Coming to America

Hot and Bothered

Not Sorry Productions

Society & Culture, Feminism, Books, Relationships, Arts, Intersectionality

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Hannah McGregor and special guest Professor Racquel Gates meet in the fictional country of Zamunda to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about Coming to America.

This week we discuss the tensions between Eddie Murphy and John Landis, what makes a 'black' film, and Racquel's concept of formal negativity. We finish the episode checking in with Vanessa for her thoughts on the movie.

Don't forget to check out Racquel's book, Double Negative: The Black Image and Popular Imagination!

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0:00.0	Sometimes running a business can feel like cycling uphill, with square wheels!
0:07.0	I got water!
0:10.0	But zero online accounting software can help predict the future cash flow of your business.
0:15.0	So you can stay one step ahead.
0:17.0	Soon it'll feel more like free-wheeling downhill.
0:20.0	Woo-hoo!
0:21.0	On a tandem!
0:22.0	Alright, mate! On a tandem!
0:23.0	With a messer on the back!
0:25.0	Oh, that's nice.
0:26.0	Search Zero with an ex, because healthy business is beautiful business.
0:30.0	The ASA regulates UK ads across all media, including radio, to make sure they stick to the rules.
0:38.0	You should be able to trust the ads you hear, whether you love love them or hate them.
0:44.0	So we're by your side and keeping our ears open because every little helps.
0:52.0	The ASA, keeping ads legal, decent, honest and truthful.
0:57.0	Oh, yes.
1:00.0	Coming to America is a 1988 romantic comedy starring a young Eddie Murphy well on his way to becoming a superstar and directed by John Landis.
1:14.5	The two had previously collaborated on the 1983 comedy Trading Places.
1:19.9	In the intervening years, Eddie Murphy's star had grown significantly while Landis's reputation
1:25.3	was in shambles after the deaths of several actors on the set of the Twilight Zone movie.
1:31.3	The result of this collaboration is a movie with an A plot and a B plot so
1:36.7	distinctive that sometimes it feels like you might be watching two separate films.
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