| | Don't Be A Menace... DVD (7 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Urban Comedy DVDs, Comedies Movies, Friends Videos, Teenage, Coming Of Age, Spoof, Social Issues | | Starring | Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Bernie Mac, Vivica A. Fox, Omar Epps, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Paula Jai Parker, Kim Wayans, Darrell Heath, LaWanda Page, Chris Spencer, Tracey Cherelle Jones, Suli McCullough, Yvette Wilson | | Director | Paris Barclay | | Director of Photography | Russ Brandt | | Editor | Marshall Harvey, William Young | | Producer | Keenen Ivory Wayans, Eric L. Gold | | Production Designer | Aaron Osborne | | Screenwriter | Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans |
Closed Captioned; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; Soundtrack Spanish; Behind The Scenes This film is a parody of the recent "hood" movies made by African-American directors, in particular John Singleton's "Boyz 'N the Hood."
The plot focuses on Ashtray, a do-gooder who comes to South Central L.A. to live with his father. Unfortunately, Dad turns out to be a poor role model, as he extols the virtues of unsafe sex and drunk driving. Ashtray's cousin Loc Dog is no better, with his hair-trigger temper and extensive weaponry (including a nuclear bomb). Ashtray manages to find romance with a pretty poet named Dashiki, but it turns out that she's a little too popular with the men in her neighborhood -- and not for her writing skills.
Will Ashtray become disillusioned by what he's seen and experienced in South Central? An antidote to the 1990s spate of urban coming-of-age films. The tale of a black youth sent to live with his father in the 'hood, this spoof parodies the key elements of such "serious" movies as "Boyz N the Hood," "Menace II Society" and "Juice." Complete title: "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood."
A presentation of Island Pictures.
An Ivory Way production.
Additional credit: Hiriam Hicks (soundtrack executive producer)
Additional song performers: Ghostface Killa, Wu-Tang Clan, Lost Boyz, Mona Lisa, Junior Mafia's Lil Kim
Color by DeLuxe.
Released theatrically in the USA January 12, 1996. Don't Be A Menace... Quotes/Excerpts: "One out of ten black men will be forced to sit through a `growing up in the hood movie' during their lifetime. One out of five will be shot in the theater." -- statistics at the beginning of the movie
"We're an endangered species. The rappers are getting all the good acting jobs." -- Ashtray (SHAWN WAYANS), to one of Dashiki's many children, who is armed with a gun
"...you know there ain't no positive black females in these movies." -- a middle-class mom, saying goodbye to her son, and explaining why she won't appear in the film again Don't Be A Menace... Reviews: "...This savage parody of the many recent coming-of-age-in-the-ghetto melodramas is rude, crude and outrageous..."
-- Andy Seiler, USA Today "...Spirited and hilarious..."
-- Godfrey Cheshire, Variety "...A free-for-all comic spoof....Beneath the hysteria, you can feel the movie's boiling rage..."
-- Stephen Holden, New York Times
This is the only Yvette Wilson video. Don't Be A Menace... | List Price | $14.99 (You save $4.80) | | Studio | Buena Vista Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1996 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  1338  | | CD Universe Part number | 6883459 | | Catalog number | 04045800 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 20, 2005 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | For strong language, sexuality, some drug content, and language | | Also Known As | Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood | | Movie Details | Color; Collector's Edition |
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One Of My Favorites Of All Time
Excellent old school humor.
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