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By DEREK McKISSOCK
Staff Writer
John Singleton's new film
"Poetic Justice," tells the refreshing
tale of a boy and girl who leam tc
love and respect one another despit*
the negative influence of living ii
the war-zone atmosphere of Soutl
Central Los Angeles.
The "Boyz N the Hood" direc
tor/writer's second feature is alst
more than just a love story. We ar<
shown that life is a fragile commod
ity. The struggle to survive embit
ters people and forces them to ac
tougher than they really are. Oni
character of the film typifies thi
mindset when she says, "Thi
world's just a place to go out an<
f?k up in."
Singleton, however, has his tw<
main characters take a chance, ;
chance on each other. For if there i
no hope, Singleton suggests, thei
there is nothing.
Janet Jackson as the poet/hair
dresser, Justice, and Tupac Shaku
as the postman/would-be-rapper
Lucky, play a couple with deep psy
chological scars inflicted by thei
surroundings.
Justice tries to deal with the dou
ble blow of an alcoholic mothe
who committed suicide and a love
who was murdered in her arms. Fo
Lucky, the problem is raising ;
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tice' struggles for 1
daughter whose mother is unfit to
look after her.
All around Justice and Lucky,
3 people are in conflict with one
3 another. In fact, when they first
; meet, antagonism quickly erupts
a between them. But on their second
a encounter, a blind date away from
the confines of the city, they man.
age to let their guards down and
) open up to one another.
; The plot of the film is fairly thin,
. but this is a story about communica.
tion, where words speak louder than
t actions.
e The performances are generally
s very good. Jackson looks comforte
able in front of the camera, though
j sometimes you feel you're not fully
connecting with her anguish.
3 Tupac Shakur on the other hand
a is excellent. His naturalness sugs
gests someone of great promise.
a Eisha (Regina King) and Chicago
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. and Lucky's yang. As Justice and
r Lucky's relationship improves,
Eisha and Chicago's deteriorates.
We see there is no real commitr
ment between them, and apart from
sex, there is nothing deeper to their
relationship. So when the sex goes,
r the couple is finished,
r Maya Angelou, who wrote the
r poetry for the film, has a cameo role
a as a figure of moral conscience. She
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preaches that young people cannc
just blame their parents for an
problems they have, they must tak
responsibility for their lives.
Singleton's movie is no classic
but commendably here is a direc
tor who wants to address th
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