re: Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America, Trading Places, 48 hrs...

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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.

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in that regard i'd agree.

so far as no real voice i'm not sure i agree there. for every oswalt, cross, or maron etc there are plenty of comics i enjoy because they make me laugh gaffigan, regan, etc.

i'd tend to agree that black comics like chapelle, o neal, etc have a more defined voice but i dont' always need that to find someone funny.