>What I'm surprised to NOT see on your list is Ziggy's
>confession to Jay where he's going over the details of the
>murder. In a way it seems like he's grown up for a second and
>is realizing the severity of what he did, but it's really his
>last ditch attempt to be seen by someone as 'that' guy ("man,
>that ziggy is hardcore. don't fuck with him")

I guess I really didn't see that. What I took away from that scene was that Ziggy was broken down to this frail shaky character, who knew he was in shit and ready to (quickly) accept his fate. I didn't really see any of the posturing that he had made a living with earlier. Like, the epitome of his posturing, IMO, was when he tried to threaten the corner dealer (the white guy) for not giving him all his money. He started talking like how he'd imagine a tough guy would, saying, "don't fuck with me." And I guess I just really didn't see any of that machismo or arrogance in the scene w/ Jay. If anything, I felt that scene was rushed, but if you think about how this new Ziggy was playing things, ready to accept his position at the lower end of life, it seemed appropriate to me.

Anyway, I'll check for it during my eventual repeat viewing.