Agree w/all above posts. Scene was golden. I probably watched it 4x. Loved the songs they cut to at the block party, DMX and CMack. Fire.
Jamal is written and perhaps played a bit unevenly. But he was funny when he told Lucious to chill and exist or something.... if he was a bit more of the comic foil (like his interplay w/Hakeem)& not always the brooding, uptight, confused little twit, he could be more enjoyable.
But Lu was funny as-- he!!
"You met the gay one, the irresponsible one, now where's the crazy one!!!"
Hakeem was funny too..."answer your phone, dummy!" Actor played it straight, which made it more real (contrasting to JS's over the top performance). The writers need to reach a tone with Jamal and stick to it, and then turn it down.
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