A compilation of all Andre's scenes from Roc. Powerful acting from Clifton Powell & Charles S. Dutton. It was a realer time. They wasn't scared to make shows like this. They were needed. Enjoy and thanks for watching!
Straight up GROUNDBREAKING! ! ! ! ! I'm now 45 and dis shit HIT DIFFERENT. Now that I'm a full-grown man and done BEEN THRU SOME SHIT, dis show is a whole notha different type of powerful! Back then when I was in my youth, it was a favorite, but now, all the jewels are more readily perceivable!
Can you see "Cliff" portraying this type of character on the Daytime Soap, "THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS" giving the likes of "Victor Newman" MORE THAN WHAT HE BARGAINED FOR?? VICTOR WOULD HAVE HAD A STROKE!!!
@@chillwillfromthevilleThat's not cap. The last 20 years with all these reality shows have been TRASH! That scene where Andre addressed that boy in prison wouldn't be allowed today. It would be OFFENSIVE......SMH
The ONLY reason it isn't, is because it wasn't filled with comedic punchlines like the others....we're so accustomed to being laughed at on the screen, that when drama hits, people want to look away. Love Bill in the Cosby show, but Roc is the true father kids could honestly resonate with.
black shows in the 90s and early 2000s were taking over the TV sitcom slots, then "You Know Who" pulled the plug and canceled them all so blacks would never have media might and gain power ($$$$) Living Single was #1 hit show got canceled so Friends (copycat version of 6 adults living together in New York) could prosper off the momentum.
I am a fan of Roc. Shameful that this show only ran for 3 seasons. Why? Any show to uplift the Black Community never stands a chance. That's why we need to support our own and have our own like other communities have that I admire and respect. Thank you so much for this compilation.
You are right about that my friend Rodney Perry he knows Clifton Powell they work together also I got a friend named p o o h man was on the movie menace to society with Charles s . AKA Rock
Clifton Powell was one of my regular customers in Los Angeles and man, let me tell you he was such a good guy on and off the screen. Humble, funny and never showed an ounce of disrespect. Oh, and yea, he did the Pinky scene from the movie Friday lol.
Good LORD!!!!! The acting in this show. 🤯🤯🤯 Charles S. Dutton & Clifton Powell tore the roof off of all these scenes. Shame on me for never knowing this existed.
@@aseamin2529 He meant that the tv show South Central had a storyline like this. Honestly, South Central went harder than Roc. That's why they cancelled it after 1 season and then replaced it with Moesha aka South Central lite.
This is what real sitcom TV should be like, impactful, meaningful and emotional. TV nowadays concentrate too much on humor alone and has no substance. Not this show....I used to watch with my Pops and entire family back in the 90s and we always talked about what we saw and what it meant to them. That's why these episodes and show resonate so deep in me after all these years as a 47 yrs old man.
This show NEEDS to be in re runs on BET or TVone for this current generation. If not for shows like this and it's influence our community would've been decimated to nothing in the 90s.
Andre like him or not was a real OG he respected Roc enough not to put his boys on him. Plus people might rally together if something bad happened to him
Two of the realest to ever do it for the culture. We need more acting like Dutton and Powell to show reality joints to the children in today’s society. 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯
Andre deep down respected ROC towards the end. Its just that was the only life Andre knew how to live. I'm sure ROC would be proud of Andre for going to talk sense in to that kid in the end.
The Television Show Roc was very Powerful it was something to really relate to poverty The Crime element violence and Real life situations the storyline was hardhitting and very accurate. And most of all it had a very positive message. Charles S. Dutton and all of the phenomenal cast Did an outstanding job and they were so very underrated I wish that the Fox Network had kept them on Amazing performances you all Deserve Academy Awards. For this Masterpiece of Black Excellence.
@@DennisCast7days Whatever, you don't speak for all of America. It was never a top-rated show, so most Americans didn't even watch it. The show had a urban-theme
26:55 ''That kid Damon is about to go to the penitentiary, for killing another kid. Proud that he's following in your footsteps, and you wanna sit here, and tell ME.. IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!!'' Oooohhh I love that part. Charles S. Dutton is a great actor and director. 🔥🔥
Classic show with many real messages. I watched it long ago and this brings back memories. Clifton powell and charles dutton are phenomenal actors they camceled the show because it was too real and they wanted more comedy type shows and shows with less messages for black people. Andre was a stain on his community but as the show progressed you can tell Rocs words did have an impact on him because he knew it was all true. The point is this tho THERE ARE DRUG DEALERS IN EVERY COMMUNITY AND WE DESTROY OURSELVES THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN POVERTY . THESE YOUNG KIDS TODAY HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT THE 80S AND 90S. THE MOST POWERFUL SHOW AT THAT TIME AND ONE OF THE BEST EVER WRITTEN. ALWAYS ENDED WITH A POSITIVE MESSAGE ABOUT DRUGS AND GUN VIOLENCE AND AIDS ETC.
"Do you know how it feels to wake up every morning not knowing whether one of your enemies or your friends is gone put a bullet in the back of yo head" Damn 😖
Roc was never afraid of that cold hearted drug dealer!!! All Thompson cared about was getting paid. That showed how ruthless and a demon Dre was, similar to nino brown in "New Jack City". I don't remember that episode where Joey faced andre to reason woth Joey's friend to stop dealing drugs for him. Thats the only episode Roc didn't face andre. Then when Roc ran for champain andre started to lose his drug "bussiness" and his drug friends and he started to respect Roc and redeem himself
@@hakimgillard-nc3lm At 3:54-4:00 Clifton Powell actually broke character for few seconds, because Charles got to much into his character. If you hear closely, you can hear Clifton say "Charles!" at 3:58-3:59 in a very low tone, not trying to screw up the live scene while at the same time keeping the raw emotions. With this series having a live audience there were no re-takes.
Powell doesn’t get nearly enough credit for his acting skills!! One minute he’s a cold blooded killer and then the next minute he’s Pinky. He even plays a good well.
The reason Andre respected Roc is because he saw something in Roc that Andre couldn’t see in himself. I wouldn’t even go as far as saying that Andre was looking for his father in Roc and was acting more like a rebellious teenager.
@@tech4u680 Pluto, should still have the episodes runnin in the morning from 7am to about 10am everyday, OR they may still have it on their "on demand" section.
This was straight CINEMA right here. Great storytelling, you don't see it much today especially in sitcoms. This was one of the greatest storylines in tv history.
