White Boy Rick: The True Story About a White Boy Named Rick

White Boy Rick is exactly that: White. Boy. Rick. The film directed by Yann Demange based on the true story of Rick Wershe Jr. the youngest FBI informant in history. I love when a story about a white drug dealer is him ratting out the black guys…said black people never. I know it is a true story, so I can’t really get mad at the turn of events; I mean I can, but… that’s just Black Life Problems right there. The film follows Rick Wershe Jr.’s introduction into drug dealing via the FBI. Rick’s father, a known gun dealer in Detroit, is under scrutiny for… well… selling guns. The FBI uses this to trap Rick into being an informant in their “war on drugs” in the city. They wanna take down the crime boss Johnny ‘Lil Man’ Curry – Black guy played by Johnathan Majors. Now I’m not saying dang it’s always the white man taking down the black man, I mean they were all drug dealers, but the white man DID help take down the Black man. Again, I can’t really criticize the story, I mean that ish happened, what I can do is talk about the storytelling and the effect of these sides of stories being told with their foundation being black life. Bendin’ Corners and Camera Angles First off the movie is remarkable. It is shot well, the performances are engaging and strong, I was in it from beginning to end. I felt things for the characters, laughed, could not bring myself to cry because I physically cannot cry white tears, but it was emotionally provoking. Richie Merritt, the actor playing Rick, did a…