Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood is a 1996 film. A spoof, akin to the Wayans' previous effort I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, the film parodies black, coming-of-age, 'hood movies' such as Juice, South Central, Higher Learning, Menace II Society, Poetic Justice, New Jack City, Dead Presidents, and most prominently Boyz N the Hood, and also mixes the names of a few of the said titles to form the unorthodoxly long title of the movie.
Whereas I'm Gonna Git You Sucka was a critical satire of blaxploitation movies, this film is a critical satire of the 'hood movies' of the 1990s. This film skewers out the racism inherent in the popularity of 'hood movies', no matter their supposed "redeeming qualities".
The result of the massive popularity of 'hood movies' is that black actors are pushed and limited to roles of hoodlums, especially in the 1990s. This movie attempts to skewer that sociological phenomenon.
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Cast
Some of the main characters include:
- Ashtray: The main "protagonist" of the film. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Loc Dog: Ashtray's cousin. Stoner/Drug Dealer/Criminal. Drives a USPS delivery truck which is loaded in the back with ballistics. Played by Ashtray's real-life brother, Marlon Wayans
- Preach: Ashtray's friend. The former gang member turned 'politically conscious' activist. Has a fetish for white girls.
- Crazy Legs: Ashtray's friend. Was paralyzed in a drive-by.
- Dashiki: The object of Ashtray's affections. A 'hood mother' with seven kids all conceived from seven different men.
Notable Satires
References to Boyz N the Hood include:
- Shawn Wayans' lead character is named Ashtray, as opposed to Cuba Gooding, Jr.'s Trey 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 an actor younger than Wayans himself) to teach him 'how to be a real man', and the talks about sex 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.
- In a scene from Boyz N the Hood, Trey 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 Trey 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 in 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 go looking for a dead body, and find the dead body of Elvis, face down with his pants pulled down.
References to
- At the end, Grandma pops out of a garbage can and shoots the gang, with the corpsepaint on her face.
References to
- Preach 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."
References to
- Youngster to grandma: "Now you have the Juice, Grandma."
References to
- 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.
- "Dave the Crackhead," a beggar looking for change, attempts to offer Ashtray cheeseburgers in exchange for money. In Menace II Society, O Dog is confronted by a beggar who is also willing to trade cheeseburgers for money or drugs.
- Later in "Don't Be a Menance...", 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 in the hood always hang out). He offers fellatio to Loc-Dog for the directions, and after a little thought, the scene suddenly advances to Loc Dog zipping up his pants. In Menace II Society, the same thing happens with O Dog, however he kills the man instead.
- Marlon Wayans' character, "Loc Dog," takes his name from "O-Dog."
References to
- Omar Epps appears playing a character named Malik, who's leaving the hood to go to college (where a sniper skinhead, "Remy," shoots him).
References to hood movies in general:
- Slow motion "drug-making" sequence, with spooky music, in which Loc-Dog makes a cake.
- Slow motion 'drive-by shooting preparation' sequence, with spooky music.
- Drive-by shooting sequence.
- "Serious" father-son talks.
Catchphrases:
- Break yourself fool! (Loc Dogg catchphrase)
- Message! (Keenan Ivory Wayans' only line (besides "What the fuck is he talkin' about?"), usually said when Loc Dogg 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)
Notable Quotes/Scenes From the Film
- Preach 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."
References to
- Youngster to grandma: "Now you have the Juice, Grandma."
References to
- 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.
- "Dave the Crackhead," a beggar looking for change, attempts to offer Ashtray cheeseburgers in exchange for money. In Menace II Society, O Dog is confronted by a beggar who is also willing to trade cheeseburgers for money or drugs.
- Later in "Don't Be a Menance...", 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 in the hood always hang out). He offers fellatio to Loc-Dog for the directions, and after a little thought, the scene suddenly advances to Loc Dog zipping up his pants. In Menace II Society, the same thing happens with O Dog, however he kills the man instead.
