[Gritty-Kitty]

In the end, Rabbit (Eminem) decided he needed to get back to his job so he could earn enough money for studio time and support his family as opposed to partying with his ne'er-do-well friends or waiting around to be "discovered."

[LurkedLongEnough]

Exactly. Individualist & capitalist while his buddies decided to remain slaves to drugs, petty crime and living off of people who did have money.

The movie is not beyond criticism but I was impressed by the portrayal of personal integrity & drive as a positive thing amongst the overwhelming negative influences.

[rattrap]

In the end, Rabbit (Eminem) decided he needed to get back to his job so he could earn enough money for studio time and support his family as opposed to partying with his ne'er-do-well friends or waiting around to be "discovered."

being a musician myself i really liked that about the movie, too many of my freinds are like his friends in the movie, talking about all the things they're going to do once they get that record deal. first i try to explain they should do music because they love it, second a record deal dont mean poo. plenty of folks who get signed still work day jobs, or they get dropped before their record hits, or they get no promotion and end up in the cut out bin. this movie did a great job of exposing the idiot musician attitude, i noticed that of course but never looked at it from a political perspective, good article.