The son's beating by his dad
When I saw Blacky get beaten up by his dad and pick himself up a couple of times (to get slugged again) in a crazy, stubborn effort to get inside the home, I immediately flashed on Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront. The scene is homage to the final scene in Kazan's movie when Danny Doyle (Marlon Brando) gets beaten up by the Lee J. Cobb character (Mr. Friendly?). Anybody agree?