While training hard for his confrontation against the champion Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers), Balboa begins a romantic relationship with Adrian Peninno (Talia Shire), the sister of his best friend Paulie Peninno (Burt Young).
The plot of Rocky centers on the story of Rocky Balboa, a humble boxer of Italian American descent who works for the mafia and is, by chance, named the new contender for the world heavyweight championship. Most notably, Hollywood Italians: Dagos, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys and Sopranos (Bondanella 2004) explores the influence of Rocky Balboa as a faithful representation of the character of the Italian American boxer in Hollywood. Several studies have dissected the Rocky saga. However, an in-depth analysis of these films reveals significantly different characterizations of Rocky across the same, classic franchise.
In Rocky (1976) and Rocky II (1979), the character still exhibits many of the heroic qualities outlined above. Curiously, this perception of an all-American Rocky Balboa is mostly associated with his depiction in Rocky IV (1985) rather than the Rocky Balboa that appears in the first two installments of the saga. Rocky is a self-made, hard-working, humble, and disciplined man who, above all else, loves his family and friends. 2009), the author describes Rocky Balboa as one of the greatest heroes the film industry has produced. In Rocky Road: The Hero’s Journey of Rocky Balboa Through the “Rocky” Anthology (Salyer Jr. Without a doubt, the image of Rocky fighting with the colors of the American flag and defeating the Soviet boxer Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren) is already a Hollywood icon. If you polled Americans to identify which character in all cinema best represents American values, it is quite likely that many would choose Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone). The only thing I’m asking you guys to leave on the table… is what’s right.Author: Juan Rodríguez Santos University of Alcalá I mean you shouldn’t be asking people to come down here and pay the freight on something they paid, it still ain’t good enough, I mean you think that’s right? I mean maybe you’re doing your job but why you gotta stop me from doing mine? Cause if you’re willing to go through all the battling you got to go through to get where you want to get, who’s got the right to stop you? I mean maybe some of you guys got something you never finished, something you really want to do, something you never said to someone, something… and you’re told no, even after you paid your dues? Who’s got the right to tell you that, who? Nobody! It’s your right to listen to your gut, it ain’t nobody’s right to say no after you earned the right to be where you want to be and do what you want to do!… You know, the older I get the more things I gotta leave behind, that’s life. Rocky Balboa: I appreciate that, but maybe you’re looking out for your interests just a little bit more. Rocky Balboa: My point is I’m pursuing something and nobody looks too happy about it.īoxing Commissioner: But… we’re just looking out for your interests. Don’t it say something about going after what makes you happy?īoxing Commissioner: No, that’s the pursuit of happiness. Rocky Balboa: Rights, like in that official piece of paper they wrote down the street there?Boxing Commissioner: That’s the Bill of Rights. Rocky Balboa: Yo, don’t I got some rights?īoxing Commissioner: What rights do you think you’re referring to?
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