![]() I know I’m not where I want to be, but I’m not where I was yesterday. ![]() Which for some we see they will strive to get better, others seemingly may get caught up, but most make it clear not to count them out just yet. They can do their best to understand them, adapt to them, and prepare them, but at the end of the day it’s their life. But without that foundation, that drive, if not hustler spirit (though better-worded hope), what does that mean?īecause, in the long term, both men can’t hold these young people’s hands through life. They can try to guide them, show them various opportunities, but as seen with Duke’s mentee Skittles, even if the person has talent, they have to follow through. For while we may see men like Ron “Mo” Moten invest in them, alongside a boxing coach named Duke, they aren’t these kids fathers. Hence why we see quite a few of them on a DC block called K Street being teenaged sex workers. Not just in terms of homo and transphobia, but because their foundations aren’t really made. For with the gang comprised of LGBT kids, many of which don’t have family outside of the gang, are homeless, and don’t have a high school education, there are a lot of issues. However, as they grew stronger things got out of control. Together, what we get is a story about how a community, a gang, was formed because there is safety in numbers. ![]() Well, depending on the area you grew up In one of the schools I went to in Newark, NJ, there were quite a few Altons. Alongside them is Alton, who is wild, flamboyant, and probably someone you remember in high school. There is Trey, who is a sex worker, and has a dual identity They maintain a male and female Instagram and treat them almost like two different persons living in one body. The main focus of Check It is three queer individuals. For if Paris is Burning was pessimistic, Kiki was optimistic, Check It brings us young queer people at that crossroad. With Kiki, I compared that to Paris is Burning and I feel the need to compare Check It to both. Not to say one is better than the other, all the time, but because many are so used to just having that one shining star it is hard not to compare. There is this unfortunate need to compare films of marginalized people.
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