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Analyzing The Star Of The 2007 American Romantic Comedy 'Norbit' By Eddie Murphy

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The star of the 2007 American romantic comedy Norbit - Eddie Murphy, gave out his reasons why he chose not to impersonate the American stand-up comedian Bill Cosby during the 40th Anniversary of the American television show - Saturday Night Live earlier this year. During Eddie Murphy's interview with The Washington Post, the actor shared that he felt there was "nothing funny" about making light of the once beloved comic legend, "It's very unpleasant. If you get up there and you crack jokes about Cosby, you're just hurting people. You're hurting Bill Cosby. You're hurting his accusers. I was like, 'Hey, I'm coming back to Saturday Night Live for the anniversary, I'm not turning my moment on the show into this other thing.'" Shortly after the show was aired, Saturday Night Live alumni, Canadian stand-up comedian - Norm McDonald, revealed via his Twitter account that he wrote the sketch poking fun at Bill Cosby, however, Eddie Murphy grew uncomfortable with the idea and turned down the sketch, because Eddie Murphy didn't want to "kick a man when he's down." …show more content…

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