Spinning The Web of Violence

Bobby: “It goes both ways too, she doesn’t give a shit about me.”

ultural factors. Gang violence is the channel through which these young men erupt their pent up passions and aggressions.

The opening scene of Deuces Wild gives viewers their first look into the psychological factors affecting the two main characters of the movie. Leon, leader of the all white males gang, the Deuces, and his little brother Bobby, also a Deuce, discover their brother, “Ally boy” dead as the result of a “hot shot” of heroin given to him by local drug dealer and rival gang leader, Marco Vendetti. The boy’s whose pain and aggression towards Marco Vendetti, has been pent up inside of them for the three years he has been in prison begins to stir when they learn that Marco is returning home to the streets of Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Determined to not let Marco and his gang bring “junk” back into the neighborhood, the Deuces, particularly Leon and Bobby, begin to erupt their anger on rival gang, the Vipers. The Vipers are also an all white gang consisting of tough Brooklyn boys. The emotional damage Leon and Bobby suffer as a result of their brother’s death is a contributing factor to their violent behavior. Although the violence and aggression in this film is mostly between the Deuces and the Vipers, Bobby, the most violent character, directs his anger toward anyone he sees as a threat. While hanging out on the street a deaf teenage boys walks past the Deuces and Bobby ignorant to his handicap shouts “You know whose turf this is? This is Deuces turf!” When the deaf boy seemingly ignores him when he really just couldn’t hear Bobby, he punches him in the face. Bobby’s aggression, the strongest out of all the young males in this film, is evidence of psychological factors affecting him. His anger towards others seems to be an expression of feelings of powerlessness, and insignificance. Many times violence is a way to communicate despair when words are too hard to express. Bobby is no doubt going through feelings of despair, powerlessness, and insignificance. His brother was tragically killed and there has been nothing he could do to revenge his death because Marco has been in prison. Bobby lives in the shadow of his older brother Leon while his mother dwells on the absence of his younger brother “Ally boy”. It seems clear that Bobby feels lost and by acting tougher than the rest of the gang he can establish himself as

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