Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood
Directed by	Paris Barclay
Produced by	Eric L. Gold Keenen Ivory Wayans
Written by	Marlon Wayans Shawn Wayans Phil Beauman
Starring	Marlon Wayans Shawn Wayans
Music by	John Barnes
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release date(s)	January 12, 1996
Running time	89 min
Language	English
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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood is a 1996 film. It spoofs black coming-of-age 'hood movies' such as Juice, Jungle Fever, South Central, Higher Learning, Do The Right Thing, Menace II Society, Poetic Justice, New Jack City, Dead Presidents, and Boyz N the Hood, much like the Wayans' previous film, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. It also incorporates elements of the titles of these films in its own. Image File history File links DontBeAMenace. ... Paris KC Barclay (born June 30, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois) is an African-American television director and producer. ... Keenen Ivory Wayans (born June 8, 1958 in New York City, New York) is an American actor, comedian, director and writer best known as the host and creator of the FOX sketch comedy series In Living Color, which also starred Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx, his brother Damon Wayans, David Alan... Marlon Wayans (born July 23, 1972) is an American actor, producer, comedian, writer, and director of movies, beginning with his role as a pedestrian in Im Gonna Git You Sucka in 1988. ... Shawn Wayans (born January 19, 1971 in New York City, New York) is an American actor and comedian who starred in In Living Color and The Wayans Bros. ... John Barnes is the name of several people: John Barnes, science fiction author John Barnes, Jamaican-born England footballer John Barnes, Australian Rules football player John Barnes, programming language designer Johnny Barnes, Bermudan This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same... Miramax Films is a film production and distribution brand that was a Big Ten film motion picture distribution and production company headquartered in New York City before being bought out by The Walt Disney Company. ... is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... A minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The year 1996 in film involved some significant events. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... For other uses, see Coming of Age (disambiguation). ... Juice is a 1992 drama film that has gained a certain classic status. ... Jungle Fever is a 1991 film directed by Spike Lee and starring Wesley Snipes and Annabella Sciorra. ... South Central is a 1992 drama film, written and directed by Steve Anderson. ... For other uses, see Higher Learning (disambiguation). ... This article is about the 1989 film. ... Menace II Society is a 1993 American film and the directorial debut of twin brothers Allen and Albert Hughes. ... Poetic Justice is a 1993 drama/romance film starring Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Regina King and Joe Torry. ... For the Father Ted episode, see New Jack City (Father Ted). ... This article is about the American action movie. ... This article is about the song by rapper Eazy-E. For 1991 film, see Boyz n the Hood. ... The Wayans Brothers are a group of American comedians who are brothers. ... Im Gonna Git You Sucka is a 1988 comedy feature film written, directed by and starring Keenen Ivory Wayans. ...

This film teases out the racism inherent in the popularity of 'hood movies' such as the above, irrespective of their supposed "redeeming qualities". The movie suggests that the result of the massive popularity of 'hood movies' was/is that black actors are limited, in an attempt to profit from these movies' success, to similar roles, especially in the 1990s. Menace attempts to comically satirise that sociological phenomenon. Some actors in the film also starred in the films the movie parodies, a few even in the same scenes and characters.

Cast

Some of the main characters include:

• Ashtray: The main protagonist of the film, the Everyman, trying to make his way through a confusing world, is sent by his mother to live in the ghetto where his father might teach him how to become a man. Played by Shawn Wayans. Based on Tre Styles from Boyz N The Hood.
• Ashtray's Mother: Ashtray's mother whose brief cameo in the beginning is ended with her abruptly delivered quote: "Sorry baby. You know there ain't no positive black females in these movies." Played by Vivica Fox. Based on Reva Devereaux from Boyz N The Hood.
• Ashtray's Father: Ashtray's temperamental role model who dispenses sage advice to his son. According to Ashtray, is only "a couple years older than me." Played by Lahmard Tate. Based on Furious Styles from Boyz N The Hood.
• Loc Dog: Ashtray's cousin. Stoner/Drug Dealer/Criminal. Drives a USPS delivery truck which is loaded in the back with ballistics. Played by Shawn Wayne's real-life brother, Marlon Wayans Based on "O-Dog" from Menace II Society.
• Preach: Ashtray's friend. The former gang member turned 'Islamic-politically conscious' activist. Has a fetish for white girls. Based on Sharif from Menace II Society.
• Crazy Legs: Ashtray's friend. Was paralyzed in a drive-by. Based on Chris from Boyz N The Hood.
• Dashiki: The object of Ashtray's affections. A 'hood mother' with seven kids all conceived from seven different men. Played by Tracey Cherelle Jones. Dashiki's address is 6969 Penetration Avenue. Based on Brandi from Boyz N The Hood and Justice from Poetic Justice.
• Keisha: A possessed chick that Loc Dog meets at a late-night party and takes to his house. While proceeding to have sex with her, she morphs into a demonic version of herself and proceeds to force Loc Dog to have sex with her. It is unknown what happened after this.

