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Apex Mountain

Juice The Rewatchables January 11, 2022

Dickerson receives a combination verdict for Juice and Malcolm X; Khalil Kain, Jermaine Hopkins, Cindy Herron, and the DJ competition receive positive verdicts, while Tupac, Neil Moritz, and Omar Epps are moved elsewhere.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:25:23Read transcript

The category opens with the direct verdict “Tupac, no.”
Ernest Dickerson receives a combination verdict for directing Juice while shooting Malcolm X, though his work on The Wire complicates the case.
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight is named as one participant’s favorite Dickerson movie but explicitly rejected as Dickerson’s Apex Mountain.
Khalil Kane and Jermaine Hopkins receive positive verdicts for their careers.
Neil Moritz is rejected because producing the Fast and Furious franchise became a larger achievement.
Cindy Heron receives an emphatic yes for combining the film with EnVogue’s success.
Omar Epps is moved to Love & Basketball when the question is restricted to his characters named Quincy.
For Omar Epps’s recurring angry, bulging-eye expression, the panel chooses Higher Learning as the apex.
The DJ contest receives a positive verdict as the film peak for scratching.
The panel narrows Harlem’s movie-location peak to Shaft, Harlem Nights, or Paid in Full and does not settle one answer.

Juice

Half-Assed Internet Research

Juice The Rewatchables January 11, 2022

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

Juice

The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

Juice The Rewatchables January 11, 2022

Khalil Kain as Raheem and Michael Badalucco as Detective Kelly are the principal choices; the Blizzard performer is also considered.

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Rahim becomes the character name viewers use when recognizing the performer in other work.
Khalil is judged culturally prominent enough that he sits near the upper edge of That Guy status.
The performer playing Blizzard is another possible answer.
Detective Kelly’s performer is selected for a memorable mustache and amused interrogation demeanor.
Jermaine Hopkins as Steele is considered, then qualified because the participant already knew Hopkins by name and from Lean on Me rather than identifying him only with this film.

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Juice

1992

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Juice

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Bill Simmons · Van Lathan · Wosny Lambre

Aired January 11, 2022

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