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'''''Life''''' is a 1999 film starring [[Eddie Murphy]] and [[Martin Lawrence]]. At first glance, it appears to be a normal, Murphy, screwball comedy. It has surprising depths as it follows several decades of the main characters' unlikely friendship. Fitting it firmly in the Dramady territory.
Claude Banks (Lawrence) gets caught up in a bootlegging scheme after a fateful run in with no-good Ray Gibson (Murphy). While making the sale in the [[Deep South]], the boys get involved in a crooked game of cards and end up framed for the murder of the local card shark. Sentenced to life, their friendship is forged by proximity and the dream of escape.
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* [[Book Ends]]: Ray and Claude's funeral.
* [[Camp Gay]]: Biscuit.
* [[Chocolate Baby]]: The Superintendent's daughter gives birth to a very obviously not white child. This leads to a hilarious scene where the Superintendent lines the prisoners up and compares the baby to each of them, trying to root out the father.▼
* [[Credits Gag]]: A bloopers reel is shown during the credits. The best of which is Murhpy's crack during {{spoiler|the watch scene: "Hey, this ain't my daddy's watch!"}}
* [[Deep South]]: Even though they are black men in the early 1900s, Claude is shocked to see the differences in their treatment when they leave [[Big Applesauce|New York]] and head South.
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* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]: Ray and Claude hate each other until they have to spend decades in each other's company.
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: Ray and Claude die in prison. {{spoiler|Or did they?}}
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* [[Hope Spot]]: {{spoiler|When the superintendent finds out Ray and Claude are innocent, he immediately moves to write their pardon - right after he gets out of the restroom. Unfortunately, the stress of the day's events causes a heart attack and he dies without drawing up the papers or telling a soul.}}
* [[I Am Spartacus]]: The entire camp claims fathership of Mae Rose's child to save Can't Get Right.
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