A Prince in Queens

Coming to America is a popular movie starring Eddie Murphy. One of My favorite childhood Movies filmed in New York City. This Movie Captured the Spirit of New York City. The Movie was filmed in Queens in 1988. Coming to America Captured the lifestyle of New Yorkers and the languages used in the streets of New York. While watching this Movie as young girl I had no idea how life in America was. Despite all the beautifully buildings shown in  the movies, I though New York was a glamorous place to live until I saw Coming to America which captured many different places in New York besides the tall buildings in Manhattan.

"Coming to America" is a Movie about a Prince who Migrates from Africa to The United States. Prince Akeem Mission was to find a bride to Marry. He was tired of being pampered by his Parents and the Servants. Akeema wanted to be Independent and be able to make his own choices. In the Movie The character Akeema decided to act like he was a Poor Student who is here only for school. Although he was a rich Prince he didn't want his true identity revealed because he wanted to find true love, someone who can love him for who he is and not for his status as a Prince. Akeema and his friend decided to rent a Apartment in Queens and live like normal people. They decided to get a Job at a local Restaurant known as McDonald, while working at the restaurant Akeema the Prince falls in love with his boss daughter Lisa.

  The film coming to America showed how life in New York really is. Despite the fact that people really do find true love.  I realized the way the Media portrays the looks of New York City was different from what this Movie displayed. The Movie Captured the dirtiest places in New York and the ugliest old buildings. The film also Captured how Some people in New York steal and curse in the streets; it showed what life in New York really was on a daily basic, high crime rates and poor people out in the streets without homes in the cold weather. Even though most of the Movie scene displayed the negative looks on New York City, the movie is very popular and According The Author  (Lacy Langley) there were  talks about the remake of the movie "Coming to America but Eddie Murphy has Clarified there will be No Remake of "Coming to America  because of  fear of lawsuits.
Work Cited
Langley Lancy ,Eddie Murphy :No Remake of "Coming to America" Webprones.com.  November 21, 2013 Web March 24,2014