The Inside Story Of How The Ultimate "Bye, Felicia" Got In "Straight Outta Compton"
F. Gary Gray, director of Friday and Straight Outta Compton, explains the phenomenon of "Bye, Felicia" and the moment it hit its pinnacle.
It's the perfect dismissal. It's an evergreen burn. It's a formal refusal to engage with someone who's beneath contempt. Somehow, "Bye, Felicia," a minuscule line from the movie Friday, became imbued with a sticky staying power that's resonated for 20 years. Now it's about to rocket to new zeitgeisty heights. When the eminently memeable insult makes a cameo in Straight Outta Compton, it's a masterstroke of coincidence, legacy-building, and fourth-wall breakage that requires a ton of unpacking.
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