Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Paris Barclay

Writers (WGA):

Shawn Wayans (written by) &
Marlon Wayans (written by) ...

Release Date:

12 January 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

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.

Plot:

"Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking your Juice in the Hood" is a parody of a lot of Afro-American movies...

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Gun | Low Rider | Masturbation | Desert Eagle

Cast

Shawn Wayans	...	Ashtray
Marlon Wayans	...	Loc Dog
Tracey Cherelle Jones	...	Dashiki
Chris Spencer	...	Preach
Suli McCullough	...	Crazy Legs
Darrel Heath	...	Toothpick (as Darrell Heath)
Helen Martin	...	Loc Dog's Grandma
Isaiah Barnes	...	Doo Rag
Lahmard J. Tate	...	Ashtray's Father (as Lahmard Tate)
Keenen Ivory Wayans	...	Mailman
Keith Morris	...	Dave the Crackhead
Craig Wayans	...	Thug #1
Casey Lee	...	Birthday Boy Thug
Joe Scott	...	Birthday Cake Boy (as Joe 'Nub' Scott)
Kim Wayans	...	Mrs. Johnson

Also Known As:

Don't Be a Menace

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language, sexuality, some drug content and violence.

Runtime:

89 min | 94 min (2005 unrated)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:14 (theatrical rating) | New Zealand:R18 | Australia:MA | Canada:14A | France:U | Germany:12 | USA:R (certificate #34158) | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Occidental College -1600 Campus Road, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Island Pictures

Trivia:

Leonette Scott (Flashback Girl), spoofs her own character (Tisha) in Boyz n the Hood (1991).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Ashtray punches his grandmother, he punches her in the left cheek, but when she gets up, she is holding her right one.

Quotes:

Ashtray's cellmate: If you hit a man, in time his wounds will heal. If you steal from a man, you can replace what you've stolen. But always cross in the green, never in between. Because the honorable Elijah Muhammed Ali floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee. And always remember my brother, one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish, knick knack, paddy whack, give a dog a bone, two thousand, zero, zero, party, oops! Out of time, my bacon smellin' fine.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008)

Soundtrack:

Winter Warz

This movie shows that stereotypes can be funny.

Spoofing practically every "growing up in the hood" movie, "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood" is a laugh a minute. Following the adventures of Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) and Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans) in LA's black ghetto, it's one joke after another - the way that a Mel Brooks or Leslie Nielsen movie is. Probably the funniest scene is when they enter a convenience store. The owner, convinced that African-Americans would only enter his store to steal things, follows them around - while a rich white man comes in and proceeds to empty the place. Containing virtually every imaginable use of the N-word, "DBAMTSCWDYJITH" is pure hilarity. Those Wayans brothers have it down.