Academy Award nominee Eddie Murphy portrays real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon. Dolemite Is My Name, in select theaters on October 4th and on Netflix October 25th.
Bringing back to life a figure who was idolized by a younger generation of black comics, Murphy plays a real person for the first time. Having seen the movie, I can say he nails it: This is a full-blown return to the kind of screen charisma that made Murphy a superstar.
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