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‘Trading Places’ at 40: Dan Aykroyd Knows That Blackface Scene Wouldn’t Fly Today

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The “Ghostbusters” star on filming John Landis’ 1983 status-swap comedy, working with Eddie Murphy, and how he looks back at that blackface scene today.

Simon Bland
Simon Bland 

Freelance Writer

Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy in Trading Places
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Simon Bland

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