The Psychology of Sully: Top Boy Explained
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In The Psychology of Sully, we delve deep into exploring the Complex Psychology of Sully from Top Boy. Sully's journey is a fascinating exploration of complex personalities, moral dilemmas, and the allure of power in the drug trade. Join us as we analyze Sully's psychology, motivations, and evolution throughout the series, offering fresh insights into this iconic character. If you're a fan of Top Boy or intrigued by character studies, this video is a must-watch.
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Man can we just take a moment to give Kano his flowers because he gave an INCREDIBLE performance. What an actor he’s become the way he’s able to convey emotion just with his eyes & facial expression is up there with the best of them.
It’s crazy how talented the brother is he’s hands down the greatest rapper in the UK & if he keeps growing as an actor like he’s done on Top Boy that man could win an Oscar one day.
For me sully carried atop boy
Sully was top boy!
The contrast of the two was on perfect display when they had the talk in the bathroom. Sully had on his murder jacket and hoodie and Dushane was in a sweater. Dushane was business and Sully was the roads
Exactly! Perfect juxtaposition
His final scene with Dushane was very powerful and him admitting to Stefen he lost feeling a long time ago says it all about the character
It confused Stefan to the point he decided not pull the trigger.
Sully became the monster
His scene with Dushane he he only wanted respect
@@Aman1012I don’t think he ever could
Sully didn't totally understand that ppl didn't get revenge on him for what he did because Dushane was always keeping ppl in check. They knew if they went after sully they'd have to deal with Dushane.
I actually think it’s the other way around
@@perseuscog3801 no because he was killed because Dushane was dead ! Nobody to deal with
@@user-sd7uy4po1jnah dushane didn’t ride for sully like sully did for him
It’s true and vice versa
@@user-sd7uy4po1jI think it’s both. Killing one or the other leaves you in the crosshairs
Sully’s (Kano) eyes speaks before he opens his mouth…so expressive! I loved how they portrayed the love Sully had for his daughter and Jason. Sully was my favorite from beginning to his unfortunate demise. Excellent analysis! One series that will be talked about when they mention the greats 🔥
Facts. I want to see Kano on more acting roles. I’m a American and this show made me more interested in the culture across the pond.
It doesn’t get any more psycho than Sully. Dude was a freaking savage.
Naw MOD MAX was more of a psycho 💀
Fr bruh real cold blooded killer
7:43 excellent point. Anytime anything would go wrong someone would say, “should we tell Dushane?” And you could tell it would piss Sully off. Even in times of crisis, & months after Sully forced him out of the game, people naturally wanted to get Dushane involved because they trusted his judgment and leadership.
Sully and Dushane are basically Tommy and Ghost respectively. Ghost was the brains and wanted out of the game, Tommy was the impulsive violent muscle and wanted to be in the game forever. Ghost = Dushane Tommy = Sully.
Exactly!!! Perfect analogy
I agree 👍
I agree and I feel that both characters had endings that didn't do justice to the wonderful portrayal by the actors. Ghost dying by the hands of his son never set right with me and the poor decisions by Dushane in season 3 felt off. He was always the smartest character on the show so to have him just go off the rails was a slap in the face.
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To me having him go off the rails made sense. He had a plan to get out and in one go everything fell apart. Sully kills Jamie so he had no retirement plan from the game....lithe n Lizzy took his legitimate money, Shelly left him, they had no new plug....he was rattled and on tilt like we've never seen
@@kdoc19961ghost is not dead.
This is Grammy level acting in every way, I’ve never seen any of the big name actors act as well as this man for 5 seasons, one of the best actors of our generation period, it’s a crime how underrated he is, like seriously no one could have came close to giving the performance and realism he did
The Grammys is a music award bro…do you mean the Oscars?
@@ish1918 yeh I must do, I don’t pay enough attention to the awards to realise the difference lmao
One thing for sure is Kano eyes are so expressive. I couldn't help but just stare while he spoke especially when he told Jaqz to not beg. It somehow beautiful yet sinster about how calm he was. Must have been one hell of a ride playing such a character you can't even hate. Side note; Netflix/writers messed up the season. We had characters acting stupid for no reason and you mean to tell me D knowing his situation would not have a back-up for his back-up plan. For example he had no other hiding place other than summerhouse and his flat to hide. Also, killing a guy and not doing his due diligence by making sure there was no evidence at the since (the idiot just poured bleach over the area like that would work) It seems at every turn shit was hitting the fan. Also Jaqz stealing Sully's "food"😅 for what? Only to get scared and try give it back. What can she do with it. Burn it 😮
He lost all feelings, no emotions.
