The plot: Akeem, now the king, sends his unruly little brother Tariq to New York City to attend Queens College. Esta película cobró vida propia en la cultura, se volvió una película de culto. The perception of Blacks was not the same as the television perception of White writers that wrote Black shows. Quantrell D. Colbert, Paramount Pictures. Just like we did for Bernie Mac when Bernie was breaking into the business, coming out of Chicago. This was before Nino Brown, so Wesley was hustling. When the Saturday Night Live GOAT wanted his own film production company, he got it; when he requested a TV production company, he got that, too. “I thought he was an asshole. Ken kept saying, “Nah nah nah, that’ll never work.” But the interesting thing was, society was changing. Clark-White: I thought to myself, “Oh boy, Eddie may be threatened by this kid. I also had a three-year holding deal with Disney to do anything I wanted. It’s a TV pilot. By signing up, you will create a Medium account if you don’t already have one. Arsenio Hall, de izquierda a derecha, Eddie Murphy y Clint Smith en una escena de "Coming 2 America". Tommy was breathing down Eddie’s neck. Ruth E. Carter diseñó los vestuarios de “Black Panther” y “Coming 2 America”. on 3/28/18 at 9:06 am to VoxDawg. McClafferty: As much as people might have thought it was a slam dunk, you’re taking one of the most successful movies ever and trying to translate it as a television show. Jake Coyle está en Twitter como http://twitter.com/jakecoyleAP. Tap to unmute. Eddie Murphy and Keenen ain’t gonna tell you a fucking thing, ’cause they don’t give a fuck about you. Shopping. “No pude evitar decir ‘¡Sí!’ inmediatamente. “Estaba listo para salir”, dice Murphy sonriendo. Pero la cinta dirigida por John Landis también fue un enorme éxito a su estreno. Arsenio Hall, su viejo amigo y compañero de reparto en “Coming to America”, recuerda que durante la filmación se escaparon a un club nocturno en Hollywood vestidos como el príncipe Akeem y su fiel aliado Semmi. I had a pilot offer from CBS for Murphy Brown. Killing it. I was so excited about it, but nobody watched it, and that shit hurt. “‘Coming to America’ es la primera cinta en la historia del cine con un elenco completamente negro que llegó a todo el mundo”, dice Murphy. I don’t think their agents wanted them to do it. He was a natural. How a Black Texan Watched His State Show Its White Ass, Do Not Ask a Woman How Many Sexual Partners She’s Had, Saying ‘Pause’ Isn’t a Joke, It’s Gay-Bashing, Sorry, But My Pessimism Is Stronger Than Your ‘Diversity Training’, We Should Have Held T.I. Tap to unmute. (Also includes a short clip on the street with Clarence, the barber.) Davidson: It was one of those things that could’ve changed my whole career. Nobody. Clark-White: I knew that Tommy Davidson was a real talent. Come on, man. Jim Carrey, Eddie Murphy, Pryor. El guion de “Coming 2 America” se trabajó por cuatro años, pero la filmación comenzó rápidamente. Restaurantes de la cadena de comida rápida McDowell — la versión de McDonald’s de la película — han aparecido brevemente para servir comida de verdad en Los Angeles y Chicago. Esta “Coming to America” tiene una clasificación PG-13 (que advierte a los padres que podría ser inapropiada para menores de 13 años). He was raw. I have a chance to do a major Paramount television show with Eddie Murphy producing it. Johnson. The role of Lisa McDowell in Coming To America was ultimately given to Shari Headley, ... Louie Anderson, and Clint Smith. I just remember it wasn’t the same as when you looked at Eddie playing the part in the movie. Clark-White: There were always a million projects, but the closest Eddie Murphy Television came to doing something great was with Tommy. You go into TV for five years and then into syndication, you’re now Will Smith. “Coming 2 America” también reaviva la química cómica entre Murphy y Hall. Roseanne represented the poor White people in America. Eran tiempos embriagadores. Hay una trama de empoderamiento femenino; KiKi Layne interpreta a la hija de Akeem. Tariq was played by an uber-talented new firecracker on the L.A. stand-up scene named Tommy Davidson. Moved Permanently. With TV, the producer is the king — and in particular, the writer-producer of his own show. Don’t call me to watch water boil.”