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Why Coming to America (1988) Is the favorite black movie of my generation

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Check out this "vintage" reupload of my first big effort at an analysis video waaaaaay back in... last year. For one it's cool to see how far I've come in making these things. But at the same time, I feel like I got off to a pretty damn good start!
Anyway just in time for some free search engine looks, here's an old video that I know a lot of you haven't seen yet!

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@Cagon415 3 года назад

My favorite thing about Akeem is the fact that people constantly attempt to belittle him. But him, knowing he is black royalty, just disregards all of it. It literally doesn't affect him. I love that level of black assuredness.

@123blastoffful 3 года назад

You cannot tell him shit. he knows what he wants. he knows what he deserves and i love that

@ninjanibba4259 2 года назад

It's also the bleeding optimism he has, it's like a Spongebob vibe and I love it

@sanitorz232 2 года назад

“Maybe one day, you could have a house like this”… oh Mr McDowell, if you only knew.

@flatrenter7631 2 года назад

@@sanitorz232 "see, now I'm washing lettuce, next I'll be making fries! Soon I'll be flipping burgers..and that's when the big bucks start rolling in😁"

@pancakemogul 2 года назад

And that's why it resonated with so many. Despite the poor conditions he was put in (in America) and the way he was treated, he was well aware of his inherent value, keeps a positive outlook throughout and makes his dreams come true. It's a fairy tale - but one tempered by the Black experience.

@Rikorage 2 года назад

Just love the optimism when he's yelling on the balcony, and that guy yells "F**k you!", and he's like "Yes! F**k you, too!"

@khaleemaelder9800 2 года назад

Lmao yesss I always laugh at that part

@vuyophama8668 2 года назад

"Yes, Yes fuck you too." still one of the greatest movie scenes ever, that scene still kills me 'til this day. First time I saw the movie that shit had me dead.

@t.dmattocks6119 26 дней назад

That one. That's always been my fave line.

@Hankrecords 3 года назад

Not sure if anyone will care but fun fact: Coming to America is one of the most beloved movies ever here in Italy, it's an even bigger Christmas movie than Home Alone and it's been airing literally (and I mean literally) every Christmas on national television ever since it first aired, and every year it gets at least 15% of total country-wide TV share. Italians absolutely adore it

@aksprkl6594 2 месяца назад

Why tho?

@Hankrecords 2 месяца назад

@@aksprkl6594 no idea

@lemonice7536 2 месяца назад

Lupin the third and Coming to America Italy has some good taste

@AshleySpeaks09 20 дней назад

💯💯💯💯

@rosebudgirl1857 2 года назад

My dad actually came to America the year that Coming to America was released! He was 17 years old, and he was living in New York City with a family friend. When he saw the film, it quickly became his favorite movie ever, and he saved up money to see it in theaters multiple times. Once he had us kids, he showed it to us, and we love it, too. Such a funny movie. Prince Akeem has peak himbo energy and I love him dearly.

@elulugnie4250 11 месяцев назад

I moved to America in the early 2000s and I landed in Queens 😅😅. I loved the movie as a kid but didn't make the correlations until just before leaving. My family was finally happy to get rid of me as they were sick of hearing me boast about moving to Queens 😂😂

@sashanoel8766 3 года назад

As a first generation immigrant, I feel like the movie made fun of the stereotypes that black Americans have of black immigrants while making fun of the stereotypes black immigrants have of black Americans. The movie essentially made us all laugh at ourselves while dispelling stereotypes and tropes non-black ppl have of us and brought a new genre of comedy that was iconically Eddie Murphy filled with (as you said) a lot of meme-worthy moments. This movie and Harlem Nights are just legendary.

@jvoodoochild2755 3 года назад

“Damn shame what they did to that dog” looking down at the chalk outline of a man, his seeing eyed dog, and a murdered cane

@ComicPower 3 года назад

Coming to America is a critical look at Colorism and classism within. The Black community. Under all the hilarious laughter that theme stands firm.

@atrus3823 3 года назад

I am not black, and when I first saw this movie, I didn't have any clue about black culture or issues, and I loved this movie. My parents recorded it off TV (on VHS), and my brother and I watched it over and over again. We could pretty much recite the entire movie. I still quote it all the time.

@jnyerere 3 года назад

My favorite quotable from that movie is hands down the Soul Glo commercial and song. Forever iconic.

@lamo1724 3 года назад

We used to sing that tune everytime my folks took us to get a Leisure Curl! Xxx

@displacerkatsidhe 3 года назад

Soul Glo is STILL my mom's ringtone. She LOVES that bit.

