Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxk!alexisp From: alexisp@ihuxk.UUCP Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Trading Places (Review) Message-ID: <353@ihuxk.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Jun-83 14:47:35 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxk.353 Posted: Mon Jun 13 14:47:35 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Jun-83 03:16:14 EDT Lines: 26 Trading Places: stars eddie Murphy and Dan Akroyd not even Eddie Murphy was able to save a poor script. The laughs were half hearted, the story was prepostorous (for example eddie murphy turning into a financial whiz in about 5 min flat...) and I thought the movie was 1) racist: somehow, no one laughed very hard at any of the racist jokes, mostly because they didn't come across as jokes... 2)sexist: for no apparent reason, we get treated to several women showing their breasts, without ever adding to the story. (i have to admit I didn't know Jamie Lee Curtis had such a nice body though...). this kind of nudity is unwarranted, and reinforces the point that women are sex-objects. Also, we had one more example of that famous male fantasy, the golden-hearted whore. this makes even less sense when you realize that at no time is the fact that Curtis is a prostitute really have anythging to do with the movie!! 3) a rip-off: one scene in particular was a DIRECT rip-off of one of richard pryor's funniest moments ever, the "I'm BAADDD" routine in Stir Crazy. conclusion: sophomoric movie that wasn't very funny, and not worth seeing. 2 stars. Alexis Porras ihuxk!alexisp Bell Labs, IH