A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)
Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans
A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money. During the course of his investigation, he encounters various old connections, ultimately confronting the criminal responsible for Shame's expulsion from the force. He must also deal with two women, Angela, a beautiful old flame, and Peaches, his energetic but annoying sidekick.
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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
Directed by Paris Barclay
"Don't Be A Menace..." reunites the team of Keenen Ivory Wayans and Eric L. Gold, who produced "A Low Down Dirty Shame."
Here, Wayans follows up his 1988 Blaxploitation spoof "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" and the classic "A Low Down Dirty Shame" with another treatise on the nature of humor employing feminist, post- Freudian, neo-Marxist, Bakhtinian methodologies.
"Scary Movie" is by far director/actor Keenen Ivory Wayans' best parody effort to date, primarily because he here taps into a rejuvenated genre and is given access to broader subject matter with universal appeal, whereas in the past his films (he helmed "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" and "A Low Down Dirty Shame" and starred in "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood") hinged on a mockery of stereotypes and clichés specific to the gangsta and 'hood countercultures.