Eddie Murphy’s Axel Foley is a Black cinematic hero because he represents Blackness outsmarting whiteness
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. (L to R) Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley and Paul Reiser as Jeffrey Friedman in “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.” (Courtesy of Netflix) OPINION: Netflix’s “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” isn’t a good movie, but it does reminds me how much I love watching Murphy play the wisecracking Detroit cop….