- Marlon Wayans' character, "Loc Dog," takes his name from "O-Dog."
References to
- Omar Epps appears playing a character named Malik, who's leaving the hood to go to college (where a sniper skinhead, "Remy," shoots him).
References to hood movies in general:
- Slow motion "drug-making" sequence, with spooky music, in which Loc-Dog makes a cake.
- Slow motion 'drive-by shooting preparation' sequence, with spooky music.
- Drive-by shooting sequence.
- "Serious" father-son talks.
Catchphrases:
- Break yourself fool! (Loc Dogg catchphrase)
- Message! (Keenan Ivory Wayans' only line (besides "What the fuck is he talkin' about?"), usually said when Loc Dogg 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)
Notable Quotes/Scenes From the Film
- 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.
- "Dave the Crackhead," a beggar looking for change, attempts to offer Ashtray cheeseburgers in exchange for money. In Menace II Society, O Dog is confronted by a beggar who is also willing to trade cheeseburgers for money or drugs.
- Later in "Don't Be a Menance...", 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 in the hood always hang out). He offers fellatio to Loc-Dog for the directions, and after a little thought, the scene suddenly advances to Loc Dog zipping up his pants. In Menace II Society, the same thing happens with O Dog, however he kills the man instead.
- Marlon Wayans' character, "Loc Dog," takes his name from "O-Dog."
References to
- Omar Epps appears playing a character named Malik, who's leaving the hood to go to college (where a sniper skinhead, "Remy," shoots him).
References to hood movies in general:
- Slow motion "drug-making" sequence, with spooky music, in which Loc-Dog makes a cake.
- Slow motion 'drive-by shooting preparation' sequence, with spooky music.
- Drive-by shooting sequence.
- "Serious" father-son talks.
Catchphrases:
- Break yourself fool! (Loc Dogg catchphrase)
- Message! (Keenan Ivory Wayans' only line (besides "What the fuck is he talkin' about?"), usually said when Loc Dogg 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)
Notable Quotes/Scenes From the Film
- Guy goes up to other guy with birthday cake. Other Guy: "Round Here, most of us don't live to the age of 21." / First Guy: "Happy Birthday Homie." / Other Guy: "For Me?" / First Guy: "Yea, Happy Birthday Homeboy" / Other Guy: "For Me?" / First Guy: "Yea, Make a Wish" (Other Guy goes to blow out candle, and gets shot)
- Ashtray: "So will I see you again?" / Ashtray's Mother: "Sorry baby. You know there ain't no positive black females in these movies."
- Ashtray: "My father tried his best to give me advice. The problem was he was only a few years older than me."
- Dave the Crackhead: Ma--n, you got any spare cha--nge? / Ashtray: Sorry, bro, I'm all out, man. / Dave the Crackhead: Ma-n, I got these cheeseburgers, ma--n! / Ashtray: I don't want any cheeseburgers. / Dave the Crackhead: Please ma---n! I...I suck yo' di--ck! / Ashtray: Ew! Get outta here, man! Get outta here!
- Ashtray: It hurt me to wake up and see my beautfiul black people suffer, victimized by the oppressive harsh realities of the hood. I guess even though we were free, we were still slaves—in the mind. / Mailman: Message!
- Loc Dog: Quick fashion question: should I wear this Tec-9 with the high tops... (Poses flamboyantly with a gun and sneakers) OR should I wear this Uzi with my low tops? (Poses again) / Ashtray: Uh... / Loc Dog: I just wear dese den. (Caresses pink bunny slippers)
- Loc Dog: "Eh y'all, check out dem freaks gettin' busy on da dance floor." [Camera spans dance floor where several people are dancing erotically, eventually landing on a shot of two people having sex on the dance floor, oblivious to their surroundings.]
- (Loc Dog gives a child alcohol) Man: "Hey, don't be giving that little kid no alcohol." / Loc Dog: "Well you ain't his father." / Man: "I'm not? (knocking on Dashiki's door) Dashiki! Bitch, you better give me back my child support money!"
