dats how dey be doin it in da hood. dey be chewin gum and sheet

I know you from the 'Roseanne" board.
I know you too. Evidently youre the twin I never had as our taste in film and TV is shockingly similar!
I rather liked this film. Its flawed yes, but is a guilty pleasure.
And I thought Janet did respectably here.
Id definitely describe Poetic Justice as a guilty pleasure, though again, Tupac Shakur is actually quite good in it.

I know you from the 'Roseanne" board.
I rather liked this film. Its flawed yes, but is a guilty pleasure.
And I thought Janet did respectably here.
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The gum chewing is one of many wrong things about Janet Jackson in this movie. Its a mess of an effort anywayPoetic Justicesave for Tupac Shakur.

It was overdone, just impersonating a stereotype. It didn't make sense for the character either because she's supposed to be a bit above that.
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i thought i was the only one man it was so annoying!!!

Everytime I watch this film I get the urge to chew 2 pieces of Bazooka Joe bubblegum or some rainblo gum. Janet looks so sexy chewing the gum! I'm watching it now and I want some gum soooooooooooooooo bad but it's 3:33 in the mornin' and I ain't wastin' my gum!
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Agreed. It looked fake and for sure did not add to her acting abilities..
What you see (and have seen) is what you get and have!

It was part of the street girl behaviour (even white actress do that when they want to play a street smart cookie) in a lot of hoods that is what black chicks do chew gum like cows chewing cod, drink grape soda, eat fried chicken and BBQ at the park, its part of the coloured girls sassiness just like some southern folks dip snuff and mexicano guys wear wife beaters with khakispart of inner city culture(Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Newark, East Orange, Philly) perhaps YOU don't do it or haven't witnessed it travel more often and pay attention to the Black culture tombstone hair styles, house slippers and cornrows, 40 oz of beer days, playing spades, basketball, double dutch jump rope, playing the pick it , lotto, running numbers, thumping bass, gin and juice c'mon rappers rap about what they experience and witness actors do the same thing
Again YOU may not see that in your Black neighbourhoods but it does exist in others

I'm probably alone in this, but Janet's gum chewing was sexy as hell to me.

hahahahaaaa^ kick her in the teeth!

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NO
Janet was horrible in this role. I'm watching it right now and I had forgotten how bad she was.
janet is a talented person, but acting in this movie was a definite weak point and its pretty embarrassing.
and yes..the gum chewing was unnecessary and made me wanna kick her right in the teeth.

ABSOLUTELY! Its one of my pet peeves when people chew gum while they're talking and she did it CONSTANTLY in this movie! Love the movie and love her, but definitely agree that that was annoying!
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