Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Finally, the movie that proves that Justice isn't always Poetic, Jungle Fever isn't always pretty, and Higher Learning can be a waste of time.
Directed by Paris Barclay
Produced by Ivory Way Productions, Island Pictures
A sharp, high-energy parody of 1990s hood cinema that uses absurdist humor and exaggeration to satirize both gang culture and the earnest social-issue films it mocks.
When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog, who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?
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Is Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 91% of films.
Is Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.
Is Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.
Is Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of films.
Is Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Does Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
