His dad was cold

it seems that his father couldn't come to terms with the fact that the son with his whole name (his junior) didn't stay around like his other son/nephews and daughter/nieces. also that he didnt come around after he made it big on tv. i assume it hurt his father even more to know that he abbreviated his real name to rj and made his middle name his last name therefore concealing who he really was and where he came from. but the whole point to this was that when roscoe came back around he was still bull-headed to him (saying my grandson's father) instead of saying my son, not even a simple "thanks" for the tv even though he didnt want it, and even still flaunting clyde's success as the greatest thing in front of him. while i believe in respecting elders, roscoe had every right to blow up at him the way he did. it was long overdue. the only thing i applaud the father for doing was not treating the grandson badly due to the resentment of his son. finally the mother (who was quiet throughout the whole ordeal) im glad she got the courage to say the little bit she did, which was long overdue as well.









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His dad was cold. I don't think roscoe should have been the one to have to make the first move either by coming back and giving that heartfelt speech. I personally wouldve been through with them after getting beat up by my brother and sister and emotionally abused by my father. The only one i would've kept in contact with was my mother. I mean hell, even after roscoe told his dad how he felt, he couldn't even see him off before he left. What an a%$hole

hooper-xxx, Roscoe Jr didn't reject Roscoe Sr, it was the other way around. The father crafts the relationship with the child; Senior molded distance, neglect and mistreatment into their relstionship from a very early age. He didn't leave because his brother and sister punked him, and he didn't leave because Clyde was a manipulative jackass. Those were things that he didn't like, but accepted. Note his exchange with Clyde when he brings up the competitive nonsense at the picnic table.

He left because his father was unwilling to father HIM. The other siblings as you noted were older and didn't need the attention that they had already gotten. But Senior saved all his love and affection for their orphan. Senior is the only family member who exempted Clyde from the rules. Otis was tough and hard; Betty was nasty; Reggie was a scheming little butt; Lucinda was sweet; and Mama was Mama. Their personalities made no dramatic shifts when they dealt with RJ and Clyde. Senior trampled on Roscoe's spirit like dirt under his boot, and looked after and reared Clyde like the plant rooted in that same dirt. It does NOT make "perfect sense" to victimize someone else just because life has been cruel to you. RJ himself is guilty of this by not being more involved with Jamal. If RJ hadn't left, I honestly feel Senior would have found something else to be upset with him about. It fit his pattern, which is why Roscoe left in the first place.

I think I would have told the old man I'll come back when you're dead and not before.

Yes it does happen and it sucks. Especially when you work 3 jobs to buy a peice of poo poo car and your sibling get a brand new car and money to help with rent even though siblings re 1 year apart.

I didn't blame Roscoe for leaving for 9 years and not coming back. I think his family was jealous because they treated him like the black sheep, and resented that they're black sheep had made a life without them. However, I think Roscoe's father always loved him, more than Clyde actually. He was easier on Clyde because that wasn't his son. Parents are harder on their own kids because they expect more from them. It's okay if someone else's kid acts up, but they your own kid that you raised shouldn't be acting like that. He was harsh on Roscoe because he wanted him to grow up as the responsible young man he expected him to be.

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