Dushane and Sully and Jacq great acting ❤❤❤
I think they were simply trying to portray how desperately Jaq wanted to get off the roads for the sake of her nephew and did it without really thinking about what she was doing. Really wish there was more to the series tbh
Kano’s ability to convey emotion with his eyes & facial expression is second to none. You can really see in his eyes he had lost all feelings in that last scene with Stefan. You can truly see how he didn’t even know how to show love to his daughter before that.
Fucking brilliant performance. I agree the writers messed up this season but the writing was never that great to begin with. It was always the actors making this show great. I hope Kano gets an award for this.
@@harlemraider3347 I think a lot of the criticism comes from people seeing the potential the show can have, and the acting ability of the cast was never truly realised. Also, I think many people (including myself) remember the original performance from Rose Tinted Glasses ( Nostalgia) when, in fact, the writing wasn't excellent. Still, we loved the actors and it being part of our childhood.
Spot on, this season was awful and the writers need to go to jail for ruining Dushane so badly.
I loved Sully from the start and still loved him at the end.. Sully the GOAT
He really was the main character
Sully is a scum bag
I hated Sully but Kano needs all the awards for this role. He did an awesome job. He had some of the coldest lines - " just because we won doesn't mean we didn't lose" from the last episode of Netflix season 2 and the monster/ food line. Classic lines. Did not like how the last season went though.
Wtf
One of the greatest villains ever.
Yeah he’s a sympathetic villain, that’s a villain that you ultimately relate to
He not a villain he is a protagonist its just the two protagonist in the show are drug dealers. The whole point of the show is how growing up in the city with no options leads to a top boy lifestyle because its all they have
I should have poured a glass of wine, and wore a sweater before watching this character breakdown. Very high marks good sir!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thx!
Loved this analysis! You hit on everything. One thing popped in my head when u were talking about sully ultimately selling yhe same drugs that hus mom was hooked on and assuming died from...fid you dee how the writers took Jaq down that same road with Lauren, but she chose to get out vs sully diving into it. Loved that turn around for jaq, even though she lost her sister in the process. Jaq told becks she didn't know how to do anything else, just like sully believe, but Jaq had someone in her corner and her nephew to look after.
Exactly! Jaq is the sully that took a diff path!
And she is a girl that shouldn't have been in the game in the first place .
This is such a great break down! Great job!!! Love this !
I been looking EVERYWHERE for some content like this🙌🏾🙌🏾 Much respect💯💯
Thank you!!! Glad you liked it
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This was a great breakdown. Very insightful.
Excellent analysis of my favourite character….your analysis is spot on!!!
Thank you!
Great in depth video analysis on Sully you are spot on
You did a great job. What a show!
Great video man! Keep it up fr
Very informative breakdown of a character, easy to listen to 👍🏾
Thanks!
Best actor - So underrated it’s a shame - Hope America snaps him up as we clearly don’t appreciate such a great actor
That was good! Good work man!
