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Don't Be a Menace

Genre
Comedy
Rating
R
Released
12 January, 1996
Don't Be a Menace

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood is a 1996 American crime-comedy film directed by Paris Barclay in his feature film directorial debut, and produced by Keenen Ivory Wayans. It stars the Wayans brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans, who were also both writers with Phil Beauman. The film was released in the United States on January 12, 1996. Similar to I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, the film spoofs a number of African-American, coming-of-age, hood films such as Juice, Jungle Fever, South Central, Higher Learning, Do the Right Thing, Poetic Justice, New Jack City, Dead Presidents, Friday, Above the Rim, and most prominently Boyz n the Hood and Menace II Society. The film's title borrows phrases from some of those films, and some of the actors who starred in those movies appear in the film, in some cases appearing in similar roles or scenes as the films being parodied.

Director Paris Barclay
Produced by Keenen Ivory Wayans, Eric L. Gold
Writer(s) Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Phil Beauman
Starring Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans
Music John Barnes
Cinematography Russ Brandt
Edited by Marshall Harvey, William Young
Production, company Island Pictures, Ivory Way Productions
Distributed by Miramax Films
Released January 12, 1996
Running time 89 minutes, 94 minutes (Unrated)
Country United States
Language English
Budget $3.8 million
Box office $20,109,115
Netflix ID 452508

About Don't Be a Menace

Crime parody film produced by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written by Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans, who also both starred in the film. It is a spoof of films such as Boyz n the HoodMenace II Society, South Central and Higher Learning.

Achievement of Don't Be a Menace

The full title of the film is Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood. It was the directorial debut of Paris Barclay.

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Films directed by Paris Barclay.. American gang films.. African-American comedy films.. Films about racism.. American parody films.. Films about race and ethnicity.. American satirical films.. American black comedy films.

Latest information about Don't Be a Menace updated on July 28 2021.