Three African-Americans clearly take top billing in the comedy "blacks" and 80s.
First Richard Pryor movies soul survivor of the 70s, whom the studios reserve roles of very poor: a loser convict in Stir Crazy, a bus driver for child Bustin 'Loose , slave play a rich kid in The Toy and blind-eyed in See No Evil, Hear No Evil . Then, Eddie Murphy steals the show, with lead roles in cartons box office as INRAtion Trading Places the trilogy Beverly Hills Cop and Coming to New York . Finally, the sprightly Whoopi Goldberg plays a female counterpart of Murphy, and plays a heroine almost similar (but qualitatively different) in Jumpin 'Jack Flash , and catastrophic Burglar and Fatal Beauty .

But the end of this decade, one feels a shiver African-American creative renewal. And especially this one arrives at incarnate despite commonplaces conveyed and cumbersome imposed by the major studios. In two years, three films will revolutionize comedy blacks, and even film in general and the representation of African-Americans:

And the arrival on the market such products, accompanied by surprisingly? - a great financial success that Hollywood producers are obliged to take into account. With his triumph in the stand-up Eddie Murphy Raw (which he entrusts the attainment of Robert Townsend), Eddie begins to have a say on the scenarios. As a first step in working to that of Beverly Hills Cop II ,

Spike Lee for his return in 1988 with a comedy, School Daze , on color differences in Afro-American universities, thus confirming the foot afo-American filmmakers to the caustic humor and realistic even, dare I say, politics.
All these productions have in common roles "normalized" and diverse, a variety of topics, allowing representation of sexuality and finally the emergence of talent (they are actors and actresses, or chief operators, technicians, casting directors, costume ...) I think Collage Tisha Campbell, Samuel L. Jackson, Damon and Keenen Ivory Wayans, John Witherspoon, Laurence Fishburne, Kadeem Hardison, Ruth E. Carter, Wynn Thomas, Ernest R. Dickerson...
1980
Stir Crazy
1981
Bustin' Loose
1982
The Toy
1983
D.C. Cab
Trading Places
1984
Beverly Hills Cop
1986
Jumpin' Jack Flash
She's Gotta Have It
1987
Beverly Hills Cop II
Burglar
Fatal Beauty
Hollywood Shuffle
Eddie Murphy Raw 1988
Coming to America
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
School Daze
1989
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Stir Crazy
1981
Bustin' Loose
1982
The Toy
1983
D.C. Cab
Trading Places
1984
Beverly Hills Cop
1986
Jumpin' Jack Flash
She's Gotta Have It
1987
Beverly Hills Cop II
Burglar
Fatal Beauty
Hollywood Shuffle
Eddie Murphy Raw 1988
Coming to America
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
School Daze
1989
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
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