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[quote=Anonymous]Okay, let’s not turn this into a thread about Denzel.

My point was that Eddie blew it because he’s a jerk. An arrogant jerk.

Eddie’s star was rising. He was opening films that made big profits. He could have transitioned that into a more mainstream movie career rather easily. The offers would have been there.

But he quickly developed a reputation for being a bad guy. He burned bridges and was assumed to be a liability, and that limited future options.

He is known to be very thin-skinned and a diva. Just ask David Spade (or any comics, really).

Anyway, Eddie isn’t a hero. He got very lucky with his SNL break (another young black comic essentially had the role but then lost it when SNL learned he couldn’t read). He was smart to leave SNL so quickly because he really wasn’t as talented as people thought; watch his SNL skits and you’ll see he was a one trick pony who capitalized on his 15 minutes of fame to build a certain kind of acting career. But he blew it. He could have transitioned into more substantial roles, but he got greedy and his personal life became too public and off putting to Hollywood and the general audience.

PS - his old standup really wasn’t that good either. He isn’t the great comic some say he was. The fact that he stopped doing stand up comedy so early on speaks volumes. [/quote]

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