Retrieved July 12, 2017.This was only Eddie Murphy’s second movie, and – unfortunate blackface scene aside – it has cemented its place as one of the best movies in the career of its cast, which includes Jamie Lee Curtis and fellow SNL alum Dan Aykroyd as well as one of the finest comedies of the decade, period. "Eddie Murphy: Delirious (25th Anniversary Edition) DVD Review". San Francisco, California: Hearst Communications. "PAGE ONE - After 15 Years, Actor Apologizes For Gay Slurs". ^ "Eddie Murphy's Homophobic Comedy Special 'Delirious' is Now Streaming on Netflix"."Eddie Murphy's anti-gay comedy special resurfaces on Netflix". "Divine Comedy: 25 Best Stand-Up Specials and Movies". ^ Tobias, Scott Ciabattoni, Steve Murray, Noel Love, Matthew Grierson, Tim Fear, David (July 29, 2015)."Nostalgia Fact-Check: How Do Eddie Murphy's Delirious and Raw Hold Up?". "Eddie Murphy: Delirious - 25th Anniversary – DVD Review". In June 2009, a 25th Anniversary Edition was released.
However, in 1996, he released a one-page statement apologizing for his use of that slur, saying: "I deeply regret any pain all this has caused." Home video One of the topics that Murphy addresses in Delirious is homosexuality, and using the homophobic slur " faggot". I'm feeling like a fucking old guy watching Sam Kinison or Andrew Dice Clay."
The truth is, it's nowhere near as filthy as some of the stuff they're doing now. "When I did Delirious," Murphy reflected in 1989, "I got all this flak for my material being so filthy. However, it was criticised for being anti-gay. The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave it an 83% approval rating based on 6 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The special received positive reviews and is widely cited by comedians as a seminal stand-up work. After his routine, the video ends with Murphy and his road crew walking to his dressing room while the credits roll. Other topics that he addresses are family parties (his cookout skit featuring a humanoid cryptid for an aunt-in-law and an uncle who ignites the whole backyard in an attempt to work the grill) parental discipline (his shoe-throwing mothers monologue), Michael Jackson, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, racism, Reaganomics, gay people, (including a routine depicting " The Honeymooners" Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton as same-sex sweethearts), AIDS, and Marian Anderson. The phrase "The Ice Cream Man is coming!" from this segment was sampled by rapper Raekwon on the 1995 single " Ice Cream". Once the ice cream was bought, they would sing and dance mockingly in front of kids who could not afford it. Then, he is introduced after the song and thanks The BusBoys for the opening act before starting his comedy routine.Īmong the topics Murphy addresses is the lure ice cream trucks have on children. īefore the show started, The BusBoys performed "(The Boys Are) Back in Town" over a montage of pre-show footage of Murphy traveling with his road crew. The show was recorded at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. Unlike his acts on Saturday Night Live, Murphy's performance was very profane, saying the word fuck a total of 230 times, and shit 171 times. Delirious was also released as an album on October 24, 1983, titled Eddie Murphy: Comedian, which won Best Comedy Album at the 1984 Grammy Awards. The 70-minute special was Murphy's first feature stand-up and the predecessor to the wide theatrical release in 1987, Eddie Murphy Raw.
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The stand-up set became a TV Special for HBO on October 15, 1983.
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1983 American TV series or program Eddie Murphy DeliriousĮddie Murphy Delirious is an American stand-up comedy television special directed by Bruce Gowers, written by and starring Eddie Murphy.
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