@Ashaliyeva 2 года назад

Same here. Never fails to brighten my mood if I’m feeling down. 😊💗 My other favorite is the landlord yelling at the drunk dude tumbling down the stairs, “Hey Stu! Your rent’s due, motherfucker! And don’t be pulling that falling down the stairs shit on me, ya hear? Are you conscious? Shoot, every month the same damn thing.” And then Stu mumbles and farts. 😆😆😆

@okaraimani1047 3 года назад

ohhh my god, the imagery you compiled of black folks dancing to the drums of Zamunda is exactly the contextual setting in my mind every time i see us creating and just living in ways that feel more connected to the motherland than we often assume. so much loveeeeee

@brmbkl Год назад

inspired the busta rhymes videos as well

@tamaracharese 3 года назад

It was our first time seeing Black royalty on screen. We were mesmerized.

@poposao1 3 года назад

I grew up in Brazil so there we don’t have the same context for black culture and media but I do find it fascinating how there both Eddie Murphy and Jim Carrey occupied the same pedestal as comedic blockbusters and yet US pop culture doesn’t seem interested in recalling Murphy’s works with as much fondness as they do Carrey’s even though both of them had similar styles of raunchy comedy that haven’t aged too well. So I do really admire essays like these, as attempts to reclaim value from the underrepresented classics.

@ajmalaika1287 3 года назад

Seeing how rich an African prince was, I think a big point about the movie especially as many children of immigrants or ex-pats only see Africa on tv when showing white people going on nature safaris or charity event and ads with all the black children being dirty and malnutrition. I understand that yes there are absurd levels of poverty in Africa but there are the same levels, just not the same magnitude, of poverty in western cities. Having this be the only part of Africa you see feed into many misconceptions about African nations and villages/rural areas as though they are all primitive and uneducated when many live clean healthy lives that just look different to the western society. As a daughter of immigrants my mum has always debunked these myths and taken me to her village but many African or otherwise don't get these opportunities and so accept the prejudice as fact.

@zeideerskine3462 3 года назад

There is a lot of misunderstanding about life in Africa. I love to refer to Andrew Wefwafwa a community health professional (registered nurse) in Uganda who makes his regular rounds around the poor community members planting healthy fruit and nut trees around their houses while dispensing medication and devices and taking vital signs. No big thing you say. However, it shows that even the poorest people I Uganda have decent housing with gardens where they can and do grow part of their food supply. It also shows that Uganda has free universal healthcare. It also shows that communities employ highly educated healthcare professionals who make house calls. Just saying.

@absolute757 3 года назад

I visited east africa this year for the first time. Its nothing like its depicted on tv. Honestly I want to move there now. I felt safer there than I do in my own city.

@ayanomar1408 2 года назад

I agree, I am from east africa and when I moved to the US I was shocked at the levels of poverty and homelessness in some areas, I knew every country cant have wel off population but I still expected “more” from a first world country. now almost a decade later living here I understand both sides and wish more folks would be able to visit countries like Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria and Congo. soooo many beautiful countires and different ethinicties and languages to witness.

@sheila1391 2 года назад

Black Panther was this to me

@vuyophama8668 2 года назад

Faced the same problems, being children of diplomats my siblings and I moved around the world a lot. One of the strangest things I've ever encountered was having to prove I was African because my siblings and I didn't look or sound like the stereotypes of Africans on TV. It was so ridiculous it got to the point where every we moved I would introduce all knew friends to my parents who have South African accents. Most people assumed we were British, whilst most british people were under the assumption that we were Jamaican or Caribbean, until I introduced them to my parents most people refused to believe that I was born and bred in Africa.

@dawnworthy6358 3 года назад

I was happy you made note of those of us for whom Coming to America wasn't even near my favorite. I'm a My Name is Dolemite guy. But, my favorite scene is the family leaving the sofa but their curl activator remained (a common issue of the era).

@amityislandchum 3 года назад

Interesting tangential story I always think of when I see that scene: the chair that Abraham Lincoln was shot in is on display in a local museum (the Henry Ford, near Detroit). Up near the top, where his head would be, are dark brown stains that everyone initially assumes are blood stains. It definitely looks like blood, but it's actually grease stains from the hair product men of the time wore. It's just fascinating to me that the problem of men's hair products staining furniture has spanned so many generations and so many social classes and ethnicities. From the goddamn President of the United States in 1865, to the white greaser kids of the 1950s, the Cuban immigrants of the 1970s, and the jheri-curled black men of the 1980s.