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Notable satires

References to Boyz N the Hood

• Shawn Wayans' lead character is named Ashtray, as opposed to Cuba Gooding, Jr.'s Tre in Boyz N the Hood.
• Ashtray is sent by his mother (played by Vivica A. Fox) to live with his father (in the original played by Laurence 'Larry' Fishburne, here played by Lahmard Tate which is only a year older than Wayans himself) to teach him 'how to be a real man', and the sex-talks that Gooding has with Fishburne in the original are parodied. The reason the actor was portrayed as younger than Ashtray himself was because in Boyz N the Hood, Laurence Fishburne plays Cuba Gooding Jr.'s father, but in real life, Fishburne is only 7 years older than Gooding.
• Ashtray has sex with a girl while her mother is at church, the way Tre describes his "first-time" with a girl in "Boyz N the Hood". Humorously, Ashtray's girlfriend's mother comes back from church, only to be clad in a leather dominatrix outfit.
• In a scene from Boyz N the Hood, Tre and Ricky get pulled over by two police officers, one being a black man who happens to dislike stereotypical black "gangsters." In a similar scene, Ashtray and Loc Dogg are pulled over while they are parked, and a black officer—played by Bernie Mac—is racist against blacks.
• In Boyz N the Hood, Gooding's character Tre goes to his girlfriend's house and starts swinging his arms, punching wildly while crying, all out of nowhere. In Don't Be a Menace, the character Ashtray goes to his girlfriend Dashiki's house and does the same, but hitting her children instead of air.
• While sitting in Old School's porch, Loc Dog goes on to say "either they don't know, don't show, or just don't care about being a menace to south central while they drink their juice in the hood. .." In a similar scene, Ice Cube's character, Doughboy, said, "Either they don't know, don't show, or just don't care about what's going on in the hood. .."
• In Boyz N the Hood, the young boys go to see a dead body near the train tracks. In Don't Be a Menace, a group of similar looking young boys (incidentally, some of the children reprised their roles from Boyz in the Hood) go looking for a dead body, and find the dead body of an Elvis Presley impersonator, face down with his pants pulled down.
• Keenan Ivory Wayans' cameos as a mailman is a reference to John Singleton giving himself a brief cameo as a mailman in Boyz N the Hood.

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References to South Central

• In South Central, there is a character called ‘Loco’ (Vincent Craig Dupree) who is also a member of the main character, Bobby’s, gang the Hoover Deuces. Loco is a young, excitable animated amiable character whose comical and exaggerated quips and appearance are more than reminiscent of Marlon Wayans’ character ‘Loc Dog’, most notably his large excitable eyes.

• In South Central, Bobby’s character inevitably ends up in prison and eventually shares a cell with another prisoner, ‘Ali’ (Carl Lumbly) who is member of the religious group, The Nation of Islam. The ‘Ali’ character is a stylised character who largely speaks only in poignant proverbials most sufficiently summed up in the ‘Cycle of Hate’ and ‘Author’ dialogues. In the latter, Ali challenges Bobby to the name the author of some prominent proverbial quotes. This is satirised in Don’t Be A Menace when Ashtray ends up spending a night in a police cell with a pseudo Nation of Islam character called ‘FarraConvict’.

• Right before the end of South Central, when Bobby is trying to talk his son out of shooting him, he uses a speech that seems to have come directly from the character Ali in which, amongst other things he says; “if you hit a man, in time his wounds will heal…”. This is directly lifted and said by FarraConvict in Don’t Be A Menace....

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References to Dead Presidents

• At the end, Grandma pops out of a garbage can and shoots the gang, with the corpse paint on her face.

• The DMV instructor navigates Ashtray to a bank and proceeds to rob the bank. This is similar to the scene where Keith David's character asks Larenz Tate's character (who is totally oblivious to David's motive) to drive him to a debtor and proceeds to intimidate him through violence.

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References to Poetic Justice

• Loc Dog owns a mail truck, and there is a line "A road trip in a mail truck. .. that's about the stupidest idea I ever heard of." That was the whole point of poetic justice.

• Dashiki, at one point, recites a poem to Ashtray that involves castrating him if he ever left her.

• Dashiki's appearance is similar to Janet Jackson's character's appearance.

• In one scene, the back of the mail truck has the words, "Janet waz here". Clearly a reference to Janet Jackson's character.

References to Juice

• Youngster to grandma: "Now you got the Juice, Grandma", which in "Juice" a man says to "Q" (Omar Epps).

The actor that delivers this line is the same actor that delivered the line in "Juice"

References to Menace II Society

• Ashtray and Loc Dog (played by Shawn's brother Marlon) are racially profiled by Korean shop owners who persist on following Ashtray throughout the store. The scene ends in a shootout parodying the end of the similar scene in Menace II Society. The actor playing the Korean man is the same as in Menace II Society.

