>>and the first thing he said was... "why they talking all
>>white, turn this shit"
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>>I was like "nigga what???"
>>
>>He is the first one to correct someones language or throw
>out
>>a big ass word just to stunt on company.
>>
>>People like to keep their actors/comedians in a box.
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>Wild but not surprising....
>
>The crazy part is Boomerang kept its "blackness" but still
>managed to not be tied to lazy stereotypes that fell neatly
>into tropes....Some movies are just so fucking effortlessly
>hilarious (Trading Places, Coming To America) that they go
>beyond whatever tag you put on them...Them shits work EVERY
>WHERE...
>
>But other movies are a bit more nuanced and requires you to go
>beyond the same ol' characterizations....Boomerang, Life and
>Bowfinger all deserved better....I remember the critics being
>lukewarm to those movies. But some folks like Roger Ebert
>understood what Murphy was trying to achieve.....
>
>Hell, I think he deserved an Oscar nod for Bowfinger. That was
>some in-the-zone shit happening on screen....