How old was Ashtray's Father supposed to be?


The movie didnt clarify his age.

Once they said, he was a couple of years older than his father?(how is that)

Then Ashray said he had gotten taller sense he last seen him? wtf

Then Ashtray was about to go the party & The father wanted to go but Ashatray said he must be 18 & older, so his father couldnt go.

Any sense can be made of this?

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Any sense can be made of this?


No; it's not supposed to make sense. Both Lahmard Tate and Vivica Fox are too young to play Shawn Wayans's (Ashtray's) parents. The filmmakers were exaggerating to make a joke. Supposedly, women in "the hood" have children very young.


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i see, that flew over my head

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Actually, the joke was about how close in age Fishburne and Gooden was in Boyz in the Hood.

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Actually, the joke was about how close in age Fishburne and Gooden was in Boyz in the Hood.


Yup, that too. If memory serves, Vivica Fox and Shawn Wayans have the same age gap as Fishburne and Gooding.

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It's a satire on how actors get cast as parents and their children, despite being a few years apart in age. In particular, it's a joke on the casting of Boyz n the Hood, the main movie it's parodying throughout, where Laurence Fishburne was paying Cuba Gooding Jr.'s Father despite being only seven years older than him in real life. Personally, it's my favorite bit of the whole movie, the jokes about how young Ashtray's Father is always cracks me up.

...Doh!

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Yeah that confuses me too. I was like his father is just two years older than him....is that possible? Funny stuff.

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Only if the Mother hooks up with a young man after the son has reached maturity, otherwise no it's impossible.

Spider-Man 3. The Dark Knight Rises. Really, what's the difference?

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It's not supposed to make sense. It's a joke about people in the hood having kids very young, and plus the small age difference b/w Laurence Fisburne and Cuba Gooding Jr. in Boyz in the Hood.

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Same with Angela Bassett, she played Cuba Gooding Jr's mother in "Boyz In the Hood" and she about 10 years older than Gooding. So the joke is pretty much all around.

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