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’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 (
In 2019, Ruth E. Carter won an Oscar for creating the fashions of Wakanda. It’s only fitting she would follow that by tightening her stitches on the attire of Zamunda, the other beloved cinematic African paradise first seen in 1988’s “Coming to America.” Under her masterful guidance, everyone in “Coming 2 America” looks spectacular, from the soon to be king, Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy), to the rose petal-throwing women once again led by Garcelle Beauvais. The results are hypnotic; you can’t take your eyes off the screen lest you miss some majestic pattern or a finely crafted angle of fabric rising in the air with true fierceness. Fashionistas rejoice, because as we say in my old neighborhood, Ruth E. Carter