Dan Aykroyd admits he ‘couldn’t get away’ with Blackface today

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During a recent interview with The Daily Beast, the 70-year-old actor recalled working with Eddie Murphy on the 1983 comedy Trading Places where his character appeared in Blackface and sported dreadlocks and a Caribbean accent. "I was in Blackface in that film, and I probably couldn't get away with it now.” "Eddie and I were improvising there. Eddie is a Black man and his entourage were all Black people, and I don't think they batted an eye. There was no objection then; nobody said anything. It was just a good comic beat that was truthful to the story."

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