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Coming to America : Prince Akeem Acclimates to Queens

Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and Semmi (Arsenio Hall) move to a purposefully tarnished New York City apartment to become "real" New Yorkers. The friends attempt to transition to Queens, NY by changing their formal, African clothing to New York street style – letting go of their fancier clothing pieces.

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camera leading, close-up, costume, fade-out, full shot, high angle, mise-en-scene, music, diegetic, point-of-view shot, reaction shot, semidiegetic sequence

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"Prince Akeem Acclimates to Queens" in Coming to America. Directed by John Landis, Paramount, 1988, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2327

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user Sophia Feinerman

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