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8. Dolemite Is My Name
It’s painful to think that a generation
of people think of Eddie Murphy as Daddy Day Care. Some may only know him from
universally panned offerings such as Meet Dave and Imagine That. Dolemite Is My
Name shows a return to form for a true comedy great.
Playing filmmaker Rudy Ray Moore who was known for his character Dolemite, Murphy truly brings the character to life. Dolemite was a character created by Moore, that appeared in both his stand-up and a series of Blaxploitation movies, and Murphy’s performance is suitably brash, flashy and irresistible garnering widespread acclaim and mirroring the real-life Moore to perfection. A performance very much in the vein of The Disaster Artist.
Think Trading Places era Murphy, not Norbit era Murphy. Dolemite not Doolittle.