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Oct 2, 2019 · When Rudy decides to make a Dolemite movie, “Dolemite Is My Name” shifts gears into backstage farce, and Murphy shares the screen with a growing ensemble of accomplices, all of them...
- Craig Brewer
Oct 25, 2019 · In emphasizing both Rudy’s silliness and enterprising spirit, “Dolemite Is My Name” might reflect how much attitudes have changed since the Blaxploitation era died down in the late 1970s....
Sep 11, 2019 · Eddie Murphy’s ‘Dolemite Is My Name’: What You Need to Know. The film centers on Rudy Ray Moore, D.I.Y. comedy pioneer, hip-hop forefather and blaxploitation star. Here’s the true story ...
- Reggie Ugwu
Oct 2, 2019 · Like van Peebles’ chronicle of the making of his father’s indie classic, “Dolemite Is My Name” plays like something that was made while on the run, evoking the feel of its subject matter. Its plentiful humor is never bitter or self-mocking, even in its most absurd moments.
Sep 8, 2019 · It tells the story — all true, all outrageous — of one of the most successful blaxploitation films of the ’70s, the insanely over-the-top and borderline inept “Dolemite” (1975), and of how that...
Oct 4, 2019 · Eddie Murphy is better than ever in Dolemite Is My Name, a bawdy comedy about comedy. The comedian starts his comeback tour by playing the “godfather of rap.”. by Alissa Wilkinson. Oct 4,...
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In dramatizing Rudy Ray Moore's stranger-than-fiction story, Eddie Murphy makes Dolemite Is My Name just as bold, brash, and ultimately hard to resist as its subject. Read Critics Reviews
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