1 00:00:10,278 --> 00:00:15,158 Sup bruh? This week we chasin dat pap with Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. 2 00:00:18,698 --> 00:00:23,587 Crusty old salesman Willy Loman ain’t been slingin’ sh*t lately. Not only is his family 3 00:00:23,587 --> 00:00:29,049 flat broke, but years in da sales game dun run his ass down and now his mind be SLIPPIN. 4 00:00:29,298 --> 00:00:33,838 Fool even been in a car accident and his wife Linda thinkin Willy wanna end it. 5 00:00:33,838 --> 00:00:37,828 And what’s really been rubbin Willy’s sh*t raw is that his oldest son Biff ain’t 6 00:00:37,828 --> 00:00:42,677 done a damn thing with his life and Willy don’t know why. To Willy- Biff had it all. 7 00:00:42,678 --> 00:00:47,108 He was high baller back in high school but these days, he ain’t livin the life Willy 8 00:00:47,108 --> 00:00:47,998 want him to. 9 00:00:47,998 --> 00:00:52,669 Later when Willy start trippin to Biff’s face bout bein a scrub, Biff all like “stay 10 00:00:52,718 --> 00:00:57,548 chill pops, After I meet with my old playboy boss, I’m a start my own bidness with my 11 00:00:57,598 --> 00:01:01,308 bro Hap and the world gonna be swingin from my nuts. You’ll see.” 12 00:01:01,318 --> 00:01:06,238 Next morning, Willy step to his boss to ask for a lil slack with the travelin. But instead 13 00:01:06,518 --> 00:01:11,247 of hookin’ a brutha up, the boss straight up FIRES his bitch ass. Sh*t man. 14 00:01:11,247 --> 00:01:15,769 Later, Biff, Willy and Happy hook up fo’ some grubbin. Biff try to tell Willy dat his 15 00:01:15,769 --> 00:01:19,908 interview went bunk, But Willy ain’t even listenin and starts spillin his guts bout 16 00:01:19,908 --> 00:01:24,408 bein fired. Then Willy flashes back to dat time in Boston when Biff came a knockin to 17 00:01:24,418 --> 00:01:29,308 see his pops, and we find out why they been beefin for so long. Turns out, it wasn’t 18 00:01:29,308 --> 00:01:33,828 flunkin math that made Biff stop givin a f*ck about sh*t. See, when Biff got to Willy’s 19 00:01:33,838 --> 00:01:38,488 hotel room, he find out his dad been gettin nasty with some chicken head hoochie behind 20 00:01:38,518 --> 00:01:41,518 his mama’s back. Scandalous. 21 00:01:41,518 --> 00:01:46,078 While Willy’s doin all this reminscin, he heads to the bathroom and start talkin to 22 00:01:46,078 --> 00:01:50,248 himself. Biff and Happy decide to ditch his ass and go party with some hunnies instead. 23 00:01:50,278 --> 00:01:55,248 When they back home, mama gets crunk on errybody’s ass. After gettin all up in eachother’s 24 00:01:55,278 --> 00:01:59,848 grills, Biff decide he’s leavin for good and says “Look pa, I’m just some regular 25 00:01:59,848 --> 00:02:04,628 ass dude, just like you. Drop that bullsh*t dream before it destroys you.” But Willy 26 00:02:04,678 --> 00:02:09,318 only hear what he wanna hear. Thinkin he’s hookin his boy up, he peep that life insurance 27 00:02:09,338 --> 00:02:13,518 policy, gets up in his hoopty, and takes his last lonely ride. 28 00:02:16,898 --> 00:02:21,408 Years of pushin product just to end up cashed out back on the struggle? While all literary 29 00:02:21,418 --> 00:02:25,518 cats agree that sucks a fat one for Willy, they don’t all agree that it makes him a 30 00:02:25,558 --> 00:02:26,567 tragic hero. 31 00:02:26,678 --> 00:02:31,599 Some think they ain’t nuthin tragic bout a regular-ass street thug, a LOW-MAN, gettin 32 00:02:31,638 --> 00:02:36,418 dumped on. Cuz that’s just life son. Old-school scholars say that if you’re of low birth, 33 00:02:36,438 --> 00:02:41,508 it ain’t possible to be a tragic hero, cuz you ain’t GREAT- ain’t wastin no potential. 34 00:02:41,978 --> 00:02:46,158 But up in the land of the American Dream, we’re all supposed to be equally great. 35 00:02:46,158 --> 00:02:50,818 If you bust yo ass hard enough, you can get those briefcases full of big faces, right? 36 00:02:50,818 --> 00:02:56,068 Willy dont just sell goods, he also sell himself. Dat fake smile he use to hustle homies been 37 00:02:56,068 --> 00:02:59,748 bradnded on his mug so long that the real Willy ain’t even there no mo. 38 00:02:59,838 --> 00:03:04,868 So in the end, chasin dat dream don’t leave Willy with everything. It leave him with nothin. 39 00:03:04,898 --> 00:03:08,517 And to this thug, that’s a damn tragedy. 40 00:03:08,518 --> 00:03:13,309 Peep this fine stage direction, son. Before the play start, we gettin hit in the face 41 00:03:13,318 --> 00:03:17,667 with some contradictions, yo. We hear a flute laying down some fresh beats that put images 42 00:03:17,678 --> 00:03:22,279 of freedom in yo dome, but on the real, the visuals showin us Willy’s broke ass house 43 00:03:22,279 --> 00:03:26,848 trapped by big-ass buildings. What our characters want is freedom, but they trapped in a world 44 00:03:26,848 --> 00:03:29,728 of business, bills and bullsh*t that won’t let em have it. 45 00:03:29,728 --> 00:03:34,438 But hold up. It ain’t all gotta be depressing, B. The title Death of a Salesman ain’t just 46 00:03:34,478 --> 00:03:36,907 referring to Willy, but to Biff too. 47 00:03:36,907 --> 00:03:40,589 Some say Biff the hero of this story. Cuz by the end of the play, Biff ain’t bout 48 00:03:40,638 --> 00:03:45,667 rollin fake and givin it all up in a desperate grab for success. Naw man. He know that ain’t 49 00:03:45,678 --> 00:03:46,838 the right dream for him. 50 00:03:47,078 --> 00:03:49,558 When Biff is havin it out with his pops, he say: 51 00:04:09,698 --> 00:04:13,758 The American dream ain’t the only dream you gotta to have. And just cuz you throwin 52 00:04:13,918 --> 00:04:19,038 that to he curb don’t mean you can’t be free. Freedom comes from recognizing who you are. 53 00:04:19,077 --> 00:04:21,538 Catch y’all lata. Peace.