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They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had. And add some extra, just for you. Philip Larkin s This Be The Verse sums up much of high school basketball drama Boogie, as surly basketball prodigy Alfred “Boogie” Chin (Takahashi) tries to navigate the rival influences of his parents dreams and his own ambitions. Living in Queens, his migrant parents have always worried about how their stars will cross over their lineage. Boogie begins with a literal reading of the tea leaves, as Mr. and Mrs. Chin (Yung and Chee) fear what will become of their son while he s still in the womb. Their clashing birth signs are used as a warning by a fortune teller in the opening scene, who tells them they can either clash or love, and those instincts will be embodied in their boy – and are they ever. They ve sent Boogie to the best school they can for a chance for his on-court skills to get him picked up by the NB ....
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