• "Dave the Crackhead", a beggar looking for change, attempts to offer Ashtray cheeseburgers and fellatio in exchange for money. In Menace II Society, O Dog is confronted by a beggar who is also willing to offer cheeseburgers and fellatio for money or drugs (who, in turn, may be inspired by a similar character from Dolemite).

• Later in Don't Be a Menace. .., the beggar re-appears, again with the sack of cheeseburgers and is now looking for directions to Crenshaw (which is where the crew from Boyz N the Hood always hang out). He offers fellatio to Loc-Dog for the directions, and after a little thought, the scene then cuts to Loc Dog zipping up his pants.

• Slow motion "drug-making" sequence, in which Loc-Dog makes a cake, in Menace II Society, Tyrin Turner's character Caine, prepares crack cocaine in a similar sequence.

• Slow motion 'drive-by shooting preparation' sequence. In Menace II Society, Illena's cousin organizes a drive-by after he is beaten up by Caine and O-Dog

• Dashiki becoming pregnant.

• Marlon Wayans' character, "Loc Dog" takes his name from "O-Dog."

• Lahmard Tate (Ashtray's father) is the brother of Larenz Tate (O-Dog).

• There is a black officer who says the line ,"You know you fucked up right? yeah, you fucked up" which is a clear reference to another cop (Bill Duke) in Menace II Society.

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References to Higher Learning

• Omar Epps appears playing a character named Malik, who's leaving the hood to go to college (where a sniper, "Remy", shoots him).

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References to hood movies in general:

• Slow motion 'drive-by shooting preparation' sequence, with spooky music.
• Drive-by shooting sequence.
• "Serious" father-son talks.

Catchphrases:

• Break yo' self, fool! (Loc Dog catchphrase when shooting)
• Message! (Keenan Ivory Wayans' only line (besides "What the fuck is he talkin' about?"), usually said when Loc Dog or Ashtray says something with a good message, that recurs throughout the film. Keenan only appears through the movie to say this, as a postman or a baby)

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Goofs/Trivia

Trivia sections are discouraged under Wikipedia guidelines. The article could be improved by integrating relevant items and removing inappropriate ones.

• When Ashtray goes to his father's house, he greets him with a chocolate bar that is open. When they go inside it is in the wrapper again.
• When Ashtray first sees Dashiki, Loc dog tells him he should stay away from here because "she has more kids then Miss Wayans", a reference to their own mother.
• When Loc Dog's grandmother is dancing in church, she is wearing high heels at first, then she wears flat shoes in a different shot.
• When Loc Dog drives away in his USPS Mail Truck, there is graffiti on it that says, "Janet Wuz Here". In the next shot the graffiti is no longer there.
• When Ashtray gets a haircut by his father, his father writes on the back of his head "Kick Me". In other scenes it is not there.
• When Ashtray's father is shown in the first scene, he has a short haircuit, but when he is shown again he has cornrows.
• In a scene at the picnic Loc Dog gets a close-up and you can see that the facial hair is glued on his face.
• If you look closely when Ashtray is entering Dashiki's house, her address reads: "6969 Penetration Ave". Loc-Dogs address reads "187 Drive-By Boulevard/Avenue".
• On the back of the Special Edition version, it shows Loc Dog getting a number from a girl by threatening her with a gun, but instead of only Loc Dog having a gun, the girl also has one pulled out on Loc Dog which can only be seen on the extended "Directors Cut" edition.
• In the begining of the movie Ashtray says his father is a few years older than him, but it is actually the opposite, and this is referenced and joked about throughout the entire movie. In one notable instance Ashtray said that he "used to change my fathers diapers all the time" whenever Dashiki told him that she waned help with it.
• When Loc Dogs' grandmother drives by someone remarks "nice six four" in reference to a 1964 Chevy, however she is driving a 1961 Chevy.
• When Ashtray punches his grandma, he punches her on her left side, however, when she gets up from behind the table, she holds her right side.

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See also

• In Living Color
• Hollywood Shuffle
• CB4
• White Chicks
• Fear of a Black Hat
• I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

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Trivia

Trivia sections are discouraged under Wikipedia guidelines. The article could be improved by integrating relevant items and removing inappropriate ones.

• The late Lloyd Avery II who played Ricky's shooter in Boyz n the Hood (Who was often thought to be an un-credited Chris Tucker), is sitting behind the driver in the drive-by shooting.

• One of the items thrown at Ash Tray on his way out of Dashiki's house is a silk pair of boxing shorts with the word 'TYSON' on the back.

• When the white supremacist sniper shoots Malik, he crosses his name off the "Brothers Who are Trying to Make it Out of the Hood" list. Already crossed out off of the list is Ricky (from Boyz N The Hood), Caine (from Menace II Society), Radio Raheem (from Do The Right Thing).

• Damon Wayans was the only member of the Wayans family not to appear in the film.

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