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#also someone hit me 😞#but i watched don’t be a menace to south central while drinking your juice in the hood so i’m not sad anymore#ALSO GUESS WHAT#OMFG#FHKSHDKDK#ME N BSFS GOT TICKETS TO ICE CUBE ND CYPRESS HILL#RSJSKANDAJIDCIJDW#I LOVE THEM BOTH SM#ewh the games gonna be there too#i hate the game#BUT ICE CUBE AND CYPRESS HILL HEHE#I LOVE#this is gonna be like#my#5th#yeah#5th cypress hill concert#IM A DIE HARD FAN#SHDJNCSDIJN#I WAS 14 THE FIRST TIME#how cray cray is that#very cray cray#anyways#10/10 movie#10/10 concert tickets#0/10 sickness#NO IM SORRY HRU 🫵🫵🫵#[ — jogeto ] !#[ 💌 — inbox ] !
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Tracey Cherelle Jones as "Dashiki" in "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood" (1996).
#Tracey Cherelle Jones#Don't Be a menace to south central while drinking your juice in the hood#1996#xo
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LaWanda Page (born Alberta Peal; October 19, 1920 – September 14, 2002) was an actress, comedian, and dancer whose career spanned six decades. Crowned "The Queen of Comedy" or "The Black Queen of Comedy", she melded blue humor, signifyin', and observational comedy to joke about sexuality, race relations, African-American culture, and religion. She released five solo albums, including the 1977 gold-selling Watch It, Sucker! She collaborated on two albums with the comedy group Skillet, Leroy & Co. She is known for portraying "Aunt" Esther Anderson in Sanford and Son, which aired from (1972-1977). She reprised this role in Sanford Arms (1976–1977) and Sanford (1980–1981). She co-starred in the 1979 Detective School. She advocated for fair pay and equal opportunities for African American performers. She was born in Cleveland. She was the older sister of Lynn Hamilton; however, this is not the Lynn Hamilton who co-starred with her on Sanford and Son. She appeared in an episode of The Love Boat. She appeared on several episodes of The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts and over the next two decades guest-starred in episodes of other popular television shows, including Amen, Martin, 227, Family Matters, and Diff'rent Strokes. She appeared on Circus of the Stars as a fire eater. She appeared in a series of comical Church's Chicken commercials featuring the catchphrase "Gotta love it!" She appeared on several tracks of the debut album by RuPaul titled Supermodel of the World released in 1993, most notably the hit song "Supermodel (You Better Work)". She appeared in several music videos from the album. Among her movie credits are Zapped, Good-bye, Cruel World, Mausoleum, My Blue Heaven, Shakes the Clown, CB4, Friday, and Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood. She was married and widowed three times. She married her first husband at the age of 14, and before he died when she was 19 they had a daughter. Her third husband died when she was in her thirties. She was affiliated with the Landmark Community Church during her first years in Los Angeles. She became an evangelist in the Holiness Church. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj47ke0O9az/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Some movies to watch starring INFJ actors
The Acid House Colin 'Coco' Bryce (segment "The Acid House")
Agent Game Omar
Alien vs. Predator Graeme Miller
All Hat Steve Allman
Almost Friends Charlie
Amanda & Jack Go Glamping Amanda
American Renegades Jim Rainey
American Sausage Standoff Edward Hofler
Anonymous Thomas Dekker
Apostasy Elder Steven
The Arbor Young David
Around the World in 80 Days Inspector Fix
Arthur and the Invisibles Arthur
Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard Arthur
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds Arthur (voice)
The Art of Getting By George Zinavoy
Astro Boy Astro / Toby (voice)
As You Like It Silvius
August Rush August Rush
Belfast Billy Clanton
