Brown Sugar is a movie about the relationship between lifelong friends from New York, Sidney and Dre. They discovered Hip Hop on the streets when they were children. The growth and love of Hip Hop music and the growth and love of these friends to each other influence their entire lives. Brown Sugar is a film about love for Hip Hop, and it uses the music as a metaphor to display the romantic interest between its two main characters. Rather than life imitating art, the “art” is imitating life. Hip Hop is “the love of my life” Sidney declares at the beginning of the movie. She starts every interview for her job with the question: “So, when was the first time you fell in love with Hip Hop?” Sidney feels that she and Hip Hop grew up together. Her
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Hip Hop has been described in some literature as an additional character in the movie. (Sanchez 41). “Hip Hop has always been that kind of friend to me.” Sidney’s relationship with Hip Hop and her relationship with Dre are again paralleling each other and they mature. They have been lifelong friends. As Sidney reunites with Dre after time apart from each other, she acknowledges that it’s hard to image that Hip Hop has grown and matured. Although her thoughts are stated to be about the music, her feelings are clearly a reference to Dre’s relationship with a new woman, and the path that relationship is …show more content…
In the scene at a party at Sidney’s house, Dre describes Sidney as “the perfect verse over a tight beat.” We see how strongly he cares for her by naming her as one of the most important parts of his life, much like the music he refers to. Moved by Dre’s heartfelt statement, Sidney says the difference between Hip Hop and rap as “ like the difference between saying you love somebody and being in love with somebody, rap is just a word.” The other relationships that Sidney and Dre have apart from each other are like rap-they are Hip Hop when they are
Hip Hop has been described in some literature as an additional character in the movie. (Sanchez 41). “Hip Hop has always been that kind of friend to me.” Sidney’s relationship with Hip Hop and her relationship with Dre are again paralleling each other and they mature. They have been lifelong friends. As Sidney reunites with Dre after time apart from each other, she acknowledges that it’s hard to image that Hip Hop has grown and matured. Although her thoughts are stated to be about the music, her feelings are clearly a reference to Dre’s relationship with a new woman, and the path that relationship is …show more content…
In the scene at a party at Sidney’s house, Dre describes Sidney as “the perfect verse over a tight beat.” We see how strongly he cares for her by naming her as one of the most important parts of his life, much like the music he refers to. Moved by Dre’s heartfelt statement, Sidney says the difference between Hip Hop and rap as “ like the difference between saying you love somebody and being in love with somebody, rap is just a word.” The other relationships that Sidney and Dre have apart from each other are like rap-they are Hip Hop when they are