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Ice Cube stars in a watered down 'Do The Right Thing'

Film

Published Friday, September 20, 2002

From the opening credits of "Barbershop," it's clear that Ice Cube has come a long way since "Next Friday."

A montage of soft-focus, black-and-white photos tip-toes inoffensively across the screen. There are no guns, no gangstas, and no grass. Just a few barbers doing their thing at the barbershop, which the opening sequence establishes as a modern day salon, or, as Cedric the Entertainer puts it, "our very own country club."

This is not your typical Ice Cube movie. The veteran of "Boyz N the Hood" and the "Friday" movies leaves the gang-banging world he knows so well...

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