Parental pressure is something that the writer Liara Tamani knows very well. That’s already stressful enough, without the added pressures that their parents bring. While Monica and Quincy are falling in love, they’re also trying to navigate the pressures that come with trying to make a career out of something that they love, basketball. They start to fall in love with each other.
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The movie tells the story of Monica Wright, played by Sanaa Lathan, and Quincy McCall, Omar Epps, two neighbors who grow up next to each other, first as friends, sometimes as enemies and competitors on the basketball court, who over time start to see each other in new ways. But the older that I get, the more that I marvel at all of the things that I didn’t see then - the way in which the character of Monica is a star and a role model for all of us as women, of what we can become even from a young age. The first time that I saw it, I was in college, and I was so struck by the relationship at the center of the movie - the love story.
Love & Basketball, written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, is a movie that gets better and better with each viewing. We’re gonna give you all the details you need to follow along. As always, if you haven’t seen the movie, don’t worry. It feels so right that we end this podcast by talking about a movie that I love dearly, Love & Basketball, with the wonderful writer Liara Tamani.
I’m Lily Percy, and welcome to our last episode together. Lily Percy, host: Hello, fellow movie fans.