Love and basketball
...y emphasized and all the rules are broken. Prince-Blythewood has a powerful enthusiasm for basketball and a coherent, calm way of illustrating the discrepancies in public attitudes towards male and female athletes. While Quincy is loved and supported by his schoolmates and family, Monica is seen as somewhat of a freak for wanting the same thing. Later on, when the two turn pro, Quincy has a place in the NBA, while Monica has to leave the country, and go to play in Europe. When men behave a certain way on the court it is accepted as part of the sport, but when a woman does the same thing it is seen as vulgar and disrespectful. Despite some on-the-nose dialogue, there is a consistently powerful drama in a simmering state of confrontation between Monica, who fears that any concessions to traditional femininity will bar her from her calling, and her mother, who sees her daughter as condemning everything about her choice as a homemaker. The Mother and daughter struggle to understand one another’s life choices, and views on femininity. Monica feels that her Mother had always devoted her life to pleasing others, and not trying to achieve her own dreams. The Mother, on the other hand, feels that Monica is giving up the chance to build a family and have some happ...