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Juice

year 1992decade 90sdirector Ernest R. Dickersongenre Crimegenre Thriller
host Bill Simmonshost Van Lathanhost Wosny Lambreproducer Craig Horlbeck format 30th Anniversary
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Most Rewatchable Scene · 38:57

The DJ competition

The opening efficiently distinguishes the four boys through their rooms, families, and morning routines.

Wosny Lambre: The spinning-record credits and Def Jam record establish the film’s hip-hop specificity before the story begins.

The film

Juice (1992)

Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson · Crime

95 minutes

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36:29

Roger Ebert's review
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  • Roger Ebert gave the film three stars. — Bill Simmons
  • His review described foolish young men trying to out-macho one another until violence permanently changes their lives. — Bill Simmons
  • He praised cinematographer-turned-director Ernest Dickerson for emphasizing story, characters, and circumstances rather than only visual style. — Wosny Lambre
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1:12:40

Casting What-Ifs

Darrell Mitchell, Treach, Money-B, and Donald Faison auditioned for Bishop before Tupac won the role; Cindy Herron wa...

Darrell Mitchell, Treach, Money-B, and Donald Faison auditioned for Bishop before Tupac won the role; Cindy Herron was cast because Dickerson admired her.

This discussion recalls a choice from an earlier episode.

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1:20:43

Recasting Couch

The panel proposes two alternatives heard in the transcript as “I-Uzamo” and “essay Morales” for the Puerto Rican gan...

The panel proposes two alternatives heard in the transcript as “I-Uzamo” and “essay Morales” for the Puerto Rican gang leader.

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  • Any replacement for the gang leader is considered an improvement. — Bill Simmons
  • A first candidate heard as “i-uzamo” is proposed to replace the Puerto Rican gang leader, without resolving the person’s identity. — Bill Simmons
  • Essay Morales is proposed as an alternative who might play younger. — Bill Simmons
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1:20:59

Half-Assed Internet Research

Tupac’s bruising shoot, Jermaine Hopkins’s wound, the censored poster, method acting, Dickerson’s source interviews, ...

Tupac’s bruising shoot, Jermaine Hopkins’s wound, the censored poster, method acting, Dickerson’s source interviews, an accidental blank injury, Omar Epps’s music and DJ work, two memorial dedications, and the added ending announcement

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  • An Entertainment Weekly report describes Tupac complaining that padding failed while gang actors repeatedly kicked him for a scene. — Bill Simmons
  • Jermaine Hopkins concealed that he was recovering from a gunshot wound by calling it a football injury. — Bill Simmons
  • Paramount airbrushed Tupac’s gun from the poster because it feared accusations that Black films incited violence. — Bill Simmons
  • Tupac sometimes asked people to call him Bishop while preparing intense scenes. — Bill Simmons
  • Omar Epps learned to spin records well enough that the DJ scenes could be filmed authentically. — Bill Simmons
  • Dickerson developed the story by interviewing his cousin’s friends and recording their best stories. — Bill Simmons
  • The gang performer was accidentally struck in the neck by a blank, leaving a visible powder burn. — Bill Simmons
  • Omar Epps had a group called Vision whose music led to touring with Queen Latifah after the film. — Wosny Lambre
  • The actors revised dated script slang into their own vernacular, increasing the film’s authenticity. — Wosny Lambre
  • The ending dedication remembers Dickerson’s fiancée Janet and production assistant Tamu, who were both killed. — Bill Simmons
  • A DJ announcement was added during test screenings to show that Q’s mixtape was being played and his career was advancing. — Bill Simmons
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1:34:01

Picking Nits

Q’s adult relationship, the interrupted DJ final, self-incrimination, the hidden gun, the local robbery, an unrealist...

Q’s adult relationship, the interrupted DJ final, self-incrimination, the hidden gun, the local robbery, an unrealistically mixed DJ crowd, and a gun seller who knows Q’s mother

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  • Q’s relationship with an adult nurse is repeated as a nitpick. — Bill Simmons
  • One participant wishes Q had reached the DJ final before the police arrived, while the others defend the collision of his worlds.
  • Bishop loudly incriminates himself during the school locker confrontation. — Wosny Lambre
  • Hiding the gun loosely behind removable bricks is considered implausibly careless. — Wosny Lambre
  • Robbing the group’s local bodega risks immediate identification by people who know them. — Wosny Lambre
  • The number of women at an underground DJ battle is judged unrealistic for the period. — Wosny Lambre
  • A gun seller who recognizes Q’s mother should question or refuse the sale instead of sending greetings. — Van Lathan
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1:38:19

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Which early-1990s athlete could have raised Cindy Herron’s profile through a public relationship?

Which early-1990s athlete could have raised Cindy Herron’s profile through a public relationship?

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  • The panel asks how Cindy Herron’s career might have changed if celebrity and sports culture had intersected as visibly as it later did. — Bill Simmons
  • Penny Hardaway, Emmett Smith, and Larry Johnson are considered and rejected or qualified by timing, fame, age, or fit. — Bill Simmons
  • Brian Jordan and Randall Cunningham are proposed as famous but not overwhelmingly famous fits. — Van Lathan
  • David Justice is used as the model because of his period visibility with Halle Berry.
  • After considering several basketball players, the panel jokingly settles on Sam Perkins. — Bill Simmons
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