Eddie Murphy: Delirious
Eddie Murphy commands a stadium crowd with a landmark, aggressively raunchy stand-up set built from taboo subjects, family memories, and sharp observational humor.
Overview
Eddie Murphy delivers a riotous stand-up performance that pushes boundaries and leaves audiences in stitches.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- None
- raucous
- irreverent
- provocative
- comedy night
- stand-up marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the special as a seminal and highly entertaining stand-up performance, while noting that some material is anti-gay and offensive.
What sets it apart
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Murphy performs vulgarly comic material about sex, puberty, dating, sexual orientation, and family discipline for a stadium audience.
The special centers on Murphy's sold-out stadium act, using the live crowd and solo stage presence as its primary dramatic setting.
Murphy's routines turn mothers, puberty, dating, ice cream trucks, and singers' personalities into pointed comic observations.
The special is widely cited by comedians as a seminal stand-up work and remains a key document of Murphy's early career.
Films like Eddie Murphy: Delirious, and why
Eddie Murphy: Raw
raunchy stand-up performance, charismatic comic persona, and observational material about sex and everyday life
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert
filmed stand-up comedy driven by provocative social observations, abrasive language, and a commanding solo performer
George Carlin: Jammin' in New York
seminal adult stand-up special combining autobiographical storytelling, taboo subjects, and confrontational comic energy
Movie Details
- Director
- Bruce Gowers
- Release Date
- 1983-10-15
- Runtime
- 69 min
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 (369)
Cast
- Eddie Murphy
- James Argiro
Common questions
- What is Eddie Murphy: Delirious about?
- Eddie Murphy commands a stadium crowd with a landmark, aggressively raunchy stand-up set built from taboo subjects, family memories, and sharp observational humor.
- What is Eddie Murphy: Delirious like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Eddie Murphy: Delirious as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Eddie Murphy: Delirious violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Eddie Murphy: Delirious.
- What did critics think of Eddie Murphy: Delirious?
- Critics broadly regard the special as a seminal and highly entertaining stand-up performance, while noting that some material is anti-gay and offensive.
- Which films are like Eddie Murphy: Delirious?
- Films with a similar feel include Eddie Murphy: Raw, Richard Pryor: Live in Concert, and George Carlin: Jammin' in New York.
- How long is Eddie Murphy: Delirious?
- Eddie Murphy: Delirious runs 69 minutes.
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