In this bonus discussion tying into our month of buddy cop action movies we decided to take on a movie that isn’t perhaps an example of a buddy genre but it had nonetheless influenced the trend one way or another, the 1984 Beverly Hills Cop. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the many ways in which Eddie Murphy impacted Hollywood, the long and winding history of how the movie came together and how it ended up proving once and for all that a black actor did not need a buddy to lead a movie. We also talk about the MTV aesthetic slowly creeping into the movies, Beverly Hills Cop as a potential commentary on class and a seemingly controversial idea that Eddie Murphy maybe gave a social performance in the lead role that many viewers overlooked.

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