Tuesday
01Jul2008
The Best News of All Time
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 12:25AM 
Hide your transvestite hookers:
Eddie Murphy may have a lot more free time on
his hands.
According to
WENN, he might be hanging it up after a career
that began promisingly with 48 Hours and Beverly Hills Cop and ran
aground ten years later. Even his Oscar nomination for Dreamgirls felt
obligatory. Except to Murphy, of course, who's such a good sport he walked out
of the ceremony after losing to a better performance by a better human being
(Alan Arkin). There were actually quite a few better candidates than Murphy that
year, and I'd be glad to list them for you should you ask.
So now, the once funny but long since irrelevant and self-absorbed Murphy might call it quits.
"I have close to fifty movies and it's like, why am I in the movies? I've done that part now," said Murphy. "I'll go back to the stage and do stand-up." Wow. If you think unfunny 90-minute comedies are bad, wait till you see unfunny stand-up routines. That's not news to people who have endured Dane Cook, I realize, but still. I'll give you The Nutty Professor; that's not something just anyone can do. It deserved to be an enormous success. I thought some of his best acting was in Bowfinger, where he was two distinct characters based solely on whether or not he was wearing glasses. But you better grab onto something if you want to watching much else with Murphy's name on it since, like, 1992. Actually, it may go back to Coming to America. That might be the official end of his run. But if he's retiring, what will become of the many films he's already linked to, like an upcoming Romeo and Juliet Project, The Incredible Shrinking Man, and Beverly Hills Cop 4? Apparently, he'll honor his commitments, or at least that's what it sounds like today. Maybe after the villagers storm his castle with pitchforks and torches after Meet Dave is released in a couple of weeks, he might have a change of heart. Let's hope so. Nothing better than watching someone who pissed away immense talent go out on a losing note. And it couldn't happen to a nicer guy...Colin Boyd | Permalink | in Eddie Murphy | Print Article | Email Article | 5 Comments | Share Article
Reader Comments (5)
I hope it wasn't because of all the bad mouthing we have done on this blog, Eddie. Who are we going to make fun of now? Brett Ratner? That's too easy!
So, I take it you are not a big fan of Eddie Murphy? Is that right? It's kind of unclear to me. ;P
What's with all the shots at Dane Cook? I'm just as hacky and irritating as he is...look at me, I'm so edgy- DDD!!!
No way that was actually Carlos Mencia. I smiled when I read it. That never happens when he's on stage or TV.
you should just kneel before Zod