It was about time someone did this
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I can agree that their was some envy there for some moments. However, Sully was only impulsive in the earlier seasons. Over time, he became intentional and very matter of fact in his life of crime. Sully did a lot of dirty work for Dushane and felt Deshaune didn’t respect him for his role in their partnership. Sully didn’t ki|| no angels. For example, it’s been so interesting how some viewers have been reacting to the Sully and Jamie situation when Jamie tried to end Dushane and Sully more than one time. But now that Jamie got that heat in between his eyes even after he was warned, it’s supposedly so messed up what happened to him.Even their childhood best friend Dris tried to get them ki||ed more than once. Dushane was just as dark and evil as Sully. That’s why he wasn’t even all that upset about what happened to Jamie. The storyline moved on to what the show is really about, the complexities of the relationship between Sully and Dushane. And I believe Jamie would have turned on Dushane eventually anyway. Who can really trust anyone to be their retirement plan that just ki||ed their best friend. Remember, Dushane said if he didn’t do it he was going to ki|| him. Dushane set him up and got Jamie locked up and almost ruin his brother’s lives. Seems to me Dushane wasn’t super pressed about Jamie actually being his retire plan - he already was finding ways to retire by doing investments so…As Top Boy, Dushane didn’t flex his evil all the time but we knew he was about that life and for the ones that forgot, in this last season, we see and are reminded that when Dushane finds himself in a sticky situation, he gets impulsive and irrational, too. Seems some viewers have such a visceral reaction to Sully because when he moves, he does so rarely with mercy. He wears who he is on his sleeve, good, bad, complex, and evil. You’d think, others in that life that know or work for or with him wouldn’t cross him if they know how he get down but they do and when he reacts he’s seen as most evil of them all but I think in that lifestyle, they are all evil. Kano is absolutely outstanding in the role of Sully. Such a very complex character. I’m sure that role made for a lot of stressful days having to tap into darkness like that for a role. Kano is a stellar artist - musically and acting. Also, Ashley, (Dushane) too. Just phenomenal work from them both. Just my little two cents. I enjoyed your review of the show. Btw, I was very disappointed in the last season, it seemed so rushed and I now understand why their were reports of Kano walking off set and he and Dushane having multiple disagreements with writers cause they kept trying to take the show in a direction that was off from who the characters were. I could definitely see it with the strange actions of Jaq. They had that character doing stuff that just didn’t make sense at all. One could argue that her actions led to the end of Dushane and Sully. ..at least for that moment.
Amazing video!
I never peeped the Sully hypocrisy angle. Nice one
Great analysis!
If you watched summerhouse then you’ll know sully just wanted to be up there like Dushane. No one ever mentioned the youngers being one of sullys, it was always “that’s dushanes yout” or “we should tell Dushane”. from summerhouse till the end sully knew Dushane was top boy hence hated him giving orders because he wanted to at least be seen as equal and couldn’t handle it otherwise. That’s why he asked him to step off the roads - but eventually needed Dushane again ! Defo agree that sully never got run up because everyone knew Dushane had his back and would be after them. Without dushane sully was always alone really. In the final episode sully mentions how all he ever wanted was dushanes respect so yeahhh I think dushane was the real top boy ! Sully was just a hitman really
Great video bro 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Finally, a video where the person actually gets the characters and actually knows what they’re talking about. Good vid. Good watch.
Thank you!!!
Really good review 🔥
Excellent analysis
Bro you are amazing at reviewing movies. You such a gift. You earn a subscriber and a like 👍
We saw the difference in too how Sully was living in a boathouse and Dushane had a loft. Sully was just gangsta to the core
Exactly with 15 million to his name
Gutter type.
What’s gangsta about a boathouse tho lmao
@@quincysimpson2958 Its just he dont gaf about money.
A well thought out analysis
Thank you 🙏🏾
Great video! Nice breakdown
Thank you!
Well done!
Thank you!!!
I was ok with the finish of the show.
I appreciate the fact there was no sentiment for Dushane and Sully, and there was sentiment for Steph. Steph was the most important character of the series to me.
Nice observation‼️
Sully is the most gritty character on television...
Also in the last season Sully dressed darker but he also looked more grizzled... more tired Obviously IRL he's pushing 40 but I think they added some makeup to make him look like that. Bruh was just exhausted in general
His life was a rough one. It was weighing on him
I enjoyed the breakdown bruh very detailed salute@@Binge_Zone
Tired of killing people. And waking sure he doesn’t get killed. Like is wild stressful.
loved this analysis. we need an analysis of jaq, perhaps even every character...
That would be a great idea
You broke that shit all the way down my dude. I appreciate you.🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Aww man thx!!!
Great video and insight. He was ruthless but not totally without a heart.
The enforcer of Summerhouse for sure
I would say he had no heart, he killed everyone on his way, no matter of gender or age
@joopajoo9559 the last scene scene with Dushane and his daughter would make me disagree.
If we are not monsters we're food, and I could NEVER be food!! - Sully
just finished the series today !!
Amazing how sully developed over the years ! IT was the best coclusion in my opinion, i think in the end Jaq did him to save her the baby and her girlfriend, because eventually knew he would sometime come for her as well after the food incident
Great video, Great breakdown, Sully was the Goat of the Show, was my favorite Character, he was the realist person on the show, most savage, reap what he soul in the end, got what he deserve , all his sin caught up to him... this is a perfect ending for him, this why i love this show, it most realist show, show what happened if you be a gangster and join this life ,be person like Sully and Dushane, All end is be kill or Gone to prison .. Keep up the great work, you are amazing...