. The African monarch Akeem learns he has a long-lost son in the United States and must return to America to meet this unexpected heir and build a relationship with his son. La secuela, que originalmente iba a estenarse en cines el año pasado, fue vendida por Paramount Pictures a Amazon debido a la pandemia y ahora podrá verse en el servicio de streaming a partir del viernes. He’s got other things to concentrate on, from tours to movies. Clint Smith, Emerson Fellow, is a staff writer at the Atlantic and the author of Counting Descent, which won the 2017 Literary Award for Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award.Smith has received fellowships from New America, the Art For Justice Fund, Cave Canem, and the National Science Foundation. Info. I couldn’t go back to Murphy Brown — it was already a hit show. But what had worked on those family shows did not rule in 1989 — and a suspect fascination with Africans eating insects didn’t help. On top of that, CBS told us they weren’t going to pick up the show. Arsenio Hall, from left, Eddie Murphy and Clint Smith appear in a scene from "Coming 2 America… Shelly Clark-White (Dialogue Coach; Executive Assistant to the President of Eddie Murphy Television): Since it was Eddie’s idea, Paramount said, “Okay, we’ll let you have the TV company, and you can have your boys, but we need someone in the industry who is able to actually make a deal.” In other words, we need somebody White over there if you’re serious. Todos los derechos reservados. We initially wanted Barry Blaustein and David Sheffield, the guys who wrote the Coming to America movie, but they weren’t available. In 48 hours, we can be trading places!”) and went heavy on the hip-hop and pop-culture references (Run-DMC, Mike Tyson, Donald Trump), it didn’t take advantage of Davidson’s gifts. If that material came out now, folks would’ve been marching and protesting in the streets. “Era chistoso pero como que, ‘eh, mejor no nos metamos en eso’”. One, that would be a distraction to the set. La película reúne a la mayoría del elenco original, incluyendo a James Earl Jones, John Amos y Shari Headley, y agrega a muchos más, como Wesley Snipes, Leslie Jones y Tracy Morgan. (Quantrell D. Colbert/Paramount Pictures via AP) Murphy was at the very height of his fame, coming off “Beverly Hills Cop II” and the stand-up special “Raw.” We had a first-look deal with CBS. McClafferty: This is no disrespect to Tommy or anybody, but Eddie was the biggest movie star to come along in years. I’m in the house at a barbecue watching my own TV show while everyone else is outside. Esos planes no se cancelaron; cuando reabran los teatros, dice Murphy, “haremos stand-up”. McClafferty: With movies, your director is your king on set. ARCHIVO - El actor Eddie Murphy, derecha, posa con el director Craig Brewer en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Toronto en Toronto el 7 de septiembre de 2019. It was constant — him performing, us partying, hanging on the bus. CBS declined to pick it up as a series. It was so deflating that when Keenen Ivory Wayans offered me an audition for In Living Color a year later, I turned it down. I’m gonna be collaborating with him and making this thing funny. Nobody.” — Tommy Davidson. Creo que está al noreste de Wakanda’”. 0. Clint Smith (Vice President of Eddie Murphy Television): Tommy Davidson was pretty good, but we wanted Marlon Wayans. How can I lose? His script was horrible. Uno da todo por hecho cuando es joven, lo exitoso que era”, dice Murphy, hablando por Zoom con una repisa llena de premios detrás. Film Review - Coming 2 America. “Si alguna vez estás cerca de Eddie y sus hijos, y ahora su nieto, verás que es realmente un hombre que ama a su familia y no necesita una validación y apreciación pública constante para saber quién es”. I don’t remember any animosity, but I do remember thinking I don’t know if I’d work with Ken again. “Eddie wouldn’t even return my calls. Davidson: I had choices. Info. Eddie Murphy Television’s first project was the HBO collaboration the Uptown Comedy Express. ENTER CITY, STATE OR ZIP CODE. Wesley came in to read dressed in the full kente cloth with the hat, accent and all. Eddie Murphy, left, and Arsenio Hall appear in a scene from "Coming 2 America." Definitely true - that's a racial divide "separated at birth" situation, even having the same first name is eerie. The hour of sketch and stand-up comedy starred Marsha Warfield, Robert Townsend, a prime-approaching Arsenio Hall, and sizzling new comedian Chris Rock. I kind of graduated into becoming his personal assistant. