{"id":193630,"date":"2021-03-04T04:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T01:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-boogie-review-an-uneven-multicultural-basketball-drama\/"},"modified":"2021-03-04T04:00:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T01:00:50","slug":"watch-boogie-review-an-uneven-multicultural-basketball-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-boogie-review-an-uneven-multicultural-basketball-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8216;Boogie&#8217; Review: An Uneven Multicultural Basketball Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e219eba491\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e219eba491\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-boogie-review-an-uneven-multicultural-basketball-drama\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Boogie_Review_An_Uneven_Multicultural_Basketball_Drama%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Boogie&#8217; Review: An Uneven Multicultural Basketball Drama&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-boogie-review-an-uneven-multicultural-basketball-drama\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Boogie_Review_An_Uneven_Multicultural_Basketball_Drama%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Boogie&#8217; Review: An Uneven Multicultural Basketball Drama&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Boogie_Review_An_Uneven_Multicultural_Basketball_Drama%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Boogie&#8217; Review: An Uneven Multicultural Basketball Drama&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Boogie_Review_An_Uneven_Multicultural_Basketball_Drama%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;Boogie&#8217; Review: An Uneven Multicultural Basketball Drama&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n                        For subtlety\u2019s sake, it\u2019s better if coming-of-age stories don\u2019t feature subplots in which characters are asked to pen their own autobiographical tales of maturation, and then spend time debating the merits of J.D. Salinger\u2019s \u201cThe Catcher in the Rye\u201d as well as their personal similarities to its protagonist, Holden Caulfield. That \u201cBoogie\u201d does this is emblematic of its frequent clunkiness. Nonetheless, Eddie Huang\u2019s directorial debut about a Chinese American basketball player trying to balance athletics, romance and parental expectations compensates for its narrative shortcomings by conveying a strong sense of its milieu\u2019s culture and customs\u00a0\u2014 elements that should give it a leg up on the competition when it debuts in theaters on March 5.<\/p>\n<p>In Flushing, Queens, Alfred \u201cBoogie\u201d Chin (Taylor Takahashi) strives to realize his dream of making it to the NBA. To facilitate this goal, Boogie \u2014 at the behest of his demanding father (Perry Yung) \u2014 transfers to City Prep, where he thinks he\u2019ll have the best shot at beating top NYC prospect Monk (Bashar \u201cPop Smoke\u201d Jackson) and impressing scouts enough to secure a scholarship to a premiere college. Boogie\u2019s ambition is a familiar one, but Huang\u2019s film couches it within a unique Asian-American context. Alongside the pressure to establish himself as a rising star (and better than his rival), the teenager is burdened by feelings of responsibility to honor his parents, who <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently sacrificed greatly in order to give him the opportunity to live in the States.<\/p>\n<p>Huang, the author, chef, restaurateur and attorney whose autobiography \u201cFresh Off the Boat\u201d became an ABC sitcom, channels his own upbringing as a hip-hop-loving child of Taiwanese immigrants in \u201cBoogie\u201d (he also co-stars, mirthlessly, as Boogie\u2019s IBS-afflicted uncle). The film envisions Boogie as a melting pot unto himself, such that he\u2019s equally comfortable among his racially mixed peers in the gym and classroom, and with his traditional parents, serving tea to his elders and, at one point, falling to his knees to formally apologize to his coach (Domenick Lombardozzi) and principal (Margaret Odette). Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad\u2019s enveloping rap and R&amp;B-laced score further accentuates Boogie\u2019s of-two-worlds condition, as do cinematographer Brett Jutkiewicz\u2019s pans through Queens\u2019 Chinatown streets, and recurring detours to a fortune teller shop where Boogie\u2019s mom and dad sought counsel shortly before their only child\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n<p>As if trying to earn a free basketball ride to a top-flight university weren\u2019t stressful enough, Boogie soon finds his mother (Pamelyn Chee) trying to usurp her spouse\u2019s authority over their son\u2019s career by enlisting a shady advisor (Mike Moh). At the same time, Boogie strikes up a budding relationship with Eleanor (Taylour Paige), a Black classmate whose strong-willed personality is just what the arrogant and selfish Boogie needs. Their dynamic is consistently genuine, and peaks during a sex scene in which the virgin Boogie expresses insecurity \u2014 an admission that speaks to ingrained stereotypes about Asian and African American men, and which Eleanor soothes with an ease that\u2019s indicative of Paige\u2019s confident and natural performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoogie\u201d is most assured when focusing on specific Chinese American routines, rituals and mindsets, yet it falters when crafting its larger portrait of Boogie\u2019s predicament. Huang\u2019s script routinely indulges in leaden exposition to get its message, as well as character details and dynamics, across. Moreover, too many of its plot points are underdeveloped, be it Boogie\u2019s parents\u2019 backstory, the dramatic trajectory of City Prep\u2019s season (or individual <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s), Boogie\u2019s me-first attitude toward his teammates, or a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of late incidents that are quickly skimmed over so the proceedings can get to a climactic streetball showdown that, like the rest of the underwhelming on-court action, lacks rhythm and momentum.<\/p>\n<p>In his first big-screen role, Takahashi proves a commanding physical presence, and his scenes with the late hip-hop star Pop Smoke (who died in February 2020 at the age of 20) provide the film with some macho friction. Takahashi\u2019s line deliveries, however, vary wildly between convincing and affected \u2014 the latter partly due to dialogue that\u2019s too blunt and functional by half. Like \u201cBoogie\u201d itself, his performance is an uneven mix of the real and the phony.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n  !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n      n.callMethod ?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n    };\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n  }(window, document, 'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '586935388485447');\n  fbq('init', '315552255725686');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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