Gangsta Paradise @ Mesquite 30 Theatre?
As we were leaving the theatre this weekend, I couldn't help but reflect on the style of dress and the general behavior of people present. Evidently dressing as a thug or gang banger is the only way you can dress, whether your white, black or brown. And evidently you have to act outlandishly and cut up constantly while dressed in your ghetto chic clothes. This bothered me and I think the reason is that our young people (and older) don't seem to have an standard of conduct or dress while in public other than their own perception of what it should be (or what they can safely get away with). I'm not sure why this bother's me, but it seems an ill omen.
The thought just struck me, what are real thugs and gang bangers going to start wearing now that their custom has been hijacked by pop culture. I mean, how are we supposed to discern the real from the urban yuppie larva? I wonder if, like the Hippies before them, that their culture will just die after it's absorbed by the larger society.
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I go to Mesquite 30 all the time and have lived in Mesquite all my life, i will tell you something right now the real gangs here in Mesquite dont hang out at Mesquite 30, all those people you see up there are just regular people who like to dress like thugs, the real people are not there. i mean there may be a few who go up there to see a movie once and a while but they dont hang out up there just to chill and bullshit..
Posted by: Shadow | June 5, 2003 10:42 PM
I go to Mesquite 30 all the time and have lived in Mesquite all my life, i will tell you something right now the real gangs here in Mesquite dont hang out at Mesquite 30, all those people you see up there are just regular people who like to dress like thugs, the real people are not there. i mean there may be a few who go up there to see a movie once and a while but they dont hang out up there just to chill and bullshit..
Posted by: Shadow | June 5, 2003 10:43 PM