@yenziwemotha3049 2 года назад

The western and colonial influence on how Americans view us Africans is clear to see in this movie. Even when it comes from good place of creating an image of African excellence and royalty, it is still within the framework of British royalty.

@WhitePhoenixCrown 3 года назад

🎶Just let your soul glo.🎶

@kimmmimemwest1895 3 года назад

Funny

@kuantum4588 3 года назад

Always felt an undertone of prejudice towards Africans in this film series especially in the second film. Furthermore Pan-Africanism has a tends to cluster African cultures into one whole when the cultures in Africa are as diverse as the cultures in Europe or Asia. this film was good for its time but doesn't really read as well if your actually from Africa or if your of gen z

@jalondradavis2473 3 года назад

Maybe it was too subtle to come across, maybe I'm being too generous because I love this movie and I'm an African American older millenial, but I felt like the original film was on some level of a critique of African American perceptions of Africa. The African kingdom with a cardboard looking palace that was clearly modeled after Western fairy tale fantasies with giraffes and elephants thrown in, the ignorant comments from the African American characters that Hakeem interacts with. Everything was so over the top and intentionally pastiche that I read it as a parody that somehow balances a satisfaction of that African American longing and desire to be part of this regal fantasy with poking fun at it. It was awkward watching this with my friends who are actually from Ghana and Senegal, some of the humor doesn't land for them not only because of the cultural flattening and misrepresentations but I think also because the desire and fantasy that it is playing to isn't something that they identify with. But yes, it was of a particular moment and should have been left back there. The sequel has no excuses and was a hot offensive mess.

@AmandaTayteTait 3 года назад

Yeah I’ve loved all his other videos but definitely agree on this one. Coming to America 2 was terrible. So so many terrible stereotypes and just basically bad depictions of Africa and yes I get what it was trying to do it but it failed.

@TheSupinesmokey 3 года назад

@@jalondradavis2473 I'm suprised it got away with some of the jokes it made, but yes if you have direct ties to Africa there's going to be a part of you not happy with the some the misrepresentation of cultures.But I chose to see this as what its always been the African -Amercian immersion and understanding of African culture for the better of it and the worse too

@serenakengne5835 3 года назад

Well I'm a daughter of African immigrants and a GenZ, and I've always enjoyed watching the (first) movie while being conscious of the fact that the depiction of Africa was quite unaccurate. I personally don't feel like the two facts can't work together.

@tamaracharese 3 года назад

Pan Africanism connects the diaspora with the west African nations most of us come from and at the time, there were dominate tribes that Black Africans were tied to in places like Ghana and Nigeria. Pan-African does not link all of Africa to the diaspora. Just the parts of African culture and heritage known at the time.

@hendrsb33 3 года назад

My biggest laugh is not really a quote. It's in the barber shop where Eddie's cutting Cuba Gooding's afro and the scissors are NOWHERE NEAR the hair he's supposed to be cutting. He's just clipping air. Something about that just sends me rollin'. Aside from that, I just loved seeing graceful Black Royalty as opposed to the usual criminals, junkies, wretches, sidekicks, and other stereotypical and throwaway characters. Though Akeem (spelling?) was raised as a royal, I got the sense that the wealth was just a part of his life and not what he was all about. Nor was he dismissive of regular folk. It was a fantasy, a comedy that reveal underlying issues within Black American and African communities, I know, but it was a breath of fresh air in its time. As for the sequel... as much as I liked the first movie, I feel no need for a revisit.

@serenakengne5835 3 года назад

FINALLY someone realising that Eddie clearly has a type... Whether it's in movies or in real life

@ShyRonnie13 3 года назад

He's a colorist like most of the black men especially in Hollywood.

@kimmmimemwest1895 3 года назад

Does he tho...

@rulerofkripsy9143 3 года назад

@Emmy Jorge Guienev his wife like 52 and still looks good so idk

@rulerofkripsy9143 3 года назад

@@ShyRonnie13 you just assumed that with no proof

@delphilashay-el5453 3 года назад

I’ve been watching your content for hours. So happy I found your channel

@elizabethayalew7243 3 года назад

Same here

@23ahndra 3 года назад

Same!

@dkt_1530 3 года назад

Best line: When the preacher said “He helped Gilligaaaan get off the islaaaand”

@AP-pk6mk 2 года назад

That's my favorite too!!!

