re: Let us overanalyze the Rocky movies....

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Anyone want to take a stab at why Pauly seems to always be a deadbeat? Even when Rocky seemingly took care of him, he looked like a deadbeat. Always resenting Adrian and Rocky.

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Poor upbringing made him bitter. Yet Adrian always seemed intrinsically happy and stable, taking care of him while inadvertently enabling him becoming somewhat of a mother figure.

He didn't really want her to find a man. He was using her "singleness" to emotionally abuse her trying to make her as miserable as he was. It backfired with Rocky and she seemingly became even happier.

Rocky then goes on to superstardom and he and Adrian become America's golden couple.

This reinforces the fact Polly never addressed his internal issues stemming from his rough upbringing. He becomes miserable and jealous of both of them while they try and balance helping him and enabling him.

It's a very complex relationship with many ups and downs, probably one of the longest running most dynamic relationships in movie cinematic history.