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(Did you know Janet Jackson was nominated for a Razzie for this movie?
Burn the Razzies down to the ground.)
There were other high points in Singletons career.
These were the days before psycho racist mass shooters became a common feature of the American landscape.
Today, I wonder if maybeHigher Learningwasnt heavy-handedenough.
All of these titles grow in peoples estimations with each passing year, as well they should.
Think of this one as the road not taken for this series.
This lends the picture a weird authenticity, despite the general dopiness of the plot.
None of the actors feel like theyre posturing.
You really are waiting for every scene to break out in violence.
But here, its all in service of a second-rate action flick and it actually kind of works.
Its a weird moment delightfully out of place in what is otherwise meant to be a macho blockbuster.
So maybe it wasnt so strange that the guy whod madeBoyz n the Hoodwound up directing aFast and Furiousmovie.
Back in college, I used to listen repeatedly to Singletons director commentary on the Criterion laser disc ofBoyz.
