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HOW A RARE MISTAKE LED TO EDDIE MURPHY’S BIG ‘SNL’ BREAK
UltimateClassicRock ^ | March 30, 2021 | Allison Rapp

Posted on 03/30/2021 11:23:15 AM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: z3n

I agree... creativity can’t flourish under censorship... and comedy seems to be among the first casualties of the pc culture.

This is exactly why President Trump could captivate crowds of tens of thousands at his rallies (and tens of millions watching from home) for up to two hours. With no celebrity musician, no props, no anything.. He was entertaining because he didn’t care about PC and let his creativity run wild.

Trump haters just don’t get it because they never listened long enough to give him a chance - they just watched selected clips - the edited version - the version twisted out of context... they only heard just enough of the “political incorrectness” to be outraged by it, but never continued listening long enough to see the truth that he was able to speak by speaking freely.


21 posted on 03/30/2021 12:15:46 PM PDT by enumerated
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To: nickcarraway

It’s racist to bring up the terms white or black when referring to people of different races.

Nobody is supposed to notice the difference, so, the correct term with today’s standards, is just ‘people’ or ‘person’. You are automatically racist if you mention ‘black’ or ‘white’. You have to pretend you are blind.


22 posted on 03/30/2021 12:45:42 PM PDT by adorno
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To: nickcarraway

Check out his SNL skit on dolls for Christmas. I am surprised he hasn’t apologized like Jay Leo on Asian jokes.


23 posted on 03/30/2021 12:47:36 PM PDT by alternatives? (If our borders are not secure, why fund an army?)
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To: adorno

Actually, you are behind the times. Being colorblind is now considered racist.


24 posted on 03/30/2021 12:50:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: HartleyMBaldwin; Vendome; dfwgator; Zeppelin; Carl Vehse
“...both black and white audiences.”

fixed it

25 posted on 03/30/2021 1:11:24 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: alternatives?

I can’t believe I just saw Michael Jackson’s tush! Eeowwww!


26 posted on 03/30/2021 1:11:25 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“Tell Bill I said to have a Coke and a smile and STFU!”


27 posted on 03/30/2021 1:20:24 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nickcarraway
Sometime during the Jan. 10, 1981, show

Otherwise known as, the last time SNL was actually funny...

28 posted on 03/30/2021 1:21:30 PM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: enumerated

Velvet Jones School of Technology never gets old.


29 posted on 03/30/2021 1:31:12 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I recall reading that Murphy had looked up to Cosby and was privately crushed when Cosby’s scandal erupted, exposing him as a fraud and worse.


30 posted on 03/30/2021 3:58:17 PM PDT by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress" )
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To: enumerated

I saw his appearance on the current SNL a year or so ago...his sketches were funny (if a bit dated), but it appeared painfully obvious that he would never have been accepted as part of today’s ensemble.


31 posted on 03/30/2021 4:01:27 PM PDT by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress" )
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To: M1903A1

Privately crushed ? I’d dare say millions of people were publicly crushed that America’s dad turned out to be a decades-long habitual rapist and sex predator.


32 posted on 03/30/2021 4:12:44 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
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To: M1903A1

I agree.

It seems to me that the best comedy is that which exposes and makes fun of foolishness.

Unfortunately, making fun of foolishness offends Leftists (I wonder why?) and is therefore considered “politically incorrect”.

That puts comedians out of a job.


33 posted on 03/30/2021 5:11:50 PM PDT by enumerated
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To: 1Old Pro

Yes, it’s sad. That’s true of Hollywood in general. To me, the biggest problem is when the race hustlers go on about it. because they are correct, but offer no solutions but communism/fascism.


34 posted on 03/30/2021 6:40:24 PM PDT by gr8eman (Elder Non-Binary Sibling is Watching You!)
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