The Alphabet Project: D is for...

Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood (1996)

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking your Juice in the Hood is a parody of a lot of African-American movies, for instance Boyz N the Hood, South Central, Menace II Society, Higher Learning and Juice. We follow Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) as he returns to the place he grew up in and meet his father and his basket-case friends. A lot of crazy hilarity ensues, for example, Ashtray is older than his father and his best friend Loc Dog's (Marlon Wayans) grandmother is a trigger-happy old lady who blames her eccentric-looking kid for not being tough enough.

Trivia: Loc Dog warns Ashtray about how promiscuous Dashiki is, and does so by saying, "She got more kids than Ms. Wayans." That is a joke in which Marlon Wayans (Loc Dog) is actually referring to his real-life mother who has ten children, which include him and Shawn Wayans (Ashtray). A trailer for the film included the tagline, "It's the only movie released this year with fourteen words in its title."

I still think the funniest Wayans brother is Damon but Shawn and Marlon do a pretty good job spoofing alot of the "Hood" movies (movies about young African-Americans' stuggles in society). You know what would be fun? A survivor style reality show between the Wayans and the Baldwins. Now that would be TV gold.

You will be happy to know that my choice of an "E" movie has less then ten words in the title. Here is the list of "D" guesses:

Dead Calm - A mass-murderer kidnaps and rapes a young woman after leaving her husband to die on the vessle whose crew he's just slaughtered. (I take it this isn't an upbeat movie)

Dark City - A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans. (Ummmmm...Jennifer Connelly) This is actually a great movie, go watch it.

Dreadnought - A former SEAL, now cook, is the only person who can stop a gang of terrorists when they sieze control of a US Navy battleship. (Gee this sounds like a Steven Seagal movie!)

Days of Thunder - A young hot-shot stock car driver gets his chance to compete at the top level. (Did you know that Tom Cruise is crazy?)

Dog Soldiers - A routine military exercise turns into a nightmare in the Scotland wilderness. (you know your in trouble when IMDb lists the headline actor as Sean Pertwee)

Dr. Dolittle - Doctor Dolittle is a world-renowned veterinarian who speaks a wide array of animal languages. He sets off from his home in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh... or did you mean A Doctor finds out that he can understand what animals are saying. And the animals find out that he understands. (Rex Harrison or Eddie Murphy, ow, my head hurts)

Dog Day Afternoon - A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus. (Pacino in seventies clothes, ow, my head still hurts)

The Day The Earth Stood Still - An alien lands and tells the people of Earth that we must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets. (A movie where the aliens look just like us, what a concept)

Dead Poet's Society - English professor John Keating inspires his students to a love of poetry and to seize the day. (Robin Williams is teaching our kids!)

Deliverance - Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country. (Squeal like a pig!)

Dirty Dozen - A US Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers in World War II. (Nothing to say, great movie.)

Don Juan Demarco - A psychiatrist must cure a young patient that presents himself as Don Juan, the greatest lover in the world. (queue Kim "Ummmmm...Johnny Depp")

The Da Vinci Code - A murder inside the Louvre and clues in Da Vinci paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years -- which could shake the foundations of Christianity. (IT'S JUST A MOVIE, PEOPLE!)

Darkness Falls - A vengeful spirit has taken the form of the Tooth Fairy to exact vengeance on the town that lynched her 150 years earlier. Her only opposition is the only child, now grown up, who has survived her before. (wait, does that mean the only child is 150 years old?)

Dawn Of The Dead - Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall. (zombies, gotta love 'em)

Deathtrap - A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script. (Gotta love a movie with a Rubik's Cube of the poster)

The Devil's Tattoo - Environmental activits encounter a mysterious and deadly presence. (actually the Devil's tattoo is a little Hello Kitty on his right ankle)

Devine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood - After years of mother-daughter tension, Siddalee receives a scrapbook detailing the wild adventures of the "Ya-Yas", her mother's girlhood friends. (ah-ah-ah-ah-chick flick, excuse me.)

Dude, Where's My Car? - Two potheads wake up from a night of partying and can't remember where they parked their car. (Dude, no way)

Dune - In the distant future, a man appears who may be the prophet that a long-suffering galaxy has been waiting for. (The Spice is life, huh? Can you say drug addiction?)

Okay, "E"s, have fun there fellers.