The power dynamic u speak of is as old as society itself ennit. It’s the main point in Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’, is it better to be feared or loved?! The answer he comes to is fear is better ultimately, because u can’t force people to love you.
Awesome vid, shout out from UK 👊
Big point about Dushane is that he never knew how to speak to Sully. For example after mike was killed he never explained that his hands were tied and Raef would of killed Mike regardless of anything Dushane said or did. Sully only just got a pass because because Jamane was alive, Raef got paid and Dushanes rep. Non of that was ever explained to sully, instead Dushane talks down to him. Still doesn't excuse Sully but its also a reoccurring theme.
I agree totally, he coulda spoke to sully as more of an equal
" Ok boss" Remember that comment by Sully last season
@@Binge_Zoneit's because sully acts like a child. It's hard to speak to someone when they have the logic of a 13 year old.
Thinking about this, it also explains why when Sully shot Dushane he asked for “how about some respect” I don’t think Dushane ever respected Sully enough to explain things to him and Sully saw this and yearned for it
@Binge_Zone I dunno if Dushane didn’t respect Sully, just their way of thinking was so different he couldn’t communicate effectively. I always found Dushane wasn’t great at communicating, he wasn’t great with Shelley either
Good breakdown my boii👌🏾
Thank you I appreciate it!
Amazing show Kano need a sit with someone after that show 😌
I feel I understand Sully very well, as I can understand and relate to his emotional behaviours from myself and my uncles. So I'm interested in what you have to say
I agree with everything you said bro🙏🏽. I wish you went deeper into his emotional thoughts tho
I didnt know if the audience would want that, but now I know for next time!
Very good breakdown. I noticed how when he woukd get mad when tge pups ask for dushane .
Damn dude, wow, great job. 🐐😃
Thank you I appreciate it!
I laughed so hard when D rescued Sully and Sully acted as if he was owed it did say thank you or nothing hilarious!
❤ from the UK 🇬🇧 great bro can you do one on dushane
Am I the only one that see’s parallels between Dushane & Sully and Ghost & Tommy ??
No that’s the perfect comparison
KANO WAS AMAZING IN THIS
I love your take on this. did you like the ending of the last series? It's 50-50 with different opinions
I liked where it was going, I just wish it had more episodes to flush it out. Had this been 10 or even 8 episodes, give the sully and dushane robbery thing more than one episode to really breathe. Plus the Irish plot as well
agreed they needed more episodes it felt real rush through , also they didn't need the riot story @@Binge_Zone
Sully wasn’t killed by a random person…it was Jaq (look at the distinctive walk of the killer) that’s HER walk
I feel like sully is more dangerous than tommy on power
Tommy has more loyalty
good videp bro keep up the good work and the views on your video are just disrespectful bro you should have more
Oh man. Thank you for that!!
Jaq definitely x sully. That was jaq walk
First of all Kano is 🇬🇧 super hero where for my culture anyway second of yo bro great video ✊🏽
Thank you! His role as Sully got me into UK rap
🔥🔥🔥 wow
He felt like himself around jason.
Sully likes to be in control.
That first Murder Sully committed against Sean came back full circle in the end.
Sully didn't want to evolve Jamie's brothers cause they weren't in the street. The two other kids were on the road, so they were fair game.
This was a great breakdown of Sully bro
I disagree, I think sully was calculated and takes time to consider. I would say Dushane is impulsive.
Don’t remember sully ever lying to anyone that’s one thing he upholds
He lied to Dushane about Robbin Ra’nell
Dushane was like you shot me! Have you met Sully? They were a mess
The people should make another season of top boy with Steph and and Jack taking over as the top boys I see them running shit
How bout Jaq becoming an activist and Stef becoming someone positive
Thanks for making this video. You said everything I also believe. I saw someone say on Instagram that “Sully was the definition of loyalty.” Far from it.
Top boy was truly Sully because he’s the only character, if he was taken off the show, it wouldn’t be as good. Dushane gets the same type respect too but Sully made Top Boy be what it is.
I thought this video would have been better
Mans casually says "spoiler" as he reveals the most significant plot advance in the entire series! ... 30 seconds in. 🙈 That shi cray
Wait Jason was Sully’s child??