- Loc Dog: Ay preach, what up, nigga? / Preach: Y'all need to stop usin' the word "nigga!" You see, it's terms like the word "nigga" that the white men uses to take away the self-esteem of another race. / Ashtray: Word. / Preach: Oh yeah, remind to me pick my laundry up from that chink motha-fucka up the street.
- Ashtray: Loc Dog didn't have the fliest ride in the hood, (Camera pans to show a USPS truck) but it was reliable—in rain, sleet, or snow.
- Loc Dog: I bet you I could get her number. / Ashtray: Nigga, you ain't gettin' nobody's number. / Loc Dog: Foo', watch me. (Struts up to the girl) Ey, sweetheart. (Pulls out a gun to her head) BREAK YO'SELF! Gimme yo' goddamn numba! Come on! Hurry up!
- (Toothpick watches Ashtray making out with Dashiki) Toothpick: Damn man! I say we shank that fool right now! / Friend: Pick, you trippin', man! Nigga, that's old news! Think about it, nigga! You been in jail five years now! / Toothpick: Man, it's only been one-thousand, eight-hundred, twenty-five days, six-thousand, thirteen minutes! She could've waited!
- Toothpick: Man, I ain't worried 'bout jail! I...I...I don't give a damn about goin' to jail! Nigga, take me to jail! / Chorus: Take me to jail! / Toothpick: Lock me up! / Chorus: Lock me up! / Toothpick: Throw away the key! / Chorus: Throw away the key! / Toothpick: I ain't afraid to fuck somebody in his ass! / Chorus: I ain't... (Vinyl scratches) / Friend: Oh lord! / Friend: Man, this fool is trippin'!
- Toothpick: Y'all ain't never been in the shower with a man...? And you see the suds roll down the crack of his ass...? And you just be, uh...turn...(Friends stare in shock. Pick laughs hysterically, trying to play it off) I was foolin' y'all! Those was jokes! (Friends still staring in shock) Whooooo...fuck this! I'm goin'!
- Korean Shopkeeper: "I feel sorry for your mother." / Loc Dog: "What chu say 'bout my momma, huh, huh? (Shooting and dry humping at the same time) BREAK YO'SELF, FOOL!"
- Rival Gang: (Pointing a gun in Ashtray's face) "Haha, what chu gon' do now fool?" / Loc Dog: "Ay! Do we have a problem here. (Showing a gun in his pants) I SAID, do we have a problem here?" / Rival Gang: "Na Na it's cool, it's cool. (Pointing an RPG-7 at Loc Dog's face.)" / Loc Dog: "Oh ok,you wants to play games, huh. ok. (Opening his mail truck to reveal a nuclear missile) NOW, I said, DO - WE - HAVE - A - PROBLEM?! HMM?!"
- Loc Dog: (while filling a job application) Hmmm ... Father's name? I dun know ... Sex? Hell Yeah, nigga!... Salary Desire? 3 Million Dollars (after a pause) cash.
- Al Dog: What's up there, little homie? 'Bout ready to do this? / Teen: Yeah, man. I'm ready. / Toothpick: What's up!? / / Teen: What's up. / Toothpick: You been hangin' wit' the homies in the hood for 'while, now. / It's about time we jump yo' punk-ass in. / Toothpick:That's right. Let me tell you somethin'. In this world, if you can't swim... / Al Dog: ...you boun' to dr-izz-own. / Toothpick: Yeah, and if you fall...! / Al Dog: You better pick yo' punk-ass up! / Toothpick: And the rest of y'all. Don't cut him no slack! / Al Dog: Y'all fools get busy. (Stepping begins in the background) Work it, dog. Work it. (Camera pans to the gang singing and stepping to a dance routine. The teen proceeds to Double Dutch.
- Ashray: (during first time making love, to Dashiki) "Damn girl, you so tight!" *Dashiki: "Wrong hole, FOOL!!"
See also
External links
- [IMDB entry]
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