Cedric the Entertainer does soft-bellied dance steps and offers candid imitations of ordinary folks.

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L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, and Bernie Mac began touring around the country in 1997, and Spike Lee, using lightweight video cameras, caught their act in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Larry joins a merry band of scooter-riders, while his unemployed neighbor (Cedric the Entertainer) seems to relish, rather than bemoan, the need to mount a permanent yard sale as a source of income.

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The likes of Jamie Foxx, Cedric the Entertainer and so many others in Hollywood have answered the call of activist-entertainer Harry Belafonte to use their celebrity for more than just the next project.

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But center stage is occupied, more often than not, by Cedric the Entertainer in the crucial and startling role of Eddie, an elderly barber who, in semi-retirement, may lack customers but never opinions.

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