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The Wood

159 statements
30 feature instances
9 referencing feature instances

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The Wood	label	The Wood
The Wood	page	TheWood
The Wood	comment	A 1999 coming-of-age drama directed by Rick Famuwiya, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Todd Boyd.Mike (Omar Epps) tells the story of how he grew up in Inglewood, California (nicknamed "The Wood") in The '80s, with best friends Roland (Taye Diggs), who is getting married (and is currently missing) and Slim (Richard T. Jones), who scoffs at the idea of marriage, but is furious at Roland for disappearing. The story reminisces back to Mike's first encounters with Roland and Slim, his first real crush on a girl named Alicia (Malinda Williams), and the three young men's misadventures as teenagers.
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The Wood	processingComment	Dropped link to SpeedSex: Not a Feature - ITEM
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The Wood / int_1c21e3fb	type	The Place
The Wood / int_1c21e3fb	comment	The Place
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The Wood / int_3149c4b0	type	It Will Never Catch On
The Wood / int_3149c4b0	comment	It Will Never Catch On: Stacey says that he could be a rapper, but nobody would ever buy an album about pot.
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The Wood / int_35a858b3	type	Cluster F-Bomb
The Wood / int_35a858b3	comment	Cluster F-Bomb
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The Wood / int_3b27cf16	type	Hormone-Addled Teenager
The Wood / int_3b27cf16	comment	Hormone-Addled Teenager: Mike, Roland and Slim. Alicia knows this, which is why she gets so mad when Mike slaps her butt. Though she doesn't quite mind so much when Mike later reaches for her butt during their dance at the prom.
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The Wood / int_43b785f9	type	Nothing but Hits
The Wood / int_43b785f9	comment	Nothing but Hits: The soundtrack includes 80s rap songs.
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The Wood / int_44e64e96	type	Female Gaze
The Wood / int_44e64e96	comment	Female Gaze: The scene where the guys wash off in Tanya's backyard after Roland throws up in Slim's car. There was no reason to show that outside of letting the audience see three fit, black men with their asses on full display.
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The Wood / int_479d4e5a	type	Would Hurt a Child
The Wood / int_479d4e5a	comment	Would Hurt a Child: Stacey has no qualms about beating up a teenage Mike, albeit to defend his sister's honor as opposed to simply doing so out of malice.
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The Wood / int_4e3dee88	type	Their First Time
The Wood / int_4e3dee88	comment	Their First Time: Mike and Alicia. It leads to... Speed Sex: ...Mike not being able to keep going longer than a minute or so. Alicia takes it in stride, and accepts the idea of them being a couple.
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The Wood / int_573b8452	type	Hollywood California
The Wood / int_573b8452	comment	Hollywood California: Notably averted. One of the few movies to take place in Inglewood, California.
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The Wood / int_69681e01	type	Big Brother Instinct
The Wood / int_69681e01	comment	Big Brother Instinct: Stacey to Alicia. Anyone looking to hurt her in any way would do well to remember that Stacey is a member of the Bloods.
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The Wood / int_744e3311	type	Police Brutality
The Wood / int_744e3311	comment	Police Brutality: A mild version. The policeman makes them get out the car and gives them a pat down all because of a broken tail light.
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The Wood / int_7815ba15	type	N-Word Privileges
The Wood / int_7815ba15	comment	N-Word Privileges: To be expected in a story about three African-American teenagers in '80s-era Inglewood, California.
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The Wood / int_7fd142ef	type	Shared Universe
The Wood / int_7fd142ef	comment	Shared Universe: With Dope. Stacey eventually becomes a security guard.
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The Wood / int_8b4f2a4f	type	'80s Hair
The Wood / int_8b4f2a4f	comment	'80s Hair: Mike and Roland have high-top fades, and Slim and Stacey have a Jheri curl.
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The Wood / int_94e4b975	type	Vomit Indiscretion Shot
The Wood / int_94e4b975	comment	Vomit Indiscretion Shot: Roland vomits all over everybody's suits in the car.
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The Wood / int_9843db6	type	Gangbangers
The Wood / int_9843db6	comment	Gangbangers: Stacey.
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The Wood / int_aaf661fb	type	Noticing the Fourth Wall
The Wood / int_aaf661fb	comment	Noticing the Fourth Wall: Mike talks to the audience to narrate at the start of the movie. Slim shows up griping about Roland being missing, Mike nods towards the camera. Slim briefly talks to the audience. He's then annoyed with Mike for talking to the audience.
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The Wood / int_b1e8a3b3	type	Coming of Age Story
The Wood / int_b1e8a3b3	comment	Coming of Age Story
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The Wood / int_b532f68b	type	Everybody Has Lots of Sex
The Wood / int_b532f68b	comment	Everybody Has Lots of Sex: What drives the boys to try and lose their virginity.
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The Wood / int_b5b4b485	type	The Bet
The Wood / int_b5b4b485	comment	The Bet: How Mike meets Alicia. On his first day after moving from North Carolina, Roland and Slim bet him a dollar to slap Alicia's butt. Unfortunately, the reason why they didn't do it is because Alicia's brother Stacey is a Blood and will beat them up.
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The Wood / int_bc37d80d	type	So Proud of You
The Wood / int_bc37d80d	comment	So Proud of You: Stacy when he sees Mike get Alicia's number.
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The Wood / int_c10da874	type	The '80s
The Wood / int_c10da874	comment	The '80s: The flashbacks take place from 1986 to 1989.
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The Wood / int_c335b9ec	type	Irony
The Wood / int_c335b9ec	comment	Irony: The robbery that Stacey committed is what got them off the hook when the police pull them over.
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The Wood / int_ca7ec334	type	Two Lines, No Waiting
The Wood / int_ca7ec334	comment	Two Lines, No Waiting: The storyline with them trying to get Roland to go to his wedding and meanwhile reminiscing about their childhood.
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The Wood / int_d075311d	type	ShesAllGrownUp
The Wood / int_d075311d	comment	She's All Grown Up: Alicia in the present day, played by Sanaa Lathan in a cameo role.
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The Wood / int_dd1dbfb0	type	I Was Quite a Fashion Victim
The Wood / int_dd1dbfb0	comment	I Was Quite a Fashion Victim: Mike laughs when he sees a photograph of himself, Slim and Roland when they were teenagers, posing for the camera.
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The Wood / int_e1c796e9	type	Diegetic Switch
The Wood / int_e1c796e9	comment	Diegetic Switch: Played with. Each flashback starts with a clip of the actual record of the song playing.
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The Wood / int_f0fc8518	type	High-School Dance
The Wood / int_f0fc8518	comment	High-School Dance: And middle school dance as well.
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The Wood / int_ff7f34c5	type	Pet the Dog
The Wood / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: Stacey, previously established as very protective of his sister, gives Mike advice on how to woo Alicia during the school prom.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

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The Wood	hasFeature	'80s Hair / int_bacd8204
The Wood	hasFeature	Films of 1995â€“1999 / int_bacd8204
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The Wood	hasFeature	The '80s / int_bacd8204
The Wood	hasFeature	The Place / int_bacd8204
The Wood	seeAlso	The Wood

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