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By College Press Service gran
Martin Lawrence, you so crazy. The:
Well, maybe and maybe not. The and
popular comedian, who stars in his "A
own hit TV show, "Martin," is follow- The;
ine in the footsteps of idol Richard Pry- wprr
or and friend Eddie Murphy with the
release of the concert film "You So
Crazv" saw
"This is in your face," explains .
Lawrence, almost instantly. "'You So ?ur
Crazy ' is a movie. You feel you're a
part of this. You're right up there in a
my eyes, in my mouth. You see my that
sweat, every little drip I'm poring out A
to the audience. Lawi
'You can get up when you're watch- an c
ing me on TV. Yeah, you can get up in
a theater to get popcorn or go to the an c
bathroom, but if I grab you, you won't CQm
want to get up."
And grab you he does. For 90 minutes,
Director Thomas Schlamme's (
cameras capture Lawrence in constant ^
motion, running back and forth across ?f
the stage of Brooklyn's Majestic The- A
ater, as he tackles such broad topics as a rej
racism, then hones in on such per- resu
sonal issues as relationships. in tl
It's a tour de force that's as true as
it's funny, and most importantly, it
tickles the funnv bone of both sexes
and all races. (
"That makes me feel good," he said. P
"You know why? These are people rac"
who aren't afraid to say, 'I can hear mot
you and take what you have to say for Sino
what I can get out of it.' I love that. I tract
really do." critf
Lawrence reveals that his humor re- chai
fleets his life and the people he has
met since growing up in Maryland. As
a kid, family and friends always noted
that he had huge eyes, and the come- ? ,
dian, 28, said he uses those eyes to ab- ^
sorb everything. a
"Nothing really gets by me, and I ny ?
talk about it," he said. "I try to think mov
what is funny to me. It starts in the in yc
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se women have been my mother POTSDAM, N.Y. ? Engineering students in a
father. senior design class at Clarkson University are takLt
home, I was always humorous. in8 a nontraditional approach to education.
y were always humorous. So, we Instead of referring to their textbook for an
: able to sit around and find some- swers> theY are writing the text themselves,
g humorous in whatever was hap- "This is role-playing for an entry-level engineer,"
ing. When I saw Richard Pryor, I Professor James Svoboda said.
, 'Man, here's a guy like us!' He Students are divided into groups of two or
id something humorous, some- three assigned research projects. The projects
g serious, and knew how to say it
humorous way. I kind of adopted
for myself, and it just works."
rence, who has three sisters and I
tlder brother, took odd jobs to
e money. Then, after an outing at
>pen mike night at a Maryland I
edy club, he pursued comedy in I
ihattan. A 1987 appearance on I
- Search" led to a recurring role on Jjjfl
at's Happening Now!", an update
that's Happening?" .
move to Los Angeles and work as f r
gular on the comedy club circuit ?
lted in an HBO special and roles I
ise Party I & 11 and Boomerang. I
len came "Martin," Lawrence's of- I
x>ntroversial Fox sitcom on which w^M ^
lays the lovelorn host of a Detroit
o as well as his own
her and a neighbor,
e its 1992 debut, the show has at- I
ed a large fen base and an army of I
cs, among them Bill Cosby and I
rles Dutton (of "Roc"), who find ^
in sexist and demeaning to African
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I'm enjoying 'Martin,'" he said,
I'll do it as long as it's funny and I
illenge. But if you think I'm funn
TV, wait until I get to do some mm
ies. I can go really crazy, really be cam;! andUbc
>ur face. I can't wait, man. I can't
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