Friday

The movie Friday is a comedy, but it also depicts many important social issues.
The story is set in the city of Los Angeles, California, in what could be called a high-class
ghetto. This movie is about a young black man who loses his job and is influenced by
his best friend to smoke marijuana. The movie also shows the relationships of his family
and other members of his neighborhood. With a zany cast of characters and a hilarious
script, this movie touches on everything from gang violence to the use of drugs, crime,
guns, relationships, sex, and life in the ghetto.
In the movie Friday, rap star Ice Cube plays the character Craig. Craig has
never smoked marijuana. However, his best friend "Smokey" smokes marijuana
everyday. Craig loses his job, leaving him home all day with nothing to do to occupy his
time. He just hangs out in the neighborhood with his friends. Smokey tries to convince
Craig to try some marijuana. At first Craig doesn't want to. Smokey is persistent. He
points out to Craig that he doesn't have to work and doesn't have anything better to do.
Craig finally agrees, so him and Smokey eventually sit on the front porch and
smoke some marijuana. Peer pressure is obv

explanation would have worked for Craig just fine (How to Say No and Keep Your

might picture a ghetto to look like in our minds, it was still a ghetto. Poverty and other