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Not too many people believed that Eddie Murphy would he able to pull off the task of wearing all the hat*, director, executive producer andscreenplay writer) of his“Harlem Night*,” but Murphy ha*proved that he is more than a foul* mouthed comedianH aricmpiece setearly 30’s, takes a look into the world of the nightclub mogul, a thriving busmen of that time, Murphy plays Quick, an orphan boy who ha* been ‘adopted* by nighclub owner Sugar Ray (Richard Ptyor), owner of Club Sugar Ray, As Murphy gets older, he becomesRay’s partner, joining his colorful andcomedic cast of associates: Bennie “Snake Eye” Wilson (Redd Roxx), thegambling assistant Snake Eye Is sot what it used Id be and theare maktns him aware of that(Dellhosting a variety of working girls. Vera is proud of her profession and exists on honesty, if nothing else.Quick questions her honesty. It will be a day neither of them will everforget. The character of Vera wasinspired by Big Bertha, a character that was featured on one of Richard Pryor’s early albums.♦Pryor’s portrayal of Sugar Ray, although not very energetic or physical, was his best performance since his acci dent. It’s the return of the Pryor tha everyone remembers; the every-otherby Uwrence 0. PauliA ward aotn-itfor the BAFT Aesemplary )oba t b jr-Mj ti i ifm Jfr ml * / ■ m 1b lhngton andEven though Murphy « amany-trade* in this film, he has carefully directed, with hts ego intact, staking sure that he doesn’t always hog thespotlight “Directing far the fust time t»intimidating.“ Murphyetally when you coroe to work the day and have your idols come to you for guidance But they were so cool that after the first week I began to relaxEach day was better thanbefore It was sad when filming ended,but you cant feel too defected afterexperiencing as much laughter as we didmaking the film, *The film co-stars Jasmine Guy as the seductive Dominque La Rue.Aiello as Phil Cantonc, ais under the employ of Calhoune (Michael Lerner). recently seen as Sal the pizzeria in “Do The Right Thing plays a revenge-crazed won’t rest untilpm1...linda Tolbert and a cameobyThe film falters with! excessive profanity bnngs laughs if used M urphy went overboard with the ful dialogue causing it to harbor where between the art of humoract of ignorance. By far, the outweigh the negatives Murphy on Arsenio’s show that if theout to be a flop, be wdirect again. After seeing “Harlem Nights” you will see that Murphy has mastered the goings on behind thecamera as well as be has in
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Cleveland, Ohio, US
Thu, Nov 30, 1989
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