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Adam seems to be a good catch for a young woman. He's good-looking, works as an engineer, has a big, comfy apartment, is fascinated by astronomy and knows lots and lots of stuff. However, he has Asperger's syndrome. Beth has never met anyone like him. He behaves in social situations with an honesty that approaches cruelty and doesn't seem much aware of that.
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Like any long-awaited follow-up to a beloved comedy,
Coming 2 America boasts a fair number of appearances by some of the original filmâs funniest fan-favorite characters, many of them played, once again, by Eddie Murphy. However, more glaringly recognizable is the absence of actors such as Samuel L. Jackson and several others from 1988âs
Director Craig Brewerâs Amazon Prime original sequel introduces a slew of new characters, such as the long lost son of Eddie Murphy s King Akeem Joffer (played by Jermaine Fowler), his boisterous mother (Leslie Jones) and uncle (Tracy Morgan), and a heavily made-up Arsenio Hall as Baba. The sequel even relishes in some eye-opening cameos by Morgan Freeman, En Vogue, Salt-N-Pepa, and Gladys Knight (all in the same sequence, too). However, despite what these newcomers and surprise guests brought to the film, you have to wonder if they could have left some room for a few
A lot has happened in the 33 years since
Coming to America hit theaters in 1988, just a few weeks before NWA’s single “Straight Outta Compton” became a phenomenon.
Eddie Murphy is no longer the box office star that he was, and the America of today has a different kind of racial awareness than America in 1988.
Murphy was then one of the biggest movie stars in America, with a string of hits under his belt, including the
Trading Places and the
Delirious and
Raw. And while the mostly white critical establishment seemed baffled by
Coming to America, a slapstick film about an African prince, audiences absolutely loved it. It made $21 million in its opening weekend, on its $28 million budget. That box office take mushroomed to $300 million worldwide before it closed nearly six months later.
In 2011, a 68-year-old Black veteran in White Plains, NY accidentally set off his Life Alert, and police were sent to his door for a welfare check. An hour lat