10 Interesting Facts About the Movie "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Juice on Your Block" (12 photos + 1 video)

Of course, one of the most killer parody films of the 90s was the comedy “Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Juice in the Block,” which tells the story of a simple guy who moves to live with his father in a black neighborhood. The only problem was that his father was only 2 years older than him.





1. The film "Don't Be a Menace to South Central" parodies such films as "The Boys Next Door" (1991), "The Authority" (1992), "Menace to Society" (1993), "Against the Tide" (1992) and some other films in to a lesser extent.

By the way, the title of the film, “Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Juice on Your Block,” is essentially a composite of the titles of the films that were parodied here.



Personally, at that time I had not watched any of the above-mentioned films, so of course I did not notice any references.

2. In one of the scenes you can see a billboard with the words "Back to the future" (Back to the future). But if you look closely, it says “Black to the Hood,” which can be translated as “Blacks in the Ghetto.” Yes, at that time such satire was the norm, not like today.



3. In the store, Lock Doc plays the "Gang Fighter" slot machine, which refers to the cult fighting game "Street Fighter".



4. The killer’s notebook contains the names of famous black personalities who were at one time accused of one crime or another. Among them are Mike Tyson, Michael Jackson, OJ Simpson and Tupac.



5. When Dashiki goes out with all her children, Lock Doc warns his cousin Ash Trey not to mess with her, because she has more children than Mrs. Wayans.

Mrs. Wayans is the mother of Shawn and Marlon Wayans, who played Ash Trey and Lock Doc. It’s a funny reference considering that the Wayans brothers actually grew up in a large family with as many as 10 children.



Many of the Wayans, by the way, became actors. For example, Sean and Marlon's brother Damon Wayans became especially famous for his role as Major Payne in the film of the same name.

And their older brother Keenan Wayans was an executive producer of the film "Don't Be a Menace to South Central" and also played a small role as a mailman.



6. The moment in the Chinese store parodied a scene from the movie "Public Menace." It was there that the iconic phrase “What did you say about my mother?” was heard.

It is noteworthy that the role of the Asian couple who runs the store was played by the same actors both in the original and in the film "Don't Be a Menace to South Central." True, in the original, Ou Dok still shot the sellers, but in the parody it was some white framer who shot.



7. At the police station, law enforcement officers play a slot machine called "Rodney's Ride." This is a reference to a guy named Rodney King who was subject to police brutality. And if a simple guy with a camera had not filmed this crime, no one would have known about it. This event caused a sharp resonance, after which fierce riots began.



8. There are several alternate scenes in the film. So, for example, in one of these scenes, the same girl from whom Lok Doc took the phone number at gunpoint, herself takes out a gun and puts it to Lok Doc’s temple.



9. With a budget of 3.8 million dollars, the film grossed 20 million, which essentially made it a success. True, many critics called it formulaic, stupid and racist.



10. When the cops are arresting the main characters for being black on Friday, a Ford Bronco can be seen driving away in the background with a trail of blood. This is a reference to athlete OJ Simpson, who killed his wife and then tried to escape in the same car.



The film makes fun of the situation that the police did not care about the bloody car, but instead they got to the bottom of two guys only because of the color of their skin.

Funny moments from the film