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing Coming to America (1988) near you. Clark-White: Tommy was great but he was just starting out. Tommy Davidson: It was the hottest time in my career. Bonsu Thompson is a writer, producer, Brooklynite and 2019 Sundance Screenwriters Lab fellow. Eddie would say, “But he’s a rapper.”. Antes de hacer “Black Panther”, Murphy ha dicho que Ryan Coogler se le acercó para hablar sobre una secuela de “Coming to America”. “Y les digo: ‘No, definitivamente es un lugar real. I was at ground zero. Share. They looked at it mostly as an appeasement for Eddie. “Y entonces tuve que volver a sentarme en el sofá”. McClafferty: I was familiar with Tommy, but I believe I saw him for the first time in person at the Hollywood Palladium, across the street from Capitol Records. In 1987, Eddie Murphy was Hollywood’s Golden Child. This is before In Living Color. quote: Looks like Clint Howard in blackface. Clark-White: Looking back, Paramount probably saw the television company as a joke. The episode did end up airing — on CBS Summer Playhouse, an anthology series dedicated to testing the network’s pilots — but it remains a frustrating what-coulda-been for its cast and crew. Arsenio Hall, from left, Eddie Murphy and Clint Smith appear in a scene from "Coming 2 America." The urban framework of Coming to America was based on what existed at the time. Ambas se filmaron en Atlanta. I was like, “I’ve got to get back to work, Eddie.”. His office was a 10-minute walk from the stage and he never came by.” — Tommy Davidson, Davidson: I’m improving all over the place. Clark-White: I don’t remember Eddie going over to the sound stage a lot. A nivel mundial facturó 288,8 millones de dólares, más de 630 millones de dólares actuales ajustados a la inflación. I couldn’t go back to Disney — I already turned them down. member and precision rifleman. En la barbería de la película, que Murphy y Hall revisitan, la conversación va de autos Tesla a personas transgénero. I didn’t sleep for three days. Se trata del amor y la familia y la tradición y de hacer lo correcto”, agrega Murphy. From his Oregon Eagle’s Nest (I’m Jewish, don’t judge), Mr. Smith unleashes a fantastic farrago of firearms videos. Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. He was just terrific. He is the author of Counting Descent, a 2017 poetry collection that was a finalist for the NAACP Image Awards and won Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Tell us where you are. They would’ve been the best choice. Watch later. McClafferty: We got Ken Hecht to write the script. Clark-White: I thought the people who were in charge didn’t make it clear enough that the lead would be Tommy Davidson. 78054 posts. John Amos Dishes on ‘Coming to America 2’. Clint Smith, President and Director of Thunder Ranch®, is a Marine Corps veteran of two infantry and Combined Action Platoon tours in Vietnam. The potential of that collaboration never got fulfilled. Es una conclusión poco probable al gran éxito de taquilla, y le pertenece tanto a finales de los 80 que trata de mantener el espíritu de esa era (incluyendo con cameos de los grupos En Vogue y Salt-N-Pepa). 