where I did say that some of the scenes don't push the story forward but I fail to realize that LIFE itself goes in the pace we set it to be. Thanks to Shaun for wanting to do a podcast with me especially on…

People in this episode

Host: Ray Salazar

Guest: Shaun Vizzy

Topics covered

• film discussion
• community representation
• character analysis
• film reviews
• personal anecdotes

Keywords

• Friday
• Shaun Vizzy
• Ray Salazar
• Ice Cube
• Chris Tucker
• Roger Ebert
• Big Worm
• F Gary Gray
• south central Los Angeles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: B-Real TV, United States Library of Congress

Books & works: Friday

Places: south central Los Angeles

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