Critiquing Movies and the Folks Who Write About Them : Eddie and Pans
Could the many negative reviews of Eddie Murphy’s new film, “Coming to America,” be a result of unconscious racism?
Murphy’s previous movies were about a black man in all-white worlds and had mostly white casts. Did the white reviewers feel kinder to Mr. Murphy when he cavorted in the shining white world?
RICHARD E. MATISSE
Los Angeles
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