@karokuwabara949 2 года назад

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@KimberlyPinkney 3 года назад

Holy…was that Cuba sitting in that barbers chair? Ok this was not my favorite movie, but just picking out the present and future stars, was awesome. Thanks I didn’t realize the two actors who were Mufasa and Serabi were in this movie as king and queen! I am so glad I binged on your videos today!

@hendrsb33 3 года назад

What's funniest is that Eddie's scissors are coming nowhere near Cuba's hair. He's running his mouth and cutting air!

@JP-JustSayin Год назад

What is also crazy is that in the brief clip from trading places in the jail cell its a young Giancarlo Esposito standing over Eddie's shoulder. 🙃

@Boahemaa 3 года назад

I miss Bernie Mac...gone too soon. I'm from an African country and my mother's friends hated the movie especially those who lived in America. They would complain that people expected them to act like the "African" women in the movie and that irritated them. Africa has 54 countries with a billion people and various cultures. For mine, the queen is not the wife of the king. She is either his sister or mother. Marriage does not make you a royal and the king's children are not royalty either.

@obatalaosun2222 3 года назад

GHANA in the house !!! 🇬🇭

@charliekahn4205 3 года назад

I'd totally want to see a movie like this one but starring a regular guy from Lagos or Accra, and instead of finding a wife the guy is just looking for a promotion at the overseas offices of the company where he works.

@amityislandchum 3 года назад

Quick note: Landis is actually a highkey legend and one of the most successful directors ever. The reason why he doesn't have the same prominence as someone like Spielberg is because Landis' negligence led to the deaths of 2 children and 1 adult actor of the set of the Twilight Zone Movie. This led to multiple trials for manslaughter and multiple lawsuits from the actors' families. He stays out of the limelight since then.

@LC-sc3en 2 года назад

"The script had called for Morrow to heroically carry the children across the Santa Clara River, away from the pursuing helicopter. But instead, as film crew members and visitors stared in horror, the three-ton aircraft careened out of the sky after its tail rotor was engulfed by the blazing fireball of a special-effects explosive." It crashed on the actor and two child actors. "Landis, Folsey and Allingham had admitted long before the trial that they illegally hired the children without a needed state permit. However, the district attorney’s office did not charge them with that crime." "By the time jurors finally began their deliberations, they had heard 93 days of testimony followed by four days of prosecution rebuttal and 13 days of final arguments. In 71 days of prosecution testimony, D’Agostino called 71 witnesses, ranging from the parents of the dead children to expert helicopter pilots and actor/director Jackie Cooper." "A seven-man, five-woman jury deliberated nine days before finding the 36-year-old film maker innocent of five counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the July 23, 1982, helicopter crash. Three other film makers, George Folsey, Dan Allingham, Paul Stewart, and pilot Dorcey Wingo also were acquitted on all counts against them." www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-05-29-mn-2189-story.html

@daniesha55 3 года назад

“Drakes dad” lol I am now a new subscriber.

@nrkgalt 3 года назад

I would have called him Doctor Benton.

@Wrathful2000 3 года назад

Is that really Drake’s dad?

@dumbsocrates 3 года назад

I grew up watching Coming to America but hadn't seen it in years until a few months ago. My girlfriend had never watched it so I needed to rectify that real fast. lol I was expecting it to have aged poorly like so many other things from my childhood but, despite a few tiny things here and there, not only was it still funny as hell there was a lot of subtlety in it that I hadn't picked up on when I was younger that made it even better. Nothing beats Harlem Nights (that poor woman's pinky toe... lol) but Coming to America is a damn close second. "Every time I talk about boxing, a white man's got to pull Rocky Marciano out their ass." That line is 100% responsible for my bias against Rocky Marciano.

@ruggiec.ruggleby6511 3 года назад

Good video essay. I like that you made space for others to chime in with their perspectives. "His Mama call him Clay, I'mma call him Clay"

@lous2308 2 года назад

"This is beautiful! What is that? Velvet?" Sir that is an entire lion draped on that man's shoulders🤦🏾‍♀️ That line always cracks me up.

@lovelylinda8891 2 года назад

I never thought of the deeper meaning of that moment. Notice that was the only character that felt it was okay to just reach into their personal space with involuntary touching! None of the other characters in that scene felt it was okay to just TOUCH him despite the awe of his kingly presence. Let that one sink in for a while!😏 It was a comical mention of what we experience everyday when people touch our hair univitingly.

@fighternk13 3 года назад

The dance scene from this movie reminds me of a festival we have here in The Bahamas called Junkanoo

@zackkorth2410 3 года назад

"this has been the greatest night of my life!" "who was that?" "oh just a man i met in the bathroom"

@dsbmitchell 3 года назад

My man just said this movie is mimetic on a God-tier level. I'm subscribing.

