Please ... Apples could've slapped him back with just one of her tig ole bitties - and it would have been OVER for him.

When he smacked her I was ready to jump trough that screen and beat his ass

KidaDynamite said:

'When Prince smacked Apollonia'

Okay..Im just going to air some family issues right here because Im going to try and explain something.
My father was very much like Prince's father in the movie, more so like Jake in Once Were Warriors, if u have ever seen that one. He drank a hell of a lot and thought nothing of smacking my mother around when it suited him.
Now I have two brothers, and despite the father we were raised with (until I was 14 and he left) both of them grew into fairly decent human beings. One brother in particular my father loved to run down verbally. This brother was the opposite to my father in every way and treated every girlfriend he had like she was a princess.....
Then one day he was with this woman (they had an on and off realtionship over the years) and they had an argument one night and he just snapped. In the middle of a verbal disagreement he grabbed her around the throat!!
It only lasted mere seconds, but he told me it scared the Hell out of him!! I think he apologised a million times and he never did it again because in that split second he saw himself as capeable of being just like our father.
Maybe thats what Prince was trying to get across in some way, that u can let ureself become just like that parent and all it takes in one second of lost control and bad judgement....or u can change the cycle, not let that control u and and become someone much better.

By the way, my brother has never laid a hand on another woman since

If there happens to be a part 2 to this move, I hope to see both The Kid and Appolonia married and draggin' their kids to some kind of therapy. You don't get involved with musicians if you're not strong enough to handle the pressures. Doesn't matter if they're big time or not. It takes a very big toll on a man or woman who is trying to make some money in this buisness. And the fact that they both wanted to "make it"....pshh..the rest of that story's and how that worked out gotta be told in Purple Rain Part 3...and perhaps part 4. LOL!
[Edited 10/5/08 9:03am]

masina79 said:

ahh part 2 was graffiti bridge and apples was no where 2 b seen or heard of

I suppose he found what he did was wrong after his father killed himself, realizing, that this is where he might end up if he didn't straighten up his act

He shot himself,but I don't think he died.

chillichocaholic said:

ur story is very similar 2 mine even tho i have had things thrown at me and even i was grabbed around the throat once, i never laid a hand on her cause i'm the one going 2 jail not her. so yes even i grew up in a household of domestic abuse but we all have that within us 2 either go with it or control it.

UptownCitizen said:

Please ... Apples could've slapped him back with just one of her tig ole bitties - and it would have been OVER for him.

UptownCitizen said:

And she could have called Aretha for backup boobs. Game Over.

It's a movie and it's called "acting". It ain't real life.

EmeraldSkies said:

4 those of us who saw GB...he died.

Madison88 said:

UptownCitizen said:

And she could have called Aretha for backup boobs. Game Over.

mplsmike said:

Was he sitting down and stood up to hit her or was he already standing and had to jump up to smack her? Ah, the mysteries of life.

setyrmindphree said:

carlcranshaw said:

Hey now, blowing his head off with a torpedo is unacceptable.

KidaDynamite said:

The ultimate in special effects.

(But then Prince wouldn't have been able to make any sequels.)

It's a movie and it's called "acting". It ain't real life.

Okay..Im just going to air some family issues right here because Im going to try and explain something.
My father was very much like Prince's father in the movie, more so like Jake in Once Were Warriors, if u have ever seen that one. He drank a hell of a lot and thought nothing of smacking my mother around when it suited him.
Now I have two brothers, and despite the father we were raised with (until I was 14 and he left) both of them grew into fairly decent human beings. One brother in particular my father loved to run down verbally. This brother was the opposite to my father in every way and treated every girlfriend he had like she was a princess.....
Then one day he was with this woman (they had an on and off realtionship over the years) and they had an argument one night and he just snapped. In the middle of a verbal disagreement he grabbed her around the throat!!
It only lasted mere seconds, but he told me it scared the Hell out of him!! I think he apologised a million times and he never did it again because in that split second he saw himself as capeable of being just like our father.
Maybe thats what Prince was trying to get across in some way, that u can let ureself become just like that parent and all it takes in one second of lost control and bad judgement....or u can change the cycle, not let that control u and and become someone much better.

By the way, my brother has never laid a hand on another woman since

mplsmike said:

Was he sitting down and stood up to hit her or was he already standing and had to jump up to smack her? Ah, the mysteries of life.

masina79 said:

ahh part 2 was graffiti bridge and apples was no where 2 b seen or heard of

He shot himself,but I don't think he died.