They may need to leak Epp's audition because i'm just not seeing him as Pryor yall?
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6. "okay its not just me then" In response to Reply # 1
~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
just throws everything off and he just doesn't do a good pryor to me i haven't seen mike epps in pryor mode but i feel like we're gonna be pleasantly surprised by his rendition
11. "i have a bad feeling" In response to Reply # 5
lol
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19. "i'll hope along side next to you" In response to Reply # 18
i hope its just that Epps hasnt had the opportunity to show his range
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epps doesn;t have to be funny for this role pryor is pretty tragic ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
30. "then there's that." In response to Reply # 29
and he's a good actor. nope, not willing to debate on the matter. anyone who thinks differently is still salty chris tucker didn't come back for more friday movies.
>and he's a good actor. >nope, not willing to debate on the matter. >anyone who thinks differently is still salty chris tucker >didn't come back for more friday movies.
he's played himself and not very well to me LOL yes how does one play themselves and not well? well so far thats Epps
but since its Daniels i'll give him a chance ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
i have tiny knives LOL ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
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84. "yall gone let her have her opinion" In response to Reply # 81
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99. "lets not get hasty now" In response to Reply # 89
>just clowning it.
she is one of the few with a different harmless opinion right about now in here dont be a meanie
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53. "seems like you the one mad" In response to Reply # 50
focusing on minor shit, thinking that cause Epps "looks" like Pryor he will be able to will himself into some grand sit unlike the turrblness that was his acting in Sparkle
17. "he really is. i wonder if it's an issue of just not getting the" In response to Reply # 14
opportunity to showcase it. i can see him having trouble getting funding to make his own dramatic projects or not getting roles like this cause people can't see past hiss comedy work and have forgotten about his work in requiem.
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nah ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
71. "i'm not sure you watched the same movie as the rest of us, lol" In response to Reply # 34
i will say though, i think he's a pretty good actor, most comedians are, but i wasn't 100% moved by this reel. it was good but i don't get pryor from it. i think i can kind of see why they cast epps instead. i'd like to see what he can do.
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Mon Feb-23-15 02:44 PM
87. "i LOVE Requiem for a Dream. and i COMPLETELY agree." In response to Reply # 34
he was good, but he wasn't exceptional. that script was exceptional and all he had to do was look sad and not fuck it up. and he did a great job of that. --------------------------------------- it's true what they say...people are strange, when you're strangers.
28. "BTW, I think it's such bad form to release an audition tape for someone" In response to Reply # 0 Mon Feb-23-15 01:15 PM by Buddy_Gilapagos
who didn't get the part. How you suppose to open up and put your all into an audition if you have to worry about the tape getting out there if you didn't get the part. Not cool.
On another note, I use to be in LA in 2000 and my best homey was a comedian so I lived in comedy clubs for a minute. I must have seen 100s of comedians and the only one who blew me away was Mike Epps. Dude was like a next level story teller. It was amazing. I was just waiting for him to blow up. Then he blew up and I was soo disappointed. Dude was nothing like I remember. he went from thoughtful detailed character builder to standard def jam material. I don't know what happened to him (probably coke) but I think he might have a Pryor performance in him that might surprise folks.
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31. "okay thats good news" In response to Reply # 28
cause i havent seen anything in Epps yet that shows him capable of this level
but then daniels cast mariah and she did remarkably well imma trust daniels but MAN it feels like hes reaching didn't realize oprah is behind it as well not sure if thats good news
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apparently he did so well in the first they called him back to do it again and taped it it wasnt that great but remind me of this the bones are there but Epps must have something else
either way this is actually a good look for Marlon ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
35. "I can't see this here...BUT" In response to Reply # 0
Epps, like he said in his Ebro interview...you really have to had walked the lifestyle of Pryor to embody the role (Lifestyle...meaning the vices and such). I've seen Epps live a number of times, and this is subjective, but he is never NOT funny to me. I can't wait to see what he does with the role.
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67. "LOL. now go read your exchange with Ifresh" In response to Reply # 64
and here let me slow this down for you
i was clowning you for focusing on his nose, when what was presented on the audition was quality work, and THAT's what you shoudl've commented on. not that fact that you and other have a point that HE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE PRYOR.
and here is the nuance Sha, Marlon doesn't have the look, and like you, it took me out of the frames at times, but it was still high quality acting. Epps will be nowhere able to capture that if the film is focusing on the things that drove Richard's art. cry about it. He's not a dramatic actor.
75. "its an L! lfresh Lfresh Ladyfresh ...=(" In response to Reply # 67
wait why am i in this... ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
daniels does have ripe tragic material though its right up his alley hope he doesn't over play it i dont know how he will hit those potential tragi-com notes but its needed Richard managed to make a career out of it but why do i feel Oprah will water it down...
we'll see Duvernay is doing a series for her network lets see if Oprah can cultivate which btw i hope Perry hops on the cultivating talent bandwagon ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
Sha cover your eyes this about to get ugly ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
imma check out survivors remorse and hope though ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
but yeah you might be right if its raw then its best to see it after...he does a good job
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94. "you know what i havent" In response to Reply # 90
ill give it a shot ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
>as Richard Pryor. > >********** >"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then >they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson > >"One of the most important things in life is what Judge >Learned Hand described as 'that ever-gnawing inner doubt as to >whether you're r
112. "ut oh...thats not promising" In response to Reply # 110
~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
114. "I don't really see either one of em for real" In response to Reply # 110
but at least Epps sounds like and has the facial mannerisms of rich on this clip. Would like to see more. That marlon wayans video just looked like marlon in bad wig and facial hair.
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