1847 - The Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church was founded by German immigrants to combat what they saw as the liberalization of Lutheranism in America. We kind of hit it off right away. On June 29, 1988, the Eddie Murphy- and Arsenio Hall-starring comedy Coming to America opened … Paramount loved him as well as CBS. McClafferty: When I was working with Eddie I was getting a call almost daily from a young rapper — Will Smith was like, “Please, Mark, get me in; I want to meet Eddie.” So I kept trying to convince Eddie. Murphy tenía apenas 27 años cuando hizo “Coming to America”. NUEVA YORK (AP) — Cuando Eddie Murphy hizo la película “Coming to America” (“Un príncipe en Nueva York”), muchos lo consideraban el hombre más chistoso de Estados Unidos. “Un día en el camerino, Davle me dice, ‘hey, oí que están haciendo ‘Coming to America 2’. But if you put him and Tommy side by side… at that time, Marlon hadn’t done a lot of things. He went full out to get the role. So they sabotaged it and put it on a day when no one was watching. I had a great cast, but it was more of a dictatorship style of TV : “Just do what I say.”. 'Coming 2 America' Synopsis: The African monarch Akeem learns he has a long-lost son in the United States and must return to America to meet this … But Tommy Davidson nailed it for us. Los años 80, dice Murphy, están “todos borrosos”. So when Murphy’s greatest cinematic triumph Coming to America became Paramount’s biggest hit of 1988, Eddie Murphy Television pitched the grand idea of bringing the Prince of Zamunda’s little brother to weekly television. Arsenio Hall, izquierda, y Eddie Murphy en una escena de "Coming 2 America". We didn’t have a whole lot of Black writers then. Arsenio Hall, de izquierda a derecha, Eddie Murphy y Clint Smith en una escena de "Coming 2 America". It was Davidson, though, who seemed destined for 1990s superstardom. You have permission to edit this article. Las conexiones entre “Coming to America” y “Black Panther” — ambas como retratos raros de la realeza negra y una África mítica — son muchas. I was the singular most sought-after Black comedian in Hollywood. He did a great job. Tommy would question some of the lines and change them slightly like, “I would say them this way.” But of course they didn’t want to be questioned. “Ahora no doy nada por sentado y aprecio todo”. “A ellos no les importa un bledo Selma y Mathin Luther King y la injusticia civil, o lo que sea nuestra historia en Estados Unidos”. Arsenio Hall, from left, Eddie Murphy and Clint Smith appear in a scene from "Coming 2 America." I established myself as a deadpan, can’t-nobody-touch stand-up. Hall, quien había hecho stand-up con Chris Rock y Dave Chappelle, sentía que todos querían ser parte del proyecto. He was on such a hot streak that Paramount Studios obliged his every request and whim. You can be a Beverly Hills cop, too! Clint Smith of Thunder Ranch is a gun guru extraordinaire. Davidson: With the loss of Coming to America was the loss of everything else. Corry: The two actors that stood out to me were Marlon Wayans and Wesley Snipes. Corry: Marlon was good. 33 años después, Murphy y Hall regresan a Zamunda, Texas ANG delivers water, aid after winter storm, St. Joseph sweeps Arroyo Grande in another 5-4 win in girls tennis, Friday's Astrograph: Looking for a little guidance? I couldn’t go back to Murphy Brown — it was already a hit show. Eddie Murphy, izquierda, y Jermaine Fowler en una escena de "Coming 2 America". And the survey says! Y él me dijo que quería estar en ella”, recuerda Hall. CBS came to us and said, “We’ll give you 13 episodes; just make sure you talk to us before you go anywhere else.”. NTTC US ROBOVOICE YT 1. Estaba en un buen momento. re: Name everyone in the barbershop from Coming to America Posted. His script was horrible. Murphy sugirió primero que Brewer dirigiera “Coming 2 America” durante una cena con John Singleton después de una función de prueba de “Dolemite Is My Name” (“Yo soy Dolemite”), la cinta biográfica de Rudy Ray Moore que ayudó a alimentar esta nueva etapa en la carrera de Murphy, de 59 años. (Quantrell D. Colbert/Paramount Pictures via AP) "We had a … Estaba en la cima de su fama tras “Beverly Hills Cop II” (“Un detective suelto en Hollywood II”) y el especial de stand-up (monólogo de comedia) “Raw”. There were times when it was like fingernails on a chalkboard; lines were groan-worthy. I had gone to see him live and loved his show. Entonces el mundo entero se derrumbó”. McClafferty: From what I remember, everyone was on board right away. Nobody. Davidson: Had he come down there and said, “This is my show and this is my star and this is what I want him doing,” it could’ve been a situation like Roseanne or Seinfeld. “No es acerca de ser negro. I was like, “I’m not going through that again.”