Comments on: Did Eddie Murphy lose Academy Award as payback for 1988 Oscar diatribe?

By: cal

cal — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:47:03 +0000

Hmmm the thing about this is that when did say that, there was alot of relevence to the statement. I guess he could have shut his mouth and never said anything but if you never say anything nothing changes. Go Ediie. I do disagree with him leaving though.

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By: MargeAggedon

MargeAggedon — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:52:50 +0000

He didn’t win because he didn’t deserve to win. That he was nominated at all is only a nod to the movie, it’s creators and backers.
I also love how he left immediately after losing and then tried to say he just wanted to go home early.
Riiiiiiiight.

Does he think he was only nominated so his perceived ‘enemies’ could watch him lose? Isn’t that a little paranoid?

Occam’s razor. Maybe he just sucks.

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By: Miller

Miller — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:35:47 +0000

Norbit (I hope he lost b/c of it). That damn movie was just plain cruel in its attitutde towards black women. He seems to have issues (tranny hookers, for ex.). I do think his poor personality and Arkin’s great performance made it easier to not vote for him. It’s so wrong, but I enjoyed his reaction when he lost. He was so damn arrogant prior, like, he was entitled to an Oscar. Not even Jamie Foxx, who everyone assumed would win, was that bad.

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By: Gigohead

Gigohead — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:51:53 +0000

I find that hard to believe that folks would remember something almost 20 years ago. I have a feeling Eddie’s performance wasn’t good enough for an Oscar. I know I sound like Simon Cowell, but it resonanates in this case. Adam Arkin gave a better performance. Sorry Eddie.

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By: miss luigi

miss luigi — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:13:18 +0000

When are these “fatsuit cross-dressing” movies going to stop being made? Have any of them been remotely funny?

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By: frewtloop

frewtloop — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:32:03 +0000

Murphy’s performance was for me, the only good thing about Dream Girls….. Man, that film was stupid.

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By: Kolby

Kolby — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:26:40 +0000

Denzel also won for Best Supporting Actor for Glory, an amazing film. I think that it probably isn’t the Academy that has discriminated in the past, but more likely the motion picture industry as a whole. However, if we really wanted to get into it, we could examine that the numbers of African American films, and African Americans in films, is somewhat connected to the number of African Americans in the country. I believe they make up about 12% of the population, less than Hispanics, who also haven’t won many, or even a few, major film awards. Either way, Eddie Murphy sounds like a tool.

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By: katie

katie — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:10:03 +0000

I didn’t see DreamGirls, but I saw Little Miss Sunshine and Alan Arkin did a great job in that movie.

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By: MaiGirl

MaiGirl — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:06:59 +0000

I think that the accusation should be leveled at Hollywood as a whole, and at the audiences. Often people of color are so eager to see anything ethnic that they will see racist tripe like Soul Plane or Norbit. We can’t allow these films to make money, because they Hwood will only make more and employ excellent actors in crappy roles.

And he should have stayed to see the rest of the awards given out to his castmates. It’s just tacky bad form to leave.

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By: liar

liar — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:09:23 +0000

If Eddie wants to be respected, he should stop making those horrible “fat-suit” movies he apparently loves so much.

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