I
’m definitely not in the crowd that feels that Eddie Murphy has diminished a classic by making a cash-grab sequel with
Coming 2 America. However, a big part of my reason for feeling that way is that I think that the original
Coming to America is a self-indulgent and stupid vanity piece that had a few mildly memorable moments, but it was never a good film. And it has aged about as well an open can of spam.
In the imaginatively titled
Coming 2 America, Prince Akeem of Zamunda (Murphy) is summoned before his dying father (
James Earl Jones) to discuss the issue of the passing of the crown and the concern that Akeem, the father of three daughters, has no male heir, or so he believes. The King and his shaman, Baba (
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In an interview with
Rolling Stone, the Laker Girl-turned-pop star listed her
Coming to America scene as one of the top moments of her choreography career. “This was one of my moments of having to really prove myself, because I was still pretty new in my career as a choreographer,” Abdul said. “John Landis, the director, wanted the person that choreographed Janet Jackson. I was still a Laker Girl. I went in and he looked at me and said, What are you, a teenager? And I said, Yes, I am! He basically was telling me, What do you know about African dancing? And this is my whole thing when becoming a choreographer: I ll just tell everyone yes, I know exactly what I m doing, and then I ll figure it out later. ”
Coming 2 America Sows More Than Its Royal Oats Coming 2 America Sows More Than Its Royal Oats
Not quite a sequel, nor a remake, the movie reunites Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall with the rest of the gang - as well as fantastic new faces - for a welcome Eighties update
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March 4, 2021
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I don’t envy the job of anyone tasked with taking a classic Eighties comedy
Coming to America, say and making a decades-later sequel that tries to please its guaranteed audience. Namely, everyone who loved the original, people who’ve rewatched it a million times, who have Soul Glo memes saved on their phones, who know every word to Sexual Chocolate’s song who as in my case grew up in families where