Beneath a Sea of Lights Caweys
Benjamin Benjamin
Black Hawk Down Nelson
Blade Runner 2049 Doc Badger
Blindness Sergeant
Borg vs. McEnroe Vitas Gerulaitis
Broken Rick
The Brothers Grimsby Tabansi Nyagura
The Cabin in the Woods Lin
Cadia: The World Within Tanion
Canyon Del Muerto Sylvanus Griswold Morley
Captain Phillips Muse
Catch Me If You Can Miggy
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie Bucket
The Coming of the Martians George
Creation Stories Alan McGee
Dance Flick Mr. Stache
Death at a Funeral Justin
Deep Swimmer Theo
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood Mailman
Dragon Rider Ben (voice)
Exodus: Gods and Kings Expert
Extortion Miguel Kaba
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Wiraj
Eye in the Sky Jama Farah
Faintheart Julien
Faintheart Tim
Fancy Dancing Bernard Schiff
Finding Neverland Peter Llewelyn Davies
First Cow Lloyd
Five Children and It Robert
Fool's Gold Alfonz
A Fox's Tale Little Jack (voice)
Freedom's Path Silas
Get Santa PS Finkerton
A Girl from Mogadishu Hassan
The Glimmer Man Det. Jim Campbell
The Golden Compass Pantalaimon (voice)
Good Time Dash the Park Security Guard
A Good Year Young Max
The Gospel According to Vic Stevie Deans
Great Expectations Wemmick
Groom Lake Kate
Hallam Foe Andy / hotel employee
The Happy Prince Alfred Bosie Douglas
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Fred Weasley
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Fred Weasley
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Fred Weasley
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Fred Weasley
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Fred Weasley
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Fred Weasley
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Fred Weasley
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Fred Weasley
Hollywood Shuffle Donald / Jheri Curl
The Huntsman: Winter's War Duke of Blackwood
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka Jack Spade
Island Calum
Jack the Giant Slayer Wicke
The Journey Jack the Driver
Judge Dredd Junior Angel
Julien Donkey-Boy Julien
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Tech Merc
Justin and the Knights of Valour Justin (voice)
Kick-Ass 2 Insect Man
Last Night in Soho Cloakroom Attendant
Legend Frank Shea
Let's Kill Ward's Wife Gina
The Life of Stuff Fraser
A Low Down Dirty Shame Shame
Marvelous Lars
Mary and the Witch's Flower Flanagan (English version, voice)
Master Harold and the Boys Hally Ballard
Match Point Inspector Dowd
Mediator Steven
Mirror Mirror Charles Renbock
Mojo Skinny
Most Wanted James Dunn
Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice
National Theatre Live: All My Sons Chris Keller
The Novice Jill Yarrut
Paranoid Gordon
Parked Cathal O'Regan
Patchwork Garret
Pearl Harbor Red
Perfect Sense James
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet Joe
The Pirates of Somalia Abdi
The Reckoning Simon Damian
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest Chaz
Royal Deceit Frovin
The Rundown Declan
Scary Movie Slave
The Selfish Giant Phil the Barman
7 Days: The story of Blind Dave Heeley Captain Williams
Sironia Molly
16 Years of Alcohol Jake
Skagerrak Gabriel
Snatch Mullet
Snowpiercer Andrew
The Spiderwick Chronicles Jared Grace / Simon Grace
Star 80 Comic
The Tempest Ariel
Testament of Youth Victor Richardson
Trainspotting Spud
T2 Trainspotting Spud
21 and a Wake-Up Caitlin Murphy
Two Brothers Raoul Normandin
Tyson's Run Aklilu
The Vault Thom
The Veil of Twilight Rabbi Dunbar
Waiting for You Paul Ashton
War Horse David Lyons
Wide Open Spaces Austin
Wonder Woman Charlie
Wonder Woman 1984 Charlie (Photograph) (credit only)
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Henry Strangler
The Zero Sum Leonard Paulson
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Don’t be a menace in south central while drinking your juice in the hood.
Yes it’s a real movie title.
