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Coming to America sequel transports Eddie Murphy classic to a different era, with new comedy talent in tow – ABC News
Eddie Murphy’s comedy classic is a star-studded labour of love, but struggles in its attempts to keep fans happy while changing with the times.
Eddie Murphy was at the peak of his 80s imperial phase when he delivered what would become one of his most enduring hits: a big-studio romantic comedy about an earnest African prince who defied tradition to find true love in Queens, New York, a world of lingering jheri curls, garrulous barbershops, and pre-gentrification hustle.
Coming to America worked as both an affectionate satire of late-80s Black culture and a valentine to the African diaspora: its cartoonish-but-aspirational nation of Zamunda…
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