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#EddieMurphy  #SNL #Stand_Up #Homophobicjokes His  much-lauded return to  Saturday Night Live   saw  Eddie Murphy  revisiting some of the most popular characters from his past, including Mr. Robinson and Gumby. In a  new interview with  CBS Sunday Morning , the comedian is taking another look back — but this time, it’s at some of the problematic jokes that haven’t aged so well. In a conversation with  CBS ’s Tracy Smith, the 58-year-old star was asked to reflect on homophobic jokes he included in his ‘80s stand-up routines, including a bit about having “nightmares about gay people” in 1983’s  Delirious . While Murphy told Smith that he still finds “some” of his old material to be funny, not everything has held up. “Some of it, I cringe when I watch," he admitted. "I'm like, oh my God, I can't believe I said that!" Eddie Murphy is reflecting on some of his most controversial jokes. He added that he was unfazed...

#EddieMurphy #Dolemite #Netflix Rudy Ray Moore was “breezy and funny” in his standup comedy,  Variety  declared in a 1970 review at the California Sahara nightclub in South Central L.A. Five years later, a  Variety  film critic saw Moore’s “Dolemite” and sighed “Dull-emite is a more apt title.” Netflix’s “ Dolemite Is My Name ” covers Moore’s career in those years, and the film is a total winner, yet a mass of contradictions. First, the dialogue features a steady stream of raunch and vulgarities but audiences describe the film as sweet. Second, “For a movie that took 15 years to make, this one happened very fast,” says Larry Karaszewski, who wrote the socko script with Scott Alexander. Third, while Netflix’s film is set in the 1970s, it’s really about today. Moore battled industry indifference and racism, and ended up starring in films, starting with the 1975 “Dolemite.” Alexander adds that the movie is about “black performers who are segregated, who are...