‘You People’ weighs down powerhouse cast with maddeningly obvious racial humor

The cultural appropriation favored by Ezra (Jonah Hill, left) does not impress Akbar (Eddie Murphy), the father of his girlfriend, in “You People.” (Netflix)

Everything that doesn’t work in the disappointing Netflix culture-clash romantic comedy “You People” is crystallized in the scene in which Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ wealthy white and Jewish Shelley Cohen welcomes her son Ezra (Jonah Hill) and Ezra’s Black girlfriend Amira (Lauren London) to her posh Brentwood home.

“Oh my gosh, you are so beautiful,” gushes Shelley. “I love your hair, LOVE your fingernails, look at these rings …” A moment later, Shelley says, “I want to put this out to the group and see how it lands. I think the police are and always have been f----- up towards Black people, and I for one hate it.”