Poetic Justice (1993) - Go Team Video (EP. 34)

<p>The AMPM Video crew watch for the first time <em><strong>Poetic Justice</strong></em> a 1993 American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_film" title="Romance film">romantic</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_(film_and_television)" title="Drama (film and television)">drama film</a> written and directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Singleton" title="John Singleton">John Singleton</a> and starring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Jackson" title="Janet Jackson">Janet Jackson</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupac_Shakur" title="Tupac Shakur">Tupac Shakur</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_King" title="Regina King">Regina King</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Torry" title="Joe Torry">Joe Torry</a> in supporting roles. <em>Poetic Justice</em> follows Justice (Jackson), an African-American poet mourning the loss &nbsp;of her boyfriend to gun violence, who goes on a road trip from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Central_L.A." title="South Central L.A.">South Central L.A.</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> on a mail truck alongside her friend (King) and a postal worker &nbsp;(Shakur) who she initally cannot stand but soon helps Justice deal with &nbsp;her depression.</p> <p>Following the success of his debut film, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyz_n_the_Hood" title="Boyz n the Hood"><em>Boyz n the Hood</em></a>, Singleton wanted to make a film that would give a voice to young African-American women. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jada_Pinkett_Smith" title="Jada Pinkett Smith">Jada Pinkett</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Bonet" title="Lisa Bonet">Lisa Bonet</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Calhoun" title="Monica Calhoun">Monica Calhoun</a> and many other popular actresses auditioned for the role of Justice, &nbsp;though Singleton knew from the script's draft that the role was so