@SoKoLDS 2 года назад

This was one of my favourite films growing up. Being an immigrant to Australia at a young age made it hella relatable. I make all my friends watch it because its so underrated.

@qwertyuioplkjhgfdsn3501 3 года назад

it seems like you did get off to a good start, especially with that very poignant statement about how people devalue black people despite copying (and often profiting from it either financially or socially) everything that black people do and create eddie murphie is so brilliant tbh. hopefully his skill is continued to be appreciated long into the future. he just exudes so much wit, insight, and charisma and seems to bring it to any creative project he has a part in. eddie murphys greatest and lasting impact is not him saying misogynist or homophobic things, but are his works that comment on social inequality, portray black excellence, or just simply show off his genuine talents and skills as a performer and comedian. i think retroactively 'cancelling' someone who to my knowledge has used his abilities to leave a far more positive impact than a negative one is not really a good approach. hes contributed so much to art, culture, and politics that i genuinely think that those jokes that aren't up to standards shouldn't define the whole of his career or him as a person. and i'm a gen z person who honestly believes that there is a lot of good in holding celebrities accountable. jk rowling (sigh...) for example, just doubles down on her trans-phobia, and leverages her platform and status to bring "credibility" to her transphobic positions and "empower" other trans-phobes. thats what ricky gervais does as well. eddie murphy, as you pointed out, uses his abilities to tell stories about black people. i think that also distinguishes him from people such as those other two examples of celebrities with aged and offensive jokes and opinions

@FDSignifire 3 года назад

Yeah murphy is such a unique story cause he covers the whole spectrum of what is happening with black men right now. I hope someone makes a biopic of him one day cause he's made so many mistakes and shows growth from them compared to so many others in the spotlight.

@Chuck_EL Год назад

@@FDSignifire I hope when you do a video on the legend Robert Townsend, you bring up how Stan Lee (another legend) was so impressed by his movie Meteor man that not only did he make his character a marvel canon comic character he went and made sure he helped Wesley Snipes got "blade" done and Kevin Feige and Stan Lee has stated Blade is what made the MCU possible

@NitaNellEtc 3 года назад

My name is Dolomite was great! I loved how he finds ALL the Black actors! Folks we may have forgotten about! "You get a job! You get a job! You get a job! Lol lol Just this morning, the algorithm gods popped you up in my feed...I've been binge watching all day! Love your channel!

@lovelylinda8891 2 года назад

Love your comment!

@erikaluamba6016 3 года назад

As fan of black movies, this channel is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@actionscott8033 3 года назад

As a fan of black people l love this channel 🤎😬

@bhillboy37 2 года назад

I don't think the detractors understand what Coming To America was doing. It wasn't making fun of Africans. It was making fun of Black Americans not knowing anything about Africa. That's part of the reason it was a success. Nobody was crapping on Africa, only our perceptions of Africa.

@tionak 3 года назад

This was awesome! So glad I found your channel. Boomerang is my favorite romantic comedy ever and would love your breakdown of its reversal of traditional masculine/feminine dynamics.

@dsbmitchell 3 года назад

"Maaaahhr-cusssssss"

@lovelylinda8891 2 года назад

Agreeeed!!! Yas!!!

@lovelylinda8891 2 года назад

@@dsbmitchell "strange... It stinks so good!"

@darlalathan6143 3 года назад

The whole movie cracked me up, especially the Barber Shop scene, lol! I loved Lumumba! It was like Wakanda, without the sci-fi gadgets, lol!

@dsbmitchell 3 года назад

That's interesting that you named it after a real person. Patrice Lumumba, I assume? The name of the place in the film is actually Zamunda

@musicbyterence4655 3 года назад

It was a black love story where the hero a dark skinned heterosexual man who is a prince finds a wife and lives happily ever after. He was smart and genuinely a good human being with loving parents. We’ve never seen it before and probably will never see it again. It might be the greatest movie ever made!

@musicbyterence4655 3 года назад

@Emmy Jorge Guienev The good news about that little Anecdote is that the these men who happened to be black males still found love and are the also the hero’s of their real lives. Perhaps showing that on screen would be amazing as well.

@DaphneyDeVaughn 2 года назад

It was mentioned in this video that the dance scene really didn't have a purpose. I would like to add that the purpose of the dancers doing the dance scene in Coming to America was a part of the introduction of Queen Imani. Afterwards he sang "She's Your Queen To Be". Then Queen Imani walked down the isle. 😊

@Eruidraith Год назад

This was a favorite movie of my dad’s, and I have really warm and happy memories of watching it with him as a teenager. Some of the bits from this movie are seared into my memory.