ask me about a film
never seen | want to see | the worst | bad | whatever | not my thing | good | great | favorite| masterpiece
but now i need to watch it because that title is incredible lmao
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Lloyd Fernandez Avery II known as Knucklehead #2 on Boyz N the Hood. Unfortunately like many of his roles in the movies he played he was jumped into a GANG. An unfortunately was killed in prison. He was Born: June 21, 1969 and he passed: September 4, 2005 (aged 36) his other films were: 1991 Boyz n the Hood Knucklehead #2 1993 Poetic Justice Thug #1 1996 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood Guy in Back Seat uncredited role 1999 The Breaks Man in Jail uncredited role 2000 Lockdown Nate 2001 Shot G-Ride Television 1992 Doogie Howser, M.D. Red Episode: "Dangerous Reunions" https://www.instagram.com/p/CmtXEzeLwbTiWzc1DSpSiuydKZLwcUspEptsyM0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Smokey brand Select: Ghetto Fabulous
On a whim, i googled Hood Movies because i was curious what would come up. As a black kid who grew up in the Nineties, there was a cultural recognition to what denotes a “hood” film. These things can run the game it of genre. Some are thrillers, some are comedies, the vast majority are some form of crime dram, and a good portion are just straight up exploitation; All of which are, quintessentially, black. I googled the term because i was curious if what i understood a hood flick to be, jived with what the greater public outside of my very melanated experience and culture. I was mildly surprised that our definition was only partly accurate, mostly from the late Eighties onward. Apparently, “hood” films go back to the Fifties, which doesn’t even make sense to me, but whatever. Going over this list, i saw classics; Films that informed my worldview and expressed the reality i experienced everyday, in rather poetic ways. I wanted to take a look back and kind of present a list that, i think, is a solid entry into this rather eclectic sub-genre of film. Also, Denzel Washington is all over this sub-genre. Seriously, i can make a list of hood movies that just star him!
8. Belly
Belly is ridiculous, that’s why it’s so low on this list. It is, without a doubt, unabashedly, trash but it is wildly entertaining trash! Hype Williams basically made a feature length music video and it shows. I always liked dude’s use of the frame and his eye for color in all those music videos he directed back in the Aughts so to see what he could do with a proper feature run time was well worth the price of admission for me. It’s unfortunate that the film, itself, is mid at best. Pretty as sh*t, and some of the dialogue is just chef kiss, but, overall, Belly ain’t great. What it is, is a guilty pleasure of mine that absolutely had to make this list.
7. Do the Right Thing
This is, for my money, the best Spike Lee has ever been. Do the Right Thing was a whole ass vibe when it came out. You have to understand, at that time, race was a huge deal. To see a young, upstart, director basically confront that sh*t, the sh*t no one in the mainstream talked about, the sh*t we lived every day, and do it in a way that was accessible, digestible, and understandable to those without our melanin? It was a shot to the heart, to say the least. Do the Right Thing made waves like Get Out did, but damn near two decades before Peele even thought about Chris Washington. Do the Right Thing is a classic and I'd be hard-pressed not to include it on this list.
6. Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Much like that ridiculous title would lead you to believe, Menace is a straight up satire of all the hood flick dropped in the Nineties. And it’s a great f*cking send-up. Long before the Wayans found success with Scary Movie, Don’t Be a Menace was testament to their ability to spoof literally anything. Menace is legitimately hilarious and became just as influential as the content it was lampooning. I’ve always been a fan of whatever the Wayans clan drops but this flick definitely sits on top.
5. City of God
Yo, this film is no to be f*cked with. Seriously, poverty is a cruel mistress that breeds straight up monsters. My personal experiences when i was deep in that lifestyle were startling but they paled in comparison to the sh*t happened in other parts of the world. City of God takes a look at what ghettos looked like in Brazil during the Sixties and holy sh*t! This film is visceral, aggressive, and unapologetic with it’s reality. I was shocked the first time i witnesses this straight of malice but, over time, i came to understand that this was the reality of Paulo Lins, the author of the book from which this whole ass pain-train of a film was based.
4. Dope
Dope is a classic. It’s basically a spiritual successor to Friday and you better believe that sh*t is making an appearance on this list. I love how Dope took everything i knew about this genre, everything i grew up experiencing, and basically just brought it into modern times. Or, at least, modern for that time. Watching dope for the first time really gave me the same feeling i had when i first watched Friday and that, alone, secures it a spot on this list. It just so happens that Dope is a great film on it’s own. It also has the benefit of introducing me to Kiersey Clemons.
