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Approx. transcript time · 01:50:44Read transcript
- Eddie Murphy is named repeatedly as winner: "Let's not overthink this one."
- Arsenio Hall gets a best supporting actor nod.
- Alternatives for Arsenio's sidekick role are debated: Mario Joyner, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Townsend, Denzel, Wesley Snipes, Sinbad and David Alan Grier, with most judged too handsome, too early or a complexion mismatch.
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Apex Mountain
Shari Headley; Allison Dean; Clint Smith; Jheri curls in film
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Approx. transcript time · 01:30:43Read transcript
- Eddie Murphy is not at Apex here.
- Arsenio Hall is proposed as at Apex, but the objection is that the Arsenio Hall Show is his apex, with 1989 preferred.
- James Earl Jones's apex is debated: this film and Field of Dreams, the 70s, the voice of Darth Vader, the Yellow Pages ads, possibly no apex, or Sandlot as a belated apex.
- Best of the Best is jokingly named as an apex and a future Rewatchables pick.
- Shari Headley and the other sister are "definitely Apex for both".
- St. John's is no, because the 1985 team with Chris Mullin, Walter Berry and Mark Jackson was better.
- Clint Smith is a yes.
- Hot tubs are raised; the Coming to America hot tub is admired, but others point to Julia Roberts and Eddie's James Brown sketch.
- For Jheri curls, Soul Glo is both the nadir and the apex, at least in film.
- Queens isn't treated well enough to be at Apex, and classy New York hotels peak with Home Alone.
- Barbershop conversations were copied for 33 years, but the movie Barbershop is judged the apex for barbershops.
- The category should be specific to Black barbershops because Mississippi Burning has a barbershop scene the same year. — Wesley Morris
- It's got to be Barbershop.
What’s Aged the Worst?
Credits, effects, computers, cameos and real-life loss change the watch.
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- Opening credits and dated CGI are criticized; a Lucas-style effects touchup is imagined.
- Old green-font account computers seem insecure; the Arsenio Hall cameo and contagious-elevator joke age poorly in the current context.
- Swayze’s early death and reported relationship with Lisa make the farewell painful. Career and illness chronology are speaker reports, not verified biography.
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