@anthonynorman7545 2 года назад

Nah, the best quote is "When you think of trash, think of Akeem!"

@gcswift2 3 года назад

Favorite quote: "The Royal Pen** is clean sire"

@xHarpyx 2 года назад

This is one of my all time faves. I’ll rewatch it a couple of times a year… so good. “That’ll be 8 dollars.”

@beetee8798 3 года назад

I love this film for the all the reasons you state, but the extent of the colourism was stratospheric! Lol. The African dancers - women were light skinned and the men were dark skinned. Lisa is angelic and light skinned, her sister was sexually aggressive and dark skinned. And so on....Sigh... through a historical lens, is it not without its problems. Still one of my top 20 of all time.

@bhillboy37 2 года назад

You all make too much of "colorism". Yes, Lisa's sister was dark skinned but that's not why she didn't get chosen. She didn't get chose because she was aggressive and a King could get that anywhere. Lisa got chose simply because she was nice and didn't act condescending towards him as an African immigrant.l. Lisa's light skinned boyfriend was a foil. The King was light skinned and a foil. The Queen was dark skinned and a voice of reason. As Black Americans we have become a rainbow of complexions because of of mixed breeding on this continent. But, no matter the skin tone, we are all black.

@monetrogers7612 2 года назад

This is the first movie I remember being conscious enough to recognize that light was good and dark was bad. Every time I watch this movie over the years it cuts a little deeper.

@XiaoIsMyHusbandBTW 2 года назад

@@bhillboy37 I don’t think you really understand colorism

@Chuck_EL Год назад

@@bhillboy37 as much as I think Lisa was attractive I was always more attracted to her sister , I am a dark skinned black man also

@bhillboy37 Год назад

@@XiaoIsMyHusbandBTW I think...being black and being both attracted to fine women of both hues and being an ardent studier on the black experience leads to me being qualified to know what colorism is. Being light skinned doesn't make you cute as being dark skinned doesn't make you cute.

@KimberlyPinkney 3 года назад

The Golden Child and the Beverly Hills Cop movies were the bomb. My kids didn’t believe me when I told them about the raunch of Eddie. My brother and I as kids would throw out lines from his stand up and laugh for hours. Not even having to do the whole joke! To the point I had to sit my now adult kids down and had them watch Eddie Murphy Raw.

@leahhart3585 3 года назад

I showed my husband 48 hours the other day. So good.

@Chuck_EL Год назад

Me and my former female (white woman) friend are diehard Eddie Murphy fans and on my 27th birthday we binged every movie he starred in and her favorite like mine is "Coming to America" I'll always have fond memories of that day

@SirDeanYawl 2 года назад

The dance scene was one of my absolute favorite scenes to see ever of all time- SO cool!

@cnqturner 3 года назад

The Wiz.. Brand new day. Best dance in cinema!!

@Turshin 3 года назад

I think it influenced the dance scene from coming to America

@baosia 2 года назад

I love when they look at the map, trying to decide where in America they are going to look. I can't remember the exact quote but I think it's something like "Ah, America, so big, so many places to choose. So, Los Angeles or New York?"

@kapowcomicsuk 3 года назад

I'm still working my way though these - feels like there's vids missing, which is a shame - but this is the most joyful yet. Haven't watched this flick since I was a kid, so you've convinced me to hunt it down!

@nisaj5736 3 года назад

This movie is a certified classic! Thanks for sharing!

@danranone 6 месяцев назад

I was like, hey I've seen this. Thankfully the like button still held! Was a fire, is fire, will always be fire vid. Good job FD. :)

@juandoe2696 2 года назад

The best review of Coming to America once described Coming to America as a love letter to Black America and I agree 💯%. For me Coming to America and the Martin sitcom spoke to the humor, style and ultimately the beauty of African American culture which is why for many it holds a special place in our hearts. Even as someone with Caribbean roots I could appreciate both as love letters to Blackness.

@davidj3167 2 года назад

I can't believe this came out when I was 16. Watched this movie so many times on VHS in the 90s I thought it came out then. My sister was a dancer and she would watch Imani's introduction on repeat for two reasons. 1. she had a major girl crush in Vanessa Bell Calloway and that 2. dance scene. She watched it so much she could perform it in it's entirety by memory. Oh, and she name her first child Vanessa. lol

@BroJo676 3 года назад

Cameroonian here. That dance scene never screamzd African to me but Arawak.

