>Was he fully intentional comic relief or something?
>
>The audience at the screening I attended made it a point to
>laugh at his every second of camera time short of the time he
>was getting ready to shoot up. I didn't find it appropriate
>to every single time unless they were picking up on something
>I wasn't.
>
>Is the Early character basically comic relief or is Eddie
>Murphy simply not a person moviegoers can ever take seriously?
> If the latter, does he have to do some dark turn a la Robin
>Williams?

He already tried that w/ Vampire in Brooklyn. If I remember correctly it didnt really work out.