The movie Love & Basketball was very well made. It had many segments
which could be analyzed in many different ways. The most important symbolism
throughout this movie in my eyes is that of a woman’s role in sports being belittled
and not taken as serious as that of a man. From a young age Monica was not taken
serious on the basketball court, and told to change her “boyish” ways at home. The
boys felt that because she was a girl she wouldn’t be able to keep up with them.
After proving her point that she could play, and was to be taken serious the boys
felt threatened. As in real life when a woman shows her independence or ability to
stand up for herself men feel threatened and tend to avoid that woman. At home
her mother told her she needed to stop acting like a boy. In reality this also
happens to many girls who are athletic, they are automatically labeled as a lesbian.
In school I see this happen daily to girls because of their athletic ability, and
although some of them maybe lesbian, participating in an athletic activity is not the
cause of them being lesbian. Another symbolism is the way in which Monica was
treated as a freshmen on her college basketball team. She had to work twice as
hard as the upperclassmen just to be accepted while, Quincy, her boyfriend had a
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red carpet laid out for him from day one on his college basketball team. Before
playing or even being accepted on college basketball teams many differences are
made between girls and boys as far as scholarships, scouts, and the particular
sport. It is a proven fact that boys tend to have larger scholarship amounts than
girls, and although many people see this as fair because, “Boys play harder!” Or
“Boys play physical sports.”, the amount of strength and skill is equal. Scouts
are scarce when it comes to scouting girls in athletics, but you can find dozens of
scouts at events for boys.
