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  • Eddie Murphy ‘cringes’ at old ‘ignorant’ stand-up material
    By Jessica Bennett


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    While legendary comedian Eddie Murphy isn’t afraid of cancel culture, he does find much of his older material cringe-worthy, according to a recent interview with the New York Times.

    Murphy, 58, admitted in the profile promoting his upcoming Netflix film, “Dolemite is My Name,” that material from his 1987 stand-up special, “Raw,” makes him cringe in 2019.

    “I was a young guy processing a broken heart, you know, kind of an a–hole,” Murphy admitted of his controversial jokes.

    Today, Murphy confesses that “Raw” is “a bit much, my goodness.”

    His early stand-up often delved into racial, gender and homosexual stereotypes, including jokes about the AIDS epidemic. He now recognizes those jokes as “ignorant,” in addition to originally apologizing to the masses in 1996.

    “I deeply regret any pain all this has caused,” he said in a statement at the time. “Just like the rest of the world, I am more educated about AIDS in 1996 than I was in 1981. I think it is unfair to take the words of a misinformed 21-year-old and apply them to an informed 35-year-old man. I know how serious an issue AIDS is the world over. I know that AIDS isn’t funny. It’s 1996 and I’m a lot smarter about AIDS now.”

    “Dolemite Is My Name” comes out on Oct. 4.

But it's ok to joke about blacks:francis:
It's over.:francis: Was hoping he'd follow behind Chappelle and being 50s you'd think he wouldn't give a damn

I'll support him still, maybe he's just saying this
 

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The world is a joke now. The funny thing is everyone thinks they doing and saying the right things today but what if in 2040, muthafukkas start apologizing for the things they say and do today :mjlol: this shyt will never end until people just go mute. Cuz you will forever say something that offends someone.
 

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While I don't think he should "cringe" I completely understand looking back at your younger self and seeing some behavior that you don't completely jive with anymore. Anybody expecting him to come out and double down on his 80's routine is stupid, and not even just because the so called "PC" thing, but because he SHOULDN'T be the same man 30 some odd years later.
 

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While I don't think he should "cringe" I completely understand looking back at your younger self and seeing some behavior that you don't completely jive with anymore. Anybody expecting him to come out and double down on his 80's routine is stupid, and not even just because the so called "PC" thing, but because he SHOULDN'T be the same man 30 some odd years later.


Bro was cocky behind belief. But we found out later he was overcompensating for his preferences :dame:


The man is still super funny:manny:
 

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Y’all do realize he’s being proactive and trying to beat the incoming hate. Mfs will bring up his old material to sabotage any future success.
Smart move on his part. Because the current climate is bytch made.

Eddie the goat comedian.

I say Dave Chappelle
 
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