. “Estábamos locos”, dice Hall. He was a kid, but he killed it. Entonces me quedó claro que esto iba a hacerse de inmediato”. He possessed a Midas touch that could pull a hundred Ms out of the box office with “a piece of shit.” (The cinematic turd Eddie referred to in a 1989 Rolling Stone interview was, in fact, The Golden Child.) We spoke to some of the folks closest to the production in an attempt to unearth what happened, what went wrong, and how Black culture missed out on Eddie Murphy Television pioneering something that In Living Color, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and Martin would provide just a couple of years later. If you’re putting something on in the summer, you’re basically just trying to burn the show by fulfilling your obligation. La gente ahora deja caer el micrófono, cuando la primera caída de micrófono fue la de Randy Watson en ‘Coming to America’”. How to raise a black son in America | Clint Smith - YouTube. He’s like, “Just call me when dinner is ready. Algunos elementos han sido actualizados. As brilliant as Tommy Davidson was, he was clearly in a tough position. “De pronto estoy leyendo este guion que me encanta y me doy cuenta de estamos a punto de ir a Atlanta, que es el África de Estados Unidos, a filmar una secuela que nunca habíamos pensado hacer”, dice Hall. So he needed a lot. En vez, Murphy y sus colaboradores — incluidos los guionistas Barry W. Blaustein, David Sheffield y Kenya Barris — sintieron que el principal atractivo de “Coming to America” yace en su premisa de cuento de hadas. Davidson: They aired it just to air it at 8 p.m. on the Fourth of July. Algunas cosas han cambiado con el tiempo. Whatever he needed on set — whether to grab him something or be a spokesperson. Nobody. He said, “Let’s see what he can do on his feet.” Of course, when he finally did see Tommy he was like, “Oh, that’s my man.”. Shopping. I had to learn that and take that like a man and not be like them. It’s not an easy thing to do. Davidson: I didn’t get any help at all. His experience includes seven years as a police officer during which he served as head of the Firearms Training Division as well as being a S.W.A.T. Davidson: With the loss of Coming to America was the loss of everything else. Paramount suggested him. A White man who had made a name penning Black sitcoms like Diff’rent Strokes and Webster, Hecht reportedly took a rigid, I-know-best approach to comedy. Redirecting to /clintsmith/filmography/p66383 I don’t remember Tommy being tremendously upset, but I know there was some discussion whether Ken was the right person for the job. I was playing him up a lot. Le dije, ‘Sí, hombre’. Corry: Ninety percent of what was written was written by Ken, and I don’t remember the last time he was a Black man. Eddie Murphy en una escena de "Coming 2 America". His office was a 10-minute walk from the stage and he never came by. I met Eddie on the road performing. Accountable Years Ago, The Super Saiyan Form of Karen Is Terrifying, Trump’s Winning Streak Has an Expiration Date, The Survivor’s Guilt When Black Co-Workers Leave the Job. Tap to unmute. We were like, ‘That shit ain’t funny!’” — Clint Smith. Coming to America Still - Photofest - H 2016. He didn’t say he didn’t like Tommy. Eddie Murphy opened up to Ellen about the highly anticipated movie "Coming 2 America," and divulged that it went above and beyond his expectations. Take a look. His first full-length collection of poetry, Counting Descent, won the 2017 Literary Award for Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Para Murphy, ese es el legado de la película. Then they started putting pressure on Eddie to go see him. Up Next. Davidson: You got to be able to take some defeats and still have faith. by Ace Midnight. Pero pasaron décadas antes de que comenzaran a hablar de una secuela. Smith: I didn’t totally hate it. Clark-White: Over time, Mark McClafferty asked, “Would you like to work on the pilot?” Production told him they needed a dialogue coach to feed lines to the actors on set. McClafferty: I don’t remember getting a lot of criticism from anybody on the show. I established