![]() ![]() They’re willing to take their money but uncomfortable with the guys’ presence in the store. They want them to buy something but to do so quickly and leave. Instead of just asking them to leave the store, which would be their right, they passive-aggressively rush them. But it also seems possible that they don’t have prior experience with these particular guys and are stereotyping them. ![]() With this being a neighborhood store, the employees may have had run-ins with these guys. While shopping the two are followed around the store by a female attendant and watched closely by the cashier from behind the counter. Menace II Society begins with two young Black men, Caine and O-Dog, who appear to be in their teens visiting a convenience store to buy beer. It contains similar themes to Boyz in The Hood and South Central by telling the story of young Black men growing up in environments where gangs fill the gaps left by their absent fathers. I consider Menace II Society to be a part of the classic 1990s Black film canon. Menace II Society is a 1993 film written by Tyger Williams and directed by The Hughes Brothers.
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