@Tefahh.c 3 года назад

Binge watching your videos since I came across your channel !

@Qbreezy 8 месяцев назад

almost shed a tear watching this, fantastic film, undeniable classic and warm fair and informed breakdown

@laabitres Год назад

Notice how everything from 13:17 til 25:21 was COMPLETELY on beat INSANE

@theronmitchell3073 3 года назад

This is the third video of yours I've watched. So glad I found your channel.

@rdd22000 3 года назад

As a late Gen Z with Boomer parents this movie is a top Classic and one of my favourite films. I kinda wish I grew up around more people that saw it.

@colinwhitfield8627 3 года назад

Doesn't hurt, that beyond its exquisite blackness, its one of the best movies of all time - certainly top five comedies, of any decade. Hits on all cylinders. Just a gem amongst gems. RAW is top five no question.

@colinwhitfield8627 3 года назад

Also, cant speak to the misogyny - and loathe to be an apologist in general - but regarding the homophobia, I remember as a gay boy in the nineties, one of his bits where the usual lisping stereotype is the set-up for the joke, but then the punchline is literally just that: at the end of the day, be careful making fun of gay dudes, because they are, after all, dudes - and quite a few are jacked em'effers who could punch you out if you try it. This may get lost in the wave of unnuanced outrage and accusation, but that little nod, that little reversal where if straight dudes didn't at least pay attention, THEY'D be the punch line - That gay men were in fact MEN - was something I held onto. So much of homophobic language is used to tear down manhood its self, and while the stereotype brought us into that joke, the affirmation of recognition in the punchline actually helped me quite a bit. It was like he was saying: "anyones a target here.... but I see you".

@Babycam08 3 года назад

BRUH.....BRUUUUUH! I LOVE THIS VIDEO! HELL I LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS!! MAN YOU ON TO SOMETHING! COULD YOU DO A VIDEO ON BLACK MASCULINE & FEMINE CHARACTERS IN COMIC BOOKS & ACTION MOVIES???

@FDSignifire 3 года назад

I plan a video on Black Panther eventually, but idk If I've got enough in me to tackle the comics themselves. I kinda lost touch with the comics years ago...😔

@stevejoseph1664 3 года назад

Coming to America was a great FUCKING movie. I always watch it when it's on television. I love the movie along with "Harlem Nights".

@jazzjupiter9545 Год назад

What I loved about the Dance Scene, was how it held a mirror up to the grandeur of scenes of grand entrances depicted in movies like Cleopatra (Taylor) *sigh*. EXCEPT the dancers, the music, the whole scene is BLACK as hell. This is what makes it iconic for me

@trotskyeraumpicareta4178 3 года назад

This movie is also very popular in Brasil with people who were kids/teenagers during the 90s and 2000s, one of my favorites ever.

@spenceredwinrobson 3 года назад

I just have to say that your channel is unreal man, I can't wait to see more.

@jomalomal 3 года назад

congrats on 100k bro! Been slammin' your videos for the last week. Love Light Work and Black Media Breakdown, great segment ideas. Looking forward to seeing your channel grow!

@ThisIsMe3699 7 месяцев назад

The more I watch of videos, the older I feel. This comment is in '24 and this movie is 36 years old! I was 12 when it came out. Crazy!

@samuelmercelina9407 3 года назад

Keep up the good work. I hope you reach the goals you have set for this channel

@GreatGospel97 2 года назад

The landlord is my favorite character in this movie lol he also delivers my favorite line, “it’s a damn shame what happened to that dog.” 💀😮‍💨 shit kills me every time. Also I’m not sure that Lisa leaving isn’t realistic. I have had this con with so many woman that if their partner lied about being significantly less rich than they were they’d feel very weird about it and would leave him…maybe romance movies have trained us up?

@patwalsh1045 7 месяцев назад

i have always wondered why this movie is held in such high regard. i loved eddie murphy when i saw it as a kid but understand all of the cultural humor and you really have to have been around the time of this release to understand the impact eddie murphy had

@UsagiisChii 3 года назад

I adore this movie. My grandmother loved watching this with us because of all the life lessons.

@march0202 3 года назад

The Prince Hakeem Effect was evident the way T’Challa was portrayed in Ep. 2 of Marvel’s “What If”

@85jacob85 3 года назад

The main reason I love your vids is you're intelligent and interesting... But so Good to have such important content as well.

