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Conference quark::human_relations-v1

Title:What's all this fuss about 'sax and violins'?
Notice:Archived V1 - Current conference is QUARK::HUMAN_RELATIONS
Moderator:ELESYS::JASNIEWSKI
Created:Fri May 09 1986
Last Modified:Wed Jun 26 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1327
Total number of notes:28298

429.0. "Eddie Murphy "Raw" - Opinions please" by VAXWRK::BRAGINSKY () Tue Nov 17 1987 20:44

    
    Did you see it???
    
    What did you think of it?
    
    Do you agree/disagree with his theories?
    
    Providing that a good number of you, folks, have been to this concert,
    we should have a rather HOT discussion going here :-)
    
    -Edward
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429.1RAWASGNQH::VAN_KONYNENBcirtneccE lanigirO ehTWed Nov 18 1987 01:034
    
    
    Try BETHE::SOAPBOX for "Hot Discussions".  You might find a good
    response there.
429.2Yes, it was...CSCMA::LEONGI ski. Therefore I am.Thu Nov 19 1987 15:569
    I saw him at Worcester last month. Are you referring to that show
    or the NY shows? I presume the material is the same.
    
    I lik Eddie Murphy but I felt his material was extremely offensive,
    sexist, & in general poor taste. I also laughed my butt off. This
    is a free country. Eddie has the right to his material. Nobody
    twisted my arm to see him.
    
    I paid, I went, I listened, I laughed, I left.
429.3The meaning of life according to EddieVAXWRK::BRAGINSKYThu Nov 19 1987 20:3415
    
    RE: -.1
    
    Yes, I am referring to the show he did in Worcester Centrum last
    month.  
    
    Poor taste...  Sure!  He was saying things that you always knew
    are true, but nobody EVER said it outloud.  I am referring here
    to his theories about man-woman (or actually, man-women :-)) relationships.
    
    Btw, there is going to be a movie (in theaters, not just on video
    tape) made out of this concert.  Apparently, I wasn't the only one
    who liked the concert!  

    -Eddie :-)
429.4I didn't think it was always true...CSCMA::LEONGI ski. Therefore I am.Mon Nov 23 1987 14:3419
    RE:.-1
    Eddie Murphy's espousal about man/woman (or should I say man/women)
    relationships are definitely his own & probably adhered to by insecure
    men who are apt to talk about every sexual conquest as a form of
    braggadocio with other swarthy Cro-Magnon men in the locker rooms
    across the country.
    
    I am a man & I do not believe that most of Eddie Murphy's cooments
    about men/women are true. While we're on the subject, I find it
    ironic that Eddie Murphy's attacks on gays belies his own homophobic
    male insecurities. Also, I am not white but I find his racial
    commentary on whites & blacks both boring & offensive. Richard Pryor,
    who has built his career partly on racial commentary has decided
    to cease this unneccessary jesting.
    
    As I said before, nobody made me see Eddie. He's still a funny person
    & I will still laugh. But I might not be laughing with him.
    
    Russ