Dude Murphy as a standup comedian is one of the best of all time. His stuff is awesome. Murphy's problem is that he basically decided to go mainstream and do cleaner movies.

Although Tower Heist was pretty good for his part in the ensemble as well as he and Owen Wilson in I Spy or whatever.

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Posted by Baloo

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Posted on 4/4/13 at 12:55 pm to WalkingTurtles

To paraphrase Patton Oswalt, he's funny in a who gives a shite kind of way. Murphy never had a real point of view like most great standups, he was just a guy who stood up and told jokes. He's kind of a throwback to the era before Lenny Bruce. Outside of his skin color, he would have fit in with the old Catskills circuit comics. Murphy was always a guy who viewed standup as a vehicle to become famous and move on to other things. He wasn't a devoted student of the craft like Pryor or Carlin, who cared more about standup than anything else.

This isn't to dog him, and I'm coming off harsher than I mean to. He was really funny. But I think he was always on tier below the greats because he was just a joke machine and not someone with a "voice". I don't think he cared about standup, he cared more about getting to Hollywood, and I think it showed.

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Posted by alajones

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Posted on 4/4/13 at 1:23 pm to WalkingTurtles

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Although Tower Heist was pretty good for his part in the ensemble as well as he and Owen Wilson in I Spy or whatever.

I thought those movies were horrible.

I think Murphy missed the or ignored the opportunity to cross over ala Bill Murray, Robin William, and Tom Hanks (shut up Freaux). IMO Murphy has the ability and on screen charisma to do more dramatic roles and really show his chops. He must not have the desire though.

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