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Delirious (1983) is an American stand-up comedy television special directed by Bruce Gowers, written by and starring Eddie Murphy. The comedy became a TV Special for HBO released August 30, 1983. The 70-minute film became Eddie Murphy's first feature stand-up film, becoming the predecessor to the wide theatrical release in 1987, Eddie Murphy Raw. The stand-up was also released as an album on October 24, 1983 titled Eddie Murphy: Comedian, which won Grammy for Best Comedy Album at the 1984 Grammy Awards.
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| Directed by | Bruce Gowers |
| Produced by | Eddie Murphy Robert Wachs Richard Tienken |
| Written by | Eddie Murphy |
| Starring | Eddie Murphy |
| Cinematography | Juan Barrera Grek Cook Sam Drummy Les Leibowitz Mike Lieberman Jake Ostroff Ken Patterson Joel Gold |
| Edited by | Ken Denisoff Dave Barr |
Production company | Eddie Murphy Productions |
| Distributed by | HBO Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
| Language | English |
Screenplay
Unlike his acts on Saturday Night Live, Murphy's performance was very profane, saying the word "fuck" a total of 230 times, and "shit" 171 times.
Before the show started, The BusBoys performed "(The Boys Are) Back in Town" over a montage of pre-show footage of Murphy traveling with his road crew. Then, he is introduced after the song and thanks The BusBoys for the opening act before starting his comedy routine.
Among the topics Murphy addresses is the lure ice cream trucks have on children. Once the ice cream was bought, they would sing and dance mockingly in front of kids who could not afford it. Other topics that he addresses are Michael Jackson, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, racism, Reaganomics, gay people, AIDS, and Marian Anderson. After his routine, the video ends with Murphy and his road crew walking to his dressing room while the credits roll.
Delirious was filmed on August 17, 1983 at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington D.C.
The film received positive reviews. The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave it an 83% approval rating based on 6 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. However, it was criticised for being anti-gay.
"When I did Delirious," Murphy reflected in 1989, "I got all this flak for my material being so filthy. The truth is, it's nowhere near as filthy as some of the stuff they're doing now. I'm feeling like a fucking old guy watching Sam Kinison or Andrew Dice Clay."
One of the topics that Murphy addresses in Delirious is homosexuality, frequently making fun of gay men and using the homophobic slur "faggot". However, in 1996, he released a one-page statement apologizing for his use of that slur, saying: "I deeply regret any pain all this has caused."
In June 2009, a 25th Anniversary Edition was released.
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