EP 45: Zamunda on The Stoop

The Stoop

Hana Baba and Leila Day

Identity, International, Thestoop, Blackness, Storytelling, African, Personal Journals, Africanamerican, Blackidentity, Blackart, Journalism, Society & Culture, Black, Diaspora, Blackculture

4.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

It's been 33 years since the original film Coming to America, a film that gave many of us some laughs at a time when tensions were high. Now with the new film are we still laughing? We get into the African perspective and talk about what made us laugh and what made our Jheri curls feel dry.

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0:00.0	This is my voice. It can tell you a lot about me, and I'm not changing it for anyone.
0:08.0	In NPR's Black Stories, Black Truths, you'll find a collection of NPR episodes centered on the Black Experience.
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0:23.0	Hey, Lila. Hey, Hanna.
0:26.0	In a faraway kingdom, lived a handsome prince.
0:33.0	He was attended by devoted servants.
0:36.0	That is coming to America. It became a cultural, classic.
0:44.0	And engaged by royal decree.
0:48.0	It wasn't just because of the stars in the film, you know, Eddie Murphy or Cineo Hall,
0:54.0	but also because it was bringing up so many things between Africans and African Americans.
1:00.0	And it was kind of one of the first times that we'd seen that, at least our generation.
1:07.0	Yeah. It was this film that poked fun at who we are.
1:12.0	Yeah, but it was also interesting because when looking back at it, a lot of people aren't laughing.
1:17.0	You know, there was a lot of complaints about colorism and the casting, about major stereotypes, sexism,
1:24.0	and it being a movie about Africans without any Africans.
1:29.0	So the new coming to America called coming to the number two America has been out 33 years since that original movie.
1:39.0	And so because it's been so long, we were wondering, can this type of humor work today?
1:47.0	Girl, let's stoop this out.
1:54.0	The stoop.
1:55.0	The stoop.
1:56.0	The stoop.
1:57.0	The stoop.
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