Ratner-Murphy Oscar Fiasco Ranks Right Up There with Norbit
In the wake of an unbelievable 48 hours framed by the departure of both Brett Ratner and Eddie Murphy from the 2011 Oscars show parade, the analogous either-or movie reference that comes to mind is far removed from the actor’s crackerjack first effort. In Murphy terms, the only echo of his bust-out-of-SNL mid-80s form is the fact that not a single person in Hollywood would be interested right now in trading places with the ArcZapped, Stern-fried Rat.
There’s just something so painful about the fact that Ratner ran Murphy through the paces of a Tinseltown train wreck as unfunny as 2007’s Norbit and as misguided as 2002’s The Adventures of Pluto Nash.
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