STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON IS MISSING ONE THING: SELF-REFLECTION. Straight Outta Compton is by no means a comedy, but it has its share of laugh lines, and the biggest one comes right around the movie’s halfway point, as N.W.A is on tour for the first time and enjoying the fruits of their newfound fame. An angry dude shows up to their hotel-room afterparty looking for his girlfriend Felicia; after a brief hallway standoff, our heroes and their companions for the night head back into the suite. Everyone, that is, except for Felicia, who Ice Cube (portrayed by his son, O’Shea Jackson Jr.) pushes out of his way and out of the celebration with a single line.
“Bye, Felicia.”
The theater I saw the movie in erupted—as will most theaters. It’s the canniest moment of the film: a young rapper (Jackson Jr. is also an emcee who performs under the name OMG) playing his father.
