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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Coming to America |
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Prince Akeem is a African prince from Zazumda whom wants to find true love on his own. Midly dissapointed with a arranged marriage his meddling father King Jaffe Joffeur wants him to have, his father decided to let him take a vacation in any place in the world. He chosen Queens (New York) believing this might be the best place to look for a Queen. Akeem took his good friend and royal servant Semmi to America and from there, they look for potential brides but none measured up to what he is looking for. After taking a job as a restaurant employee, he met his boss's beautiful daughter, instantly he knew right then and there he finally found his Queen.
--alicia, Resident Scholar
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When the Prince of Zumunda (Eddie Murphy), named Akeem is arranged to marry a perfect woman to satisfy all his needs to be his queen. But he really does not want to marry because he believes in marrying for love and not tradition. So he takes off with his servant and friend Semmi (Arsenio Hall) to United States to find his queen. To find her where else would he go, but Queens in New York. The secretly royal pair start to work at McDowell's, a rip off of McDonalds and Akeem falls in love with the bosses daughter but shes dating a cocky arragant rich man. One of Murphy's best. Absolutely hilarious. Hall and Murphy do a fantastic job, especially playing the multiple characters they do. I've heard some people credit this film as possibly being the funniest movie ever made.
--cameron line , Resident Scholar
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An African Prince is having an arranged wedding with a bride who will serve him in all ways possible, he does not wish to be served and want to take care of himself. He decides to go to America to find a bride that arouses his intelect as well as being beutiful. He finds a woman with beuty, elegance, and grace but she is harder to get than he had hoped.
--Benny Lambertsen, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Coming to America |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
If a parody... of
- new yorkers
Kind of comedy
- vacation or seeing foreign culture
Lover is...
- hidden identity--rich
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Body type
- (man) average build
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Africa
Yes
Kind of Africa:
- Black Africa
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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