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* CultClassic: Kind of. Despite being 23 years old, this movie is still incredibly popular with young black people from the ages of about 13 to 25, probably due to the constant reruns on Creator/{{BET}}. To the point where it's a trending topic on Twitter. Young basketball players sometimes talk about having or wanting a ''Love and Basketball'' relationship.

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* CultClassic: Kind of. Despite being 23 24 years old, this movie is still incredibly popular with young black people from the ages of about 13 to 25, probably due to the constant reruns on Creator/{{BET}}. To the point where it's a trending topic on Twitter. Young basketball players sometimes talk about having or wanting a ''Love and Basketball'' relationship.
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* CultClassic: Sort of. Despite being 23 years old, this movie is still incredibly popular with young black people from the ages of about 13 to 25, probably due to the constant reruns on Creator/{{BET}}. To the point where it's a trending topic on Twitter. Young basketball players sometimes talk about having or wanting a ''Love and Basketball'' relationship.

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* CultClassic: Sort Kind of. Despite being 23 years old, this movie is still incredibly popular with young black people from the ages of about 13 to 25, probably due to the constant reruns on Creator/{{BET}}. To the point where it's a trending topic on Twitter. Young basketball players sometimes talk about having or wanting a ''Love and Basketball'' relationship.
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* CultClassic: Sort of. Despite being 17 years old, this movie is still incredibly popular with young black people from the ages of about 13 to 25, probably due to the constant reruns on Creator/{{BET}}. To the point where it's a trending topic on Twitter. Young basketball players sometimes talk about having or wanting a ''Love and Basketball'' relationship.

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* CultClassic: Sort of. Despite being 17 23 years old, this movie is still incredibly popular with young black people from the ages of about 13 to 25, probably due to the constant reruns on Creator/{{BET}}. To the point where it's a trending topic on Twitter. Young basketball players sometimes talk about having or wanting a ''Love and Basketball'' relationship.
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IRL Monica Wright has nothing to do with this film


* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Monica got engaged for real in July 2013 to Kevin Durant...
** HarsherInHindsight:...but it didn't go any further than that, and they broke up.
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* CultClassic: Sort of. Despite being 11 years old, this movie is still incredibly popular with young black people from the ages of about 13 to 25, probably due to the constant reruns on Creator/{{BET}}. To the point where it's a trending topic on Twitter. Young basketball players sometimes talk about having or wanting a ''Love and Basketball'' relationship.

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* CultClassic: Sort of. Despite being 11 17 years old, this movie is still incredibly popular with young black people from the ages of about 13 to 25, probably due to the constant reruns on Creator/{{BET}}. To the point where it's a trending topic on Twitter. Young basketball players sometimes talk about having or wanting a ''Love and Basketball'' relationship.

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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Monica got engaged for real in July 2013 to Kevin Durant.

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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Monica got engaged for real in July 2013 to Kevin Durant.Durant...
** HarsherInHindsight:...but it didn't go any further than that, and they broke up.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Camille Wright, Monica's mother, and her obsession with trying to "break" Monica and make her be more feminine, which Monica sees as her mother trying to force her into being another stay at home housewife, which fuels the ongoing cycle of resentment between. Was Camille subconsciously taking her anger and resentment at not being able to pursue her own goals and dreams because of the responsibilities of being a mother out on Monica (a sort of "If I can't be happy and chase after my dreams than you can't either" type of thinking), or did Camille simply feel that Monica's ambition of being a professional basketball player just wasn't a realistic career goal given the time period that the film's story is set in (the film opens in 1981 and covers a time period of roughly 13 years, with the "fourth quarter" being set in the early 1990s, before the formation of the WNBA) and, like any well meaning parent, just wanted their child to have a backup plan in case the dream job fell through? Maybe a little of both?

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Camille Wright, Monica's mother, and her obsession with trying to "break" Monica and make her be more feminine, which Monica sees as her mother trying to force her into being another stay at home housewife, which fuels the ongoing cycle of resentment between. between them. Was Camille a StepfordSmiler subconsciously taking her anger and resentment at not being able to pursue her own goals and dreams because of the responsibilities of being a mother out on Monica (a sort of "If I can't be happy and chase after my dreams than you can't either" type of thinking), or did Camille simply feel that Monica's ambition of being a professional basketball player just wasn't a realistic career goal given the time period that the film's story is set in (the film opens in 1981 and covers a time period of roughly 13 years, with the "fourth quarter" being set in the early 1990s, before the formation of the WNBA) and, like any well meaning parent, just wanted their child to have a backup plan in case the dream job fell through? Maybe a little of both?
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Camille Wright, Monica's mother, and her obsession with trying to "break" Monica and make her be more feminine, which Monica sees as her mother trying to force her into being another stay at home housewife, which fuels the ongoing cycle of resentment between. Was Camille subconsciously taking her anger and resentment at not being able to pursue her own goals and dreams because of the responsibilities of being a mother out on Monica (a sort of "If I can't be happy and chase after my dreams than you can't either" type of thinking), or did Camille simply feel that Monica's ambition of being a professional basketball player just wasn't a realistic career goal given the time period that the film's story is set in (the film opens in 1981 and covers a time period of roughly 13 years, with the "fourth quarter" being set in the early 1990s, before the formation of the WNBA) and, like any well meaning parent, just wanted their child to have a backup plan in case the dream job fell through? Maybe a little of both?

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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[spoiler:"Double or nothing."]]


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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[spoiler:"Double or nothing."]]
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* CultClassic: Sort of. Despite being 11 years old, this movie is still incredibly popular with young black people from the ages of about 13 to 25, probably due to the constant reruns on {{BET}}. To the point where it's a trending topic on Twitter. Young basketball players sometimes talk about having or wanting a ''Love and Basketball'' relationship.

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* CultClassic: Sort of. Despite being 11 years old, this movie is still incredibly popular with young black people from the ages of about 13 to 25, probably due to the constant reruns on {{BET}}.Creator/{{BET}}. To the point where it's a trending topic on Twitter. Young basketball players sometimes talk about having or wanting a ''Love and Basketball'' relationship.
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* HeartwaringInHindsight: Monica got engaged for real in July 2013 to Kevin Durant.

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* HeartwaringInHindsight: HeartwarmingInHindsight: Monica got engaged for real in July 2013 to Kevin Durant.
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* HeartwaringInHindsight: Monica got engaged for real in July 2013 to Kevin Durant.
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[spoiler:"Double or nothing."]]
* CultClassic: Sort of. Despite being 11 years old, this movie is still incredibly popular with young black people from the ages of about 13 to 25, probably due to the constant reruns on {{BET}}. To the point where it's a trending topic on Twitter. Young basketball players sometimes talk about having or wanting a ''Love and Basketball'' relationship.
* HollywoodHomely: Monica has to undergo a makeover to look feminine enough so she can get a date for the high school prom. She's played by Saana Lathan, who is--for lack of a more suitable word--''gorgeous.''

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