![]() ![]() While he's great, he also doesn't have much company, which is too bad. Chris Rock is the only really high profile stand-up comic these days. It's too bad that stand-up like his is so rare today. It's a standup routine, and it's the Eddie Murphy many of us grew up watching. He rarely needs to stop to breathe, much less take a drink. The last 30 minutes get funny again, white jokes and all. I just lost it because I know full well how dead on he was. It picks up again when he starts talking about and impersonating Italians. There's an attempt at another joke similar to "You ain't got no ice cream…" joke on Delirious but it just isn't as good. Some parts are funny, others are not so good. Then he goes into his dating rant and the next 30 minutes get bumpy. T and Michael Jackson, then dealing with an angry Bill Cosby after his son (the late Ennis, alas) caught Murphy's act. The first 30 of this 90 minute show are vintage Murphy, picking up on his old jokes about Mr. He's not the best at voices, but he does get the attitude right, and his facial expressions are second to none. T, Michael Jackson, Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor are priceless. Decked out in blue patterned leather, boots, a long scarf and racing gloves with a huge gold ring on one finger, Murphy strolls back and forth across a dark stage, occasionally taking a seat on a stool, and lets fly with a stream of consciousness that can cause pain. Raw was filmed in 1987 at the Felt Forum in New York. Maybe this is a toe in the water to set the stage for Delirious and Comedian some time down the road. It says it right on the cover, an Eddie Murphy Production. How Raw managed to sneak out is a bit of a mystery, since he owned the rights. Some day, his kids will see their dad in red leather, swearing like mad and making rude jokes. With Murphy's career reimaging, he doesn't want his old works out there, which is a shame. That honor belongs to Delirious, which will never see the light of day from what I've heard. As I said, Raw isn't his funniest stand-up show. So hearing the then-single Murphy rant about marriage when he's been married for 11 years and counting, with five children, makes it all the funnier. There's a lengthy rant against marriage and divorce and women getting half of everything in the marriage, even with a celebrity breadwinner. While Eddie Murphy Raw wasn't his best stand-up routine, it has both genuine and unintentionally funny moments. Fatherhood is about as good an excuse as any. ![]()
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