re: Who is going to see "Straight Outta Compton"?

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their audience is a bunch of 40+ year old white guys

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I thought the same, but my wife teaches at a school with 53 employees. The vast majority of the staff is counting down the days and they range from mid 20s to mid 60s and only 4 are white. My wife has never heard of NWA. She's 10 years my junior. I had to introduce her to Ren, Yella, Arabian Prince and Easy. When I told her Ice Cube was in NWA and played some of their stuff - she was appalled. "How'd he go from F the police to Are We There Yet?" BTW I'm in

It looked massively over dramatized. I wonder what kind of treatment Eazy E will get.

This 40 year old white dude is going. Probably on a Monday at noon.

I'm interested to see it but I'm not going see it in the theater.

Nah, I'll catch it when it hits cable. Not going to put out much effort to see it..

It's going to be exaggerated like crazy. That's why it came out now. Because all the people who can argue the facts of the movie are dead or in jail.

I wanted to see this but the SO thinks I'll get jumped.

We'll wait and watch it at home.

Do 40+ year old white guys go to movies anymore, especially without their wives?

I am...one of my friends from college actually has a bit role in it. He is pretty much type cast as the Southern Redneck. My wife is actually interested in seeing it with me. We both grew up in the 80's and were in school when NWA broke out.

I'm in fa sho