3. Juice
This was one of those flicks that everyone saw when i was a kid. It was one of three: Juice, New Jack City, and Boyz n the Hood. Now, for my money, Boyz is the better film and Juice has the iconic Nino Brown but i always had a soft spot for Juice. I don’t know what it is, but i just adore this movie. Maybe it was the young Omar Epps? Maybe it was the delightfully deranged Tupac? I couldn’t say but, given a choice between those three films, I'd choose Juice every time. That’s why it’s on this list and the other two are only getting mentions. You should definitely watch them, though. They’re really good, too.
2. Training Day
I have mixed emotions about Training Day. I absolutely adore this film, strictly because Denzel Washington’s Alonzo Harris is one cold motherf*cker. That said, as dope as this portrayal was, it shouldn’t have won the Oscar. The Academy reward Washington for portraying the worst version of who we are as a culture and that sh*t sucks, no matter how f*cking captivating the performance was. Training day is a goddamn masterpiece, no argument there, but it’s a portrait of why people see black folks as cruel, ruthless, villains. In that respect, Washington killed it and this films deserves to be on this list but i f*cking hate that it is. Harris is absolutely irredeemable and that’s rare in a Washington film. Still, Eva Mendes is naked in this so, i mean, there’s that...
1. Friday
I adore Friday. This film captured exactly what it was like to grow up in the ghetto during the Nineties. I was only eleven when it came out but i recognized the absolute accuracy this film had to my reality. Crackheads, security doors, and drive-bys. All of that was very real but, at the same time, this film was able to capture the heart of the hood, that comradery you have with your neighbor. No one in the ghetto has much but we do have each other and that rang truer than anything with Friday. More than that, it’s chock full of great comedy, fantastic performances, and real, enduring, characters. Seriously, my nickname, Smokey, is literally derived from Chris Tucker’s character in this film.
Honorable Mentions: New Jack City, Boyz n the Hood, Fences, American Gangster, Colors, He Got Game, Fresh, 8 Mile, Hustle and Flow, Menace II Society, Hoodlum, The Wood, American Me, Set It Off, White Men Can’t Jump
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Smokey brand Select: Ghetto Fabulous
On a whim, i googled Hood Movies because i was curious what would come up. As a black kid who grew up in the Nineties, there was a cultural recognition to what denotes a “hood” film. These things can run the game it of genre. Some are thrillers, some are comedies, the vast majority are some form of crime dram, and a good portion are just straight up exploitation; All of which are, quintessentially, black. I googled the term because i was curious if what i understood a hood flick to be, jived with what the greater public outside of my very melanated experience and culture. I was mildly surprised that our definition was only partly accurate, mostly from the late Eighties onward. Apparently, “hood” films go back to the Fifties, which doesn’t even make sense to me, but whatever. Going over this list, i saw classics; Films that informed my worldview and expressed the reality i experienced everyday, in rather poetic ways. I wanted to take a look back and kind of present a list that, i think, is a solid entry into this rather eclectic sub-genre of film. Also, Denzel Washington is all over this sub-genre. Seriously, i can make a list of hood movies that just star him!
8. Belly
Belly is ridiculous, that’s why it’s so low on this list. It is, without a doubt, unabashedly, trash but it is wildly entertaining trash! Hype Williams basically made a feature length music video and it shows. I always liked dude’s use of the frame and his eye for color in all those music videos he directed back in the Aughts so to see what he could do with a proper feature run time was well worth the price of admission for me. It’s unfortunate that the film, itself, is mid at best. Pretty as sh*t, and some of the dialogue is just chef kiss, but, overall, Belly ain’t great. What it is, is a guilty pleasure of mine that absolutely had to make this list.
7. Do the Right Thing
This is, for my money, the best Spike Lee has ever been. Do the Right Thing was a whole ass vibe when it came out. You have to understand, at that time, race was a huge deal. To see a young, upstart, director basically confront that sh*t, the sh*t no one in the mainstream talked about, the sh*t we lived every day, and do it in a way that was accessible, digestible, and understandable to those without our melanin? It was a shot to the heart, to say the least. Do the Right Thing made waves like Get Out did, but damn near two decades before Peele even thought about Chris Washington. Do the Right Thing is a classic and I'd be hard-pressed not to include it on this list.
6. Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Much like that ridiculous title would lead you to believe, Menace is a straight up satire of all the hood flick dropped in the Nineties. And it’s a great f*cking send-up. Long before the Wayans found success with Scary Movie, Don’t Be a Menace was testament to their ability to spoof literally anything. Menace is legitimately hilarious and became just as influential as the content it was lampooning. I’ve always been a fan of whatever the Wayans clan drops but this flick definitely sits on top.
5. City of God
Yo, this film is no to be f*cked with. Seriously, poverty is a cruel mistress that breeds straight up monsters. My personal experiences when i was deep in that lifestyle were startling but they paled in comparison to the sh*t happened in other parts of the world. City of God takes a look at what ghettos looked like in Brazil during the Sixties and holy sh*t! This film is visceral, aggressive, and unapologetic with it’s reality. I was shocked the first time i witnesses this straight of malice but, over time, i came to understand that this was the reality of Paulo Lins, the author of the book from which this whole ass pain-train of a film was based.
4. Dope
Dope is a classic. It’s basically a spiritual successor to Friday and you better believe that sh*t is making an appearance on this list. I love how Dope took everything i knew about this genre, everything i grew up experiencing, and basically just brought it into modern times. Or, at least, modern for that time. Watching dope for the first time really gave me the same feeling i had when i first watched Friday and that, alone, secures it a spot on this list. It just so happens that Dope is a great film on it’s own. It also has the benefit of introducing me to Kiersey Clemons.
3. Juice
This was one of those flicks that everyone saw when i was a kid. It was one of three: Juice, New Jack City, and Boyz n the Hood. Now, for my money, Boyz is the better film and Juice has the iconic Nino Brown but i always had a soft spot for Juice. I don’t know what it is, but i just adore this movie. Maybe it was the young Omar Epps? Maybe it was the delightfully deranged Tupac? I couldn’t say but, given a choice between those three films, I'd choose Juice every time. That’s why it’s on this list and the other two are only getting mentions. You should definitely watch them, though. They’re really good, too.
2. Training Day
I have mixed emotions about Training Day. I absolutely adore this film, strictly because Denzel Washington’s Alonzo Harris is one cold motherf*cker. That said, as dope as this portrayal was, it shouldn’t have won the Oscar. The Academy reward Washington for portraying the worst version of who we are as a culture and that sh*t sucks, no matter how f*cking captivating the performance was. Training day is a goddamn masterpiece, no argument there, but it’s a portrait of why people see black folks as cruel, ruthless, villains. In that respect, Washington killed it and this films deserves to be on this list but i f*cking hate that it is. Harris is absolutely irredeemable and that’s rare in a Washington film. Still, Eva Mendes is naked in this so, i mean, there’s that...
1. Friday
I adore Friday. This film captured exactly what it was like to grow up in the ghetto during the Nineties. I was only eleven when it came out but i recognized the absolute accuracy this film had to my reality. Crackheads, security doors, and drive-bys. All of that was very real but, at the same time, this film was able to capture the heart of the hood, that comradery you have with your neighbor. No one in the ghetto has much but we do have each other and that rang truer than anything with Friday. More than that, it’s chock full of great comedy, fantastic performances, and real, enduring, characters. Seriously, my nickname, Smokey, is literally derived from Chris Tucker’s character in this film.
Honorable Mentions: New Jack City, Boyz n the Hood, Fences, American Gangster, Colors, He Got Game, Fresh, 8 Mile, Hustle and Flow, Menace II Society, Hoodlum, The Wood, American Me, Set It Off, White Men Can’t Jump
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Yvette Reneé Wilson (March 6, 1964 – June 14, 2012) was a comedian and actress. She was known for her role as Andell Wilkerson, the shopkeeper of the local hangout on Moesha and restaurant owner and Nikki’s best friend on The Parkers. She appeared in many comedy films such as House Party 3, Friday, and Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam. She was known for her role as Rita on Friday.
She attended San Jose State University and majored in Communications. She was a contestant on the game show Supermarket Sweep.
She first entered comedy when she lost a bet and had to perform as a stand-up comedian at a friend’s club. She decided to make a living off comedy and never turned back.
Her big break came with Thea. She appeared in films such as Poetic Justice, starring Janet Jackson, and the film parody Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood.
Her final acting role was in Ganked. She started her company by the name Tigobitties Inc. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #womenhistorymonth
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