A Goofy Movie: A Staple of Black Culture | READUS 101

A Goofy Movie: A Staple of Black Culture || When it comes to Disney’s “A Goofy Movie,” the movie follow-up to Goof Troop has been a cult classic with millennials who grew up in the 90s. But black millennials relate to A Goofy Movie so much that they both declare that A Goofy Movie is black and that A Goofy Movie is black culture. So since I can only speak for myself, I want to explain why black millennials love A Goofy Movie through how I personally related to its story and themes.

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Underdogs: How A Goofy Movie Became Disney's Most Unlikely Sleeper Hit

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00:00 Intro
03:45 (Some) X’ers Just Don’t Understand
10:05 After Today
16:32 Under Your Thumb
25:08 Left or Right?
31:36 Conclusion

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[Readus]

It took 7 different render edits (8 if you include me trying to get away with playing the chorus of I2I during the Patreon scroll at the end), BUT WE MADE IT!

[HaienTwitch]

This movie is so underrated. I had a troubled past with my dad. We did not have the easiest father son relationship so this movie really hit home with me both as a kid and as an adult. When I was a child I was on Max side, but as an adult I empathize and support Goofy. Cherish the time you have with your parents. You never know how much time you have left. My dad got killed when he was 47. I was 22 at the time and we never got the chance to resolve our problems. It's my biggest regret.

[tree]

My favorite line in the whole movie is when Max says" I'm grown up, I have my own life now". Goofy just says "I know I just wanted to be a part of it." That line gets me in the feelings every time!🥺

[funkyfreshkid]

Gotta add that "Stacy, talk to me, talk to me" to more black influence, that's a whole Jodeci Come & Talk to Me reference.

[Lavender_Dreaming]

YOU’RE IN THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTARY ON DISNEY PLUS!!!! WAY TO GO!!!!

[catborg]

There was a talk at my church about the rod & they brought up the point about the shepherd. "He uses it guide his sheep not beat them". That analogy has stuck with me ever since.

[desertlover]

I remember both sympathizing with Max as a kid for feeling like he wasn’t being heard or understood by his parents and also kinda resentful of him because his dad loved him so much. Made huge meals, involved himself in his kids life, planned elaborate trips, and did everything he could to protect him. I would have killed for a dad like that.

[dronesaur]

I remember seeing this in theaters as a kid. I didn't understand why at the time, but I remember having really complicated, sad feelings after the scene at the Possum Park.

I think it was seeing Goofy trying to share something he loved a lot with Max, and Max not being able to relate to it at all. Coupled with that was the sadness of this busted, old rodeside show that was clearly falling apart. Legitimately haunting for some weird reason lol.

[LooseCo]

It's funny because if Max and Goofy had talked about what happened, Goofy would LOVE what Max did at the assembly.

[ezfktfv]

As a Mexican American lil child I related way too hard with pjs reaction to his dad's punishment, because that was my reality and I envied the hell out of max for not appreciating his dad. Idk how but you condensed my childhood memories in a concise and poignant manner.

[ADR]

Who's here after watching Atlanta?!

[thenerdmanual]

I’m not sure how you managed to fit all that into 34 minutes, but you had my attention the entire time. How long have you been chewing on this essay?

[orionjustmelted]

6:45 I really like that line! “The content you experience is the secondhand smoke of the generation before you”

[kylegonewild]

I think it's sweet this movie resonated with young black Americans so much. It really does capture a feeling and a mood of the era. To me, Pete and Goofy represented my divorced parents' approaches to raising children. PJ was the spitting image of one of my black friends when I was younger. I'm not from the city so I can't relate in that respect. It was during their time in the rural areas and on the road I most connected with the movie. Makes sense considering that's how I spent a lot of my younger life. Camping, fishing, floating down the river, always in the car going somewhere. Things I loved as a young child that became more quaint and distant as I grew up and developed interests outside of my dad's. Just a fantastic movie.

Honorable mentions go out to An Extremely Goofy Movie and the disco scene at the club. The way the dancing is shot, the way characters are framed, the energy, Sylvia Marpole's big natural hair. To me it dripped with the feeling of older black media like Soul Train.

[ecnalreleam]

Who else is checking this video out after seeing it clipped on the Goofy Movie documentary?

[naufrage]

A simple answer is that Max had a fly look and vibe to him. He didn’t act like the typical white kids we had to see so it had flavor. He wore clothes that looked like a black teen and walked like a black kid too. Same for some other characters. The movie felt very urban.

[bridgetcooney]

Not black, but my dad used to literally say the phrase "when I say jump, you say how high." And if I said yes or no, he'd stop us and make sure we added the word sir. He definitely conflated intimidation and fear with respect. I love my dad a lot, but it took time to get over that.

[sinclairethomas]

It really says something that when I heard “The rod is actually a shepherd’s crook” my mind went “Oh! That sounds way more painful! And it has a longer reach!”

[mafiabugsy]

The explanation of "spare the rod, spoil the child" hit me really hard. I got very teary eyed hearing that our perception of what the rod was is not the same rod I thought it was. I'm the youngest out of 4 with all my older siblings being over 10+ years on me. I was spoiled rotten and was often put down often because of it (i.e if I had problems my family said I didn't know what I was talking about, being told I didn't have a valid opinion, being told i was selfish, ect.) And because my sisters knew all about the expression of sparing the rod, I took that expression very seriously when I was a teen because I thought I wasn't "disciplined" enough so I inflicted a lot of emotional baggage on myself in order to "humble" myself and to prove to people that I had a valid enough voice to be heard and not some spoiled kid talk. I still carry with me a bunch of bad habits because of what I did when I was younger such as over worrying over miniscule/unimportant things. In the end, it really didn't matter and how I have to unlearn all that. Putting into perspective of what the rod actually is - well, it's a lot to process, I suppose.

[fullmetalfi]

Its interesting the demos this movie hit with. Watching the trio of Disney Xmas stories with the wife & son i noted how PJ was missing and she asked "who's PJ."
"You know, PJ, Peter Junior, Pete the cat's son, Max's best friend"
"I dont remember him, are you sure?"
"You dont remember the Goofy movie?"
"I dont think I've ever seen it... I thought you didnt have disney channel growing up..."
"I didnt, but its the goofy movie, the defining disney movie of our generation before toy story came out..."
we then pulled it up on Disney+ and watched it and you know it hits different as a parent.... Where you saw both Pete and Goofy as the bad guys as a kid, you see 2 single dad's trying their best based on their differing philosophies of parenting. The line pointed out "You may not agree with how I raise Max, but my son loves me." with the response "My son respects me." gives you the notion that its a non-intersecting ven diagram between the 2 thoughts. But you can have both as Goofy proves in the end.