IFWT #56 - Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Way down in the streets of LA. There’s a fella called Rudy, things ain’t going his way.
He works in a store so he can make a little money. He cracks a few jokes, but nobody think they’re funny.
Ok, enough of that!
Eddie Murphy has had many ups and downs throughout his career, but in 2019, after a brief hiatus, he returned to the big screen with the sensational Dolemite Is My Name. Written by the masters of the anti-biopic, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, and directed by Craig Brewer, it documents the rise of Blaxploitation legend Rudy Ray Moore, as he creates one of pop culture’s most…
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