Eddie Murphy

its audience; the industry was interested in casting black performers who asserted their black identity, while still maintaining crossover appeal. One actor who was able to assert their black identity, yet still maintain crossover appeal was Eddie Murphy. Murphy’s ability to be aggressive…

the fact that Eddie Murphy used a Jamaican accent in one of his standup comedies to portray his idea of a typical Bahamian man is foolish. Bahamian dialect is Bahamian creole English, whereas Jamaican dialect is patois. So who is really the fool in this joke? Furthermore, I share the same objection as Strachan to Murphy’s “joke” because he disrespected our culture and it is certainly not a laughing matter. Additionally, Strachan spoke about the American stereotype by…

Freedoms To what extent do Charles Perkins and Eddie Mabo contribute to changes in rights and freedoms for Indigenous Australians? Charles Perkins and Eddie Mabo made a huge impact on the rights and freedoms of Aboriginals through protests and campaigns. Charles Perkins is an indigenous Australian that took place in the freedom ride organised by a group of Sydney university students which helped to change the rights and freedom laws of indigenous people. Eddie Mabo helped change the rights of…

We observe the emergence of more and more Afro-American actors and actresses such as Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Eddie Murphy, Whoopi Goldberg, Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Halle Berry, Angela Bassett or Samuel Jackson. The professionals recognize the talent of these actors in the 2000s: Afro American actors obtain four Oscars of best Actor/actress. The revelation and…

The story of an upper class man the role of Dan whose life is well; treated with respect, his voice is heard and not accusations made upon he or she by his race. On the contrary, Eddie Murphy has the roll of a homeless man, whose life is in the streets. But everything changes when they cross paths and their lives and way of thinking will change too. Regardless of what Dan says when he gets arrested all you see behind him are different…

To me, comedy is a funny story, joke, or sentence that makes me laugh out loud and that allows me to forget all my problems and miseries. I find the American sitcom “Friends” to be very funny. In each episode of the sitcom that ran for ten seasons, starting in 1994 and ending in 2004, the 6 friends: Rachel, Ross, Joey, Chandler, Phoebe, and Monica encountered different problems and situations that they solved in their own unique way. Watching comedy is like taking a break, having a good laugh,…

Surely it was a ruse, it couldn’t possibly be true; Facebook must have it wrong. This thought looped through her mind all morning long, the possibility of it being real was in the back of her mind until the television rang out a truth she couldn’t believe. Michael Jackson was dead. “I saw something on social media, but I just assumed it was one of those hoaxes that pops up once in awhile. But then the news came on, and I heard it. And I remember being shocked. Absolutely shocked.”…

of different lens and sense of space. In the introduction of the scene they use a lens with a “normal” focal length, not too wide and not too tight. This normalizes the scene’s space which is played up later for comedy. They show Jiff Ramsey (Eddie Murphy) standing in front of the cars on the highway and use a small depth of field to separate the two, again, reminding the viewer of the space within the scene. In the second part of the scene, Jiff is on the far side of the highway and has to…

The third card I created was Sofia’s card. Sofia is Danny’s cousin and Uno’s girlfriend. I made her play first base because the person who plays on first base has to a quick and trustworthy person. They are often involved in a lot of the action of the game. Throughout the book, Sofia is quick to stand up for what she believes in, and everyone trusts her. Also, she knows everyone and she is always involved with everything. Therefore, she would be a great person to play on first base. I chose the…

Actress-Director Rain Pryor talks about her father Richard Pryor's comedic influences including Charlie Chaplin, Jackie Gleason and Bill Cosby and the comedians who have been inspired by him like Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock and Steve Harvey. That’s his influence: together with Lenny Bruce, he is a god of standup as truth- telling, and with the consequences. For Richard Pryor, that meant total, transgressive-ness about racism, sexual abuse and pain: subjects…