Recorded in front of a live audience in New York City, this film features actor/comedian Eddie Murphy performing a scathing comedy routine. Eddie's uncle (Samuel L. Jackson) and other family members are lampooned in sketch segments, while Murphy largely sticks to stand-up, riffing on fellow black comedians, marriage and various racial and ethnic stereotypes, among many other topics. The concert is particularly renowned for Murphy's liberal and unrepentant use of expletives.
Release date: December 18, 1987 (USA)
Director: Robert Townsend
Screenplay: Eddie Murphy, Robert Townsend, Keenen Ivory Wayans
Box office: $50.5 million($135 million in 2023 dollars)
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Edited by: Lisa Day