No
Also I saw ya last video where you say it was Mandy who got sully.. naw bro it was definitely Si … after Stef told Si it was him in episode 2 and then sully embarrassed him in front the gang in the most wicked way.. I definitely think Si .. did Sully in.. it makes to much sense in my opinion
It's open to being any of them since he created so many enemies
@@Binge_Zone facts
I think it was jaq she was the next one to go and she had her partner and baby to protect makes the most logical sense
Did you see how many soldiers the Irish had in the stables scene?
Plus it looks like the shooter had blonde hair, but could be a jacket hood.
Dont forget, if Jaq got done for murder how is she there for her nephew? She could have hired someone though.
Si was no 2 pick. Humiliation and killiny someone who was like family? What more motive do you need.
I think at the end of the day, it's not important who it was. The message is that if you live that life, it's jail or death.
So in the end, it don't matter who clipped him. Even at the top, he got got.
I agree
He could never be food
Oh no you didn't just give the end away in the first 20 seconds.
Waiting for the Dushane background to learn wtf happened in the last season. I think thats what most people are upset about
What do you mean?
@@Binge_Zone A lot of people felt that Dushane seemed out of character this last season. Acting irratic and on emotion, I saw that he ran out of people to depend on, lost all his self worth, and thats why ended up going to the lengths of stealing the food from Sully.
@@poodleman3356 that’s exactly what happened. And you can see he began to unravel as early as season 2 of summerhouse. He ended up burning every resources
The only thing that I think “Top Boy” dropped the ball on completely,, is whatever happened to Ra’nell ??? Like we seen all the other summer house kids grow up but Ra Nell just fell out of the picture completely smh 🤦🏾♂️… kinda wack they did that in my opinion 🤷🏾♂️
Yeah, but Ra'Nell's mother turned her life around and he knew the trap getting into drug dealing would be which is why he never took any money Dushane offered him and his mate
I think they moved away, remember they couldnt afford the rent at the studio
@@marko.rankovic yea I definitely understand that especially after sully robbed him an killed Leon I know staying off the road was his main option.. I just wish we got a quick glimpse of what he was doing in the future!! Like we seen Gem turned into a border line junkie .. I just wanted to see where Ra ended up 🤷🏾♂️
It's funny the way the us are on this now probably becouse of drake.The us always had this thought of uk being soft and no other place is worse than there's.This show has been running for years long b4 netflix picked it up.
British Marlow
you dont overstend the shit. with respect. i can Digress as i am that
Sully was a loose canon and it was only a matter of time before he got it, which he did. He is textbook hater.
Y’all don’t come from this type of life so y’all easily can be blinded by what they wanted I see a lot of me n these characters on how calculated they were
but dushane was the top boy & wanted be feared but at the same time form loyalty with a family but he was also doing for his own gain dushane was very self centered he didn’t have shit to lose killing Jeffery out of angry messed him up,
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Sully wanted respected & he wanted to be seen to it by everyone, he lived by the code of streets not so much the money
sully was a real roadman he rarely gave hardly any mercy. He was very calculated dushane was just the big bro to him n dushane wasn’t killing people out crazy like sully, but sully to me was smarter but dushane was more organized
They both died at their peaks of there run to eventually see that you are always food cause when you the top boy the only way is down the people will find anyway to take you down some feared them some didn’t they either fell in line or they was against them then died
The psichology of a mad dog :))
As someone who grew up in the hood and is a fan of the bad guy…..sully should have killed jaq and her girl friend. He died because he went soft. Plus you don’t sit in cars that long when you in the streets.
Sully is just a nutter with zero morals & loyalty. Dushane wouldn't have killed Kieron.
Exactly!!!!!!! Sully is ruthless with no loyalty and principles.
Didn't care what he wore....do you know how much CP Company and Stone Island costs 😂 1 jacket is a few hundred quid
Lol I looked it up. Crazy
everything sully ever did was for dushane
Nice vid but you don't know what nature and nurture means
I dont agree. There are Millions of people who are brought up in the Ghetto that have legal jobs. Uber Drivers, Security Guards, Takeaway owners… Successful hard working people with good houses and a good income. Striving for Designer clothes and expensive cars is no justification for selling drugs and murdering people.
Aint Sully's mum dead? Or at least thats what he told thekr neighbour that old boy frm summer house!