myself as a deadpan, can’t-nobody-touch stand-up. “Coming 2 America”, dirigida por Craig Brewer, invierte la trama del pez fuera del agua para llevar Queens a Zamunda luego que Akeem se entera de que tuvo un hijo (Jermaine Fowler) en su primera visita a Nueva York. Pero hay algo de cierto”, dice Brewer. Most of that stems from the would-be sitcom’s showrunner, now-deceased TV writer Ken Hecht. These interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity. Using “eating bugs” as an example. That’s supposed to go into syndication for the rest of my life. Murphy calcula que él y su buen amigo se han visto dos o tres veces por semana en los últimos 40 años. Smith: Eddie never came to set unless he was working. He was not there hovering. They were gonna pay me X amount of dollars to take me off the market to develop TV and movies for me. Los diálogos se volvieron frases comunes. Eddie wouldn’t even return my calls. Jim Carrey, Eddie Murphy, Pryor. “Esta es la única película que he hecho que tiene seguidores de culto”, dice Murphy. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. Shopping. R, 1 hr 56 min. Beyoncé y Jay-Z se disfrazaron una vez como los personajes de la película para Halloween. Networks were thinking it was going to be an Eddie Murphy television show and they were disappointed when they found out it was not Eddie Murphy. “I was the singular most sought-after Black comedian in Hollywood. They just wanted movies. You know it’s gonna be the bomb. Dije: ‘OK, permítanme levantarme de este sofá en el que he estado por ocho años. Lo grande iba a ser regresar a ‘Saturday Night Live’. Review our Privacy Policy for more information about our privacy practices. “Teníamos un borrador en el que tenían puestas gorras MAGA y eran republicanos”, dice Murphy. We had deals where whenever we wanted to showcase someone, we would just pick up the phone. Treinta y tres años después de “Coming to America”, Murphy y Hall regresan a Zamunda. Tommy killed it. Watch later. “Me había levantado del sofá para ir a trabajar. So I’m left with the old regime style of doing things, which is, “Shut up, Black person. In 2015, John Landis revealed that, although he liked Coming to America, he felt the movie was slow, and he requested that Paramount allow him to produce a director's cut for the Blu-ray disc edition which would have shortened the film to improve its pacing. A weekly newsletter that dives into cultural news in need of a strong opinion. Es la segunda película que más ingresos registró en 1988 a nivel doméstico: 128,2 millones de dólares en boletería, casi el doble de lo que recaudó “Die Hard” (“Duro de matar”) ese año. I’m writing this.”. If we had a good time slot and the studio gave us a chance, that show would’ve been a hit. Mar 2, 2021. Copy link. Hasta entonces Murphy, un orgulloso hombre hogareño, ha vuelto al punto donde empezó. So, you wonder, what does Mr. Smith carry for personal protection? Clint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic. His debut nonfiction book, How the Word Is Passed, will be published by Little, Brown in June 2021. Check your inboxMedium sent you an email at to complete your subscription. While the script flossed some bright spots (in one scene, Tariq tells his landlord/new boss: “I can be a Beverly Hills cop. Paramount refused, saying that the original movie was too successful. Seinfeld was a hip Jew with his friends. I believe they asked Eddie to be a guest and he declined. Marlon did a really great audition. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. 18 min ago. “E íbamos bien, hicimos todo lo que queríamos. Tommy almost saved it. All the barbershop scenes from Coming to America. The material was wack. McClafferty: Ken’s a White guy who’s been around shows like Diff’rent Strokes, but it’s different when you’re working with children as opposed to a comic who knows how to deliver. Copy link. If we had a good time slot and the studio gave us a chance, that show would’ve been a hit. Tommy and the heavyset kid Paul Bates would come over my house every evening and we would order pizza and go over lines. Permítanme trabajar un poco’”, dice Murphy.
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