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Mira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-09-11 02:24 PM Original message

Eddie Murphy Drops Out of Oscars Telecast - because of criticism over Ratner's anti-gay slur

Edited on Wed Nov-09-11 02:27 PM by Mira source: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/movies/eddie-murphy-drops-out-of-oscars-telecast.html?_r=1&emc=na Eddie Murphy Drops Out of Oscars Telecast By MICHAEL CIEPLY Published: November 9, 2011 LOS ANGELES — Eddie Murphy is dropping out as the host of the Oscars telecast, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences said Wednesday, less than 24 hours after the show’s producer, Brett Ratner, stepped aside amid a storm of criticism over his use of an anti-gay slur. .

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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-09-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message

1. Eddie is backing up his guy

Ratner probably talked him into hosting.

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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-09-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #1

20. too bad for murphy. not the first time he's been associated or said

anti gay things.

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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-09-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message

2. Fine with me.

Never liked him much anyway.

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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-09-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message

3. Good, I was planning not to watch it because I do not find Murphy funny

Edited on Wed Nov-09-11 02:31 PM by Bumblebee Let me add that I was actually hoping yesterday that it would lead to M. dropping the gig.

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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-09-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #3

8. FWIW, I think Murphy's early standup is classic

Though we all have our own taste in comedy. Also, I think most of Ratner's movies have been pretty bad - the 'Rush Hour' franchise as a prime example. What's interesting here is what this incident shows about how much things have changed since the early 1980s. Eddie Murphy's 1983 standup film 'Delirious' had a bit about gays where he used the word 'fags.' And 28 years later, Ratner gets the boot for using that same word.

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catbyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-09-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #8

11. Images by Tyrone Green

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mrJFf8lTk0 Images by Tyrone Greene ... Dark and lonely on the summer night. Kill my landlord, kill my landlord. Watchdog barking - Do he bite? Kill my landlord, kill my landlord. Slip in his window, Break his neck! Then his house I start to wreck! Got no reason -- What the heck! Kill my landlord, kill my landlord. C-I-L-L ... My land - lord ... Only truly funny thing he's done, well, that and a couple of Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood skits.

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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-09-11 02:30 PM Response to Original message

4. Good, now there's an outside chance the Oscars might not suck...

Like Eddie Murphy's "acting" does.

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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-09-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #4

19. nothing would prevent that...

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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-09-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message

5. We're going to have to figure this stuff out, and it isn't easy.

Ratner said the wrong thing, did the right thing, and I hope those whom he hurt can reach out to him so he knows he's not just being shunned but welcomed if he welcomes them. It's a tough lesson, though and I feel for him. I'm not sure I get Murphy pulling out, but we'll see what develops.

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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-09-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #5

7. Find this request unbelievably naive. One does not make jokes like that

unless one feels that way. He resigned because he had no choice and his prejudices, I am sure, have remained the same; he will just be more careful expressing them from now on...

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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-09-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #7

9. Exactly...one doesn't simply not use words like that by accident...nt

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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-09-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message

6. I find this really disappointing

If he pulled out for these reasons then I am not sure I would ever be able to view one of his movies the same way again. Sort of like Mel Gibson.

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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-09-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message

10. good riddance to bad rubbish as the old saying goes nt

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Lunabelle (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-09-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message

12. Good, Murphy is a has been anyway

Someone who is actually funny should do the Oscars!

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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-09-11 03:23 PM Response to Original message

13. Oh Goody

I won't miss that turd

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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-09-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message

14. I think he was glad to have an out.

There was not an uproarious response when he was chosen to host .. It's a hard show to host and not all can do it well.. Eddie's "moment" was a long time ago..

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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-09-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message

15. i wonder if those rumors about murphy have something to do with this

:popcorn:

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TacoD (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-09-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message

17. Eddie is no stranger to anti-gay slurs

His 1980s act was rife with "faggot" jokes.

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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-09-11 05:01 PM Response to Original message

18. damn, this is they guy Spielberg tapped to do the 39 Clues movies.

:mad:

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