he question of whether Eddie Murphy has got his mojo back or if it had ever gone away is probably beside the point, considering his richly enjoyable starring role in this true showbiz story about the eternal excitement of putting on the show right here.
Murphy plays Rudy Ray Moore, the singer, nightclub comic and proto-rapper who in 1975 produced and starred in the cult blaxploitation comedy Dolemite, based on the outrageously obscene character he'd created for his standup act and bestselling LPs. The nearest Brit equivalent was probably Derek and Clive.
With never-say-die attitude, Moore battles through his ailing career in its early days: the sometime singer and dancer has an epiphany on seeing a garrulous homeless guy reciting rhyming tales of a legendary character called Dolemite.
Like a true artist and born entrepreneur, Moore tape records
the man's shtick, studies it, adapts it for his own club turn, and soon
he's a biggish success as a comedian, shrewdly getting a self-distributed
release on vinyl. But he yearns for the movie big time, and hires a producer, Jerry Jones (Keegan-Michael Key), an obstreperous, highly strung director D'Urville Smith (a hilarious role for Wesley Snipes), and a leading lady (Da'Vine Joy Randolph), moreover roping in UCLA film school students to do...
Full article - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/oct/11/dolemite-is-my-name-review-eddie-murphy-rudy-ray-moore-blaxploitation
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