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‘Serious People’ Review: A Light Doppelganger Comedy Hits All The Right Notes [Sundance]
It’s been 25 years since Eddie Murphy played his own lookalike in the underrated “Bowfinger,” a Steve Martin-led comedy revolving around a struggling director who, to produce a film unwittingly starring a major celebrity, casts an everyman who just so happens to bear more than a passing resemblance to the man at the top of the marquee. The concept of doppelgangers in cinema could hardly be considered new, with fresh takes on the idea few and far between. Continue reading ‘Serious People’ Review: A Light Doppelganger Comedy Hits All The Right Notes [Sundance] at The Playlist.
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It’s been 25 years since Eddie Murphy played his own lookalike in the underrated “Bowfinger,” a Steve Martin-led comedy revolving around a struggling director who, to produce a film unwittingly starring a major celebrity, casts an everyman who just so happens to bear more than a passing resemblance to the man at the top of the marquee. The concept of doppelgangers in cinema could hardly be considered new, with fresh takes on the idea few and far between.
