Borrowing from the street mythology of 1970s los angeles rudy ray moore assumes the persona of dolemite a pimp with a cane and an arsenal of obscene fables.
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Eddie murphy portrays a magnificent version of rudy ray moore is one of his best acting performance and we know that murphy can make everything he wants otherwise he won t be eddie murphy.
Good bad flicks explores the life of rudy ray moore and his legendary character dolemite.
Rudy ray moore was born on march 17 1927 in fort smith arkansas usa.
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Dolemite is my name 2019 r 1h 58m late night comedies in 1970s la struggling comedian rudy ray moore hits it big with his raunchy alter ego dolemite then risks it all to take his act to the big screen.
He was an actor known for dolemite 1975 the human tornado 1976 and disco godfather 1979.
The 1975 movie dolemite an actual movie starring the real rudy ray moore has all of this and more.
Directed by d urville martin.
Eddie murphy wesley snipes keegan michael key.
It s also bad so bad it s kind of enjoyable bad but still it s bad.
The acting is wooden.
The persona was developed during his early comedy records.
He created the character dolemite the pimp from the 1975 film dolemite and its sequels the human tornado and the return of dolemite.
Rudolph frank moore march 17 1927 october 19 2008 known as rudy ray moore was an american comedian singer actor and film producer.
Rude in 1982 the comedian s movie appearances dried up though he continued to make personal appearances and sporadic recordings.
This movie is dirty funny and interesting on how dolemite was a self made man but aknowledges the people that helped him to going through his mad dreams.
This weekend in select theaters academy award nominee eddie murphy portrays the inimitable rudy ray moore in the film dolemite is my name.