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I don't personally agree with this film being irresponsible b/c I think this film did a lot better job than Scarface, Godfather and defiantly Goodfellas of showing the downside of drugs (By showing Pookie going through rehab and Gee Money's story), and tried to make all of the violent scenes more shocking than just guys with cool guns (The Wedding scene alone did that). I think it's hard to make a film about the rise and fall of a drug dealer without glamorizing a little bit but Mario Van Peebles seemed to very much try to not do that, while at the same time not make a bs "just Say no"-type film (That speech that Nino has at the end is brilliant)