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Originally Posted by Matata
"Dolemite is my name" is excellent. It's about a 70's black comedian who becomes successful late in life by reinventing himself, than gambles everything by putting everything he has into making an insane movie. Similar to "The Disaster Artist" but I liked Dolemite more, but that might just be because I'm really familiar with the source material for TDA and don't think the film brought anything new or interesting to the table.
It's weird to see Eddie Murphy try, I don't think has done anything with his whole ass in 20 years, his passion for the subject matter really came across.
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LOL, I had an old VHS copy of Rudy Ray Moore's standup (Dolemite). It was raunchy and clearly only for a black audience of a particular era. Not that funny, and almost stereotypically black in his speaking style, demeanor, and phrasing of jokes. Lots of catch phrases too. I immediately followed it with Richard Pryor's stand up at the same time and it's night and day different.
BTW, Pryor's stuff STILL stands up to this day. Incredible.
At any rate, I'll have to check this out. Murphy was very focused on his family for a while and only recently felt compelled to create again. A recent episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee provides a sense of that if you're interested.