This endearing cartoon series perfectly evokes the aroma of alcohol vapors wafting up from broken liquor bottles and the faint tinge of urine on damp concrete, mixed with diesel fumes and spent fast-food grease hovering in the stagnant air on a drizzly, muggy July afternoon in the inner city, that I experienced first-hand.
But one example, down the street from my south Atlanta apartment where I lived for awhile in the '90's there was a Subway sandwich shop that one day saw some hoodlums take hostages during lunch hour. (Fortunately, no one in our complex happened to be eating lunch there that day.) They had to call in a SWAT team to diffuse the situation and the incident made the evening news. So when I saw in a PJs episode a scene where a helicopter airlifted supplies for the residents onto the roof of their tenement building before quickly taking off, I just busted out laughing.
Another such bit is the sign above the housing office that reads, "keeping you in the projects since 1965".
Eddie Murphy hits the nail right on the head with many such scenes and references in this series, evoking smiles of recognition for anyone who's lived in such an environment.
But one example, down the street from my south Atlanta apartment where I lived for awhile in the '90's there was a Subway sandwich shop that one day saw some hoodlums take hostages during lunch hour. (Fortunately, no one in our complex happened to be eating lunch there that day.) They had to call in a SWAT team to diffuse the situation and the incident made the evening news. So when I saw in a PJs episode a scene where a helicopter airlifted supplies for the residents onto the roof of their tenement building before quickly taking off, I just busted out laughing.
Another such bit is the sign above the housing office that reads, "keeping you in the projects since 1965".
Eddie Murphy hits the nail right on the head with many such scenes and references in this series, evoking smiles of recognition for anyone who's lived in such an environment.