@jaebird411 2 года назад

“Eheh ☝🏾” is one of my favorite jokes of all time 😂 it was such a clever ending and it gets funnier the more you think of it 😂😂 this was a great analysis.

@DarkPesco 10 месяцев назад

8:20 Cuba Gooding Jr., as a junior, getting a haircut, there!

@coreyhoward4397 Год назад

I only watched the movie for the first time recently and I loved just the sheer positivity and optimism through the movie. One of the most I've seen of any film.

@RoyHodgsonBurner Год назад

NAOMI DESERVES BETTER 🌟

@DavidJones-du4us 2 года назад

This movie is just a classic. Many of the quotable lines from this movie find their way into my conversations on a daily basis.

@SizzlerGoat 3 года назад

Ayee yo that dance montage gave me goosebumps shivers

@SnakeAndTurtleQigong 2 года назад

My favorite quotable is “Good Morning New York!” “F*ck You!” (Joyfully) “Yes, Yes, F*ck you too!” 😂

@sillycookie 2 года назад

Saw this movie in a hotel room on Myrtle Beach. It was so warm, funny, and unique that I could never forget it.

@aurelia160 2 года назад

My parents are Indian and I watched this movie countless times together with them. This was a movie that every one of us enjoyed immensely

@fynntasticmovienight 3 года назад

great video, so many interesting points touched!

@displacerkatsidhe 3 года назад

I loved Coming to America every since I was little. I must have seen it super super young, because I honestly don't remember not knowing that movie. Granted it is a year younger than I am. Every time I re-watch it, I just appreciate it even more. This and Vampire in Brooklyn are my two favorite murphy movies.

@willymcnamara1429 3 года назад

DANCE BREAK!!! Hahaha made my day. Love your videos, thank you!

@thegumbonetwork1421 3 года назад

Watched the dance break twice lol

@MoxieMcMurder 3 года назад

This is such a good video and critical look at such a classic comedy.

@jay2thaudy 3 года назад

Til this day if I see somebody wearing something fly I say "Dis is beautiful vhat is dat velvet" 😂😂😂

@NunyaBiznessss 2 года назад

I forgot how much I loved Coming to America. Needs a rewatch.

@leahhart3585 3 года назад

Coming to America is a rated R Disney movie.

@barbrastrisand1326 2 года назад

I love your content so please make things even if the "quality" isn't youtuber tier

@theorderofthebees7308 3 года назад

I heard Arsenio Hall, say that the studio insisted that he have a white guy in it - they gave them a list and they choose Louie

@nrkgalt 3 года назад

There were about 5 white characters of any significance, including the cab driver and the 2 old men from Trading Places.

@dsbmitchell 3 года назад

@@nrkgalt The Trading Places easter egg is a real gem. "Mortimer, we're back"

@Cdr2002 2 года назад

I was born in 2002 so I’m definitely of the younger generation (also Puerto Rican 🇵🇷), and even still, I absolutely love this movie, and equally as much love it’s sequel and it’s willingness to tackle the gender issues that the first film left untouched. Fantastic duology

@geocyo8835 3 года назад

Eric LaSalle a.k.a. Drake's dad? STOP! LOLOL had to pause the damn video!

@desolateleng9943 2 года назад

I loved this movie so much as a young teen. I'm a Swedish female gen x-er, so a lot of what this film means went right over my head back then (and I hadn't thought about issues like colorism and panAfricanim until you explained it), but Eddie Murphy's excellence and the talent of everyone in it came through loud and clear. Yeah, the sexism hasn't aged well, but I think of as a the product of its time. It's still one of the funniest films of all time, IMO. Also, I had a crush on Eddie Murphy, so I didn't care about the blandness of the love interest. XD Me and my best friend watched it so many times. I think it's long overdue for a rewatch!

@ShmazProducts 2 года назад

Definitely in my top 50 movies

@ShmazProducts 2 года назад

Probably in the 20’s

@common380 3 года назад

Had to come back and watch this, love your insight bro

@blacksunrider313 2 года назад

Enjoyed hearing your content and perspective. However, I would argue “Harlem Nights” is Eddie’s best contribution to the culture. For one, it’s the only movie written, executive produced, and directed by Eddie himself. Secondly, had 3 generations of Black comedians in it. Thirdly, it showed Black ppl out organize out think and actually defeat their more powerful white rivals. Just on the third point alone is in and of itself qualifies it as the best contributor to the culture…

@robkemp598 2 года назад

*Sidebar*John Amos will always be the most Badass but also smart and level headed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to me (West Wing). Amazing actor 👌