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

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.

19967.01h 29m

Overview

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?

Directed by Paris Barclay
Written by Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Phil Beauman
Produced by Eric L. Gold, Keenen Ivory Wayans
Box OfficeBudget: $3.8MRevenue: $20.9M

Top Cast

Shawn Wayans

Shawn Wayans

Ashtray

Marlon Wayans

Marlon Wayans

Loc Dog

Tracey Cherelle Jones

Tracey Cherelle Jones

Dashiki

Chris Spencer

Chris Spencer

Preach

Vivica A. Fox

Vivica A. Fox

Ashtray's Mother

Lahmard J. Tate

Lahmard J. Tate

Ashtray's Father

Rappin' Granny

Rappin' Granny

Sister Williams

Suli McCullough

Suli McCullough

Crazy Legs

Bernie Mac

Bernie Mac

Officer Self Hatred

Faizon Love

Faizon Love

Rufus

Themes & Keywords

hip-hopslangdategangstercousinparodysocial satirehoodgangracismsatirical

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

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood is a comedy, crime film released in 1996 exploring themes of hip-hop, slang, date, gangster, cousin, parody. Directed by Paris Barclay, it stars Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Tracey Cherelle Jones. 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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