Meet Norbit: Disgrace to Black Women

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by prettynatural

I saw the trailer and it pulled laughs from me but I was offended at the same time. I don't know how I feel about it. I mean it is funny but on a deeper level Ithink it is wrong and is not a positive portrayal of black women. Each to his or her own.

Well it's really hard for it to be about "each to his or her own" when there's a petition and you said it's a negative portrayal of a group of people.

[Honeykiss1974]

I've just seen the trailer and from what I've seen I'm not offended or anything. Maybe if the Norbit's girlfriend was the ONLY type of black woman portrayed in the movie but she isn't. But anyway, I probably won't see this because it just doesn't look interesting.

This controversy is very similiar to that surrouning Tyler Perry's Madea character.

[lilbay77]

The movie looks like it's going to be hilarious.

[BlessedOne04]

I saw Eddie on Inside the Actors Studio and he discussed the Norbit character. Personally I didn't take offense maybe because I know a woman who beats her husband. I'll have to check the movie out!

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by BlessedOne04

Personally I didn't take offense maybe because I know a woman who beats her husband.

But is it comical? Would it be comical for a movie to portray a fat black man beating up his wife?

(I didn't know the character beat her husband in the movie.)

[BlessedOne04]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

But is it comical? Would it be comical for a movie to portray a fat black man beating up his wife?

(I didn't know the character beat her husband in the movie.)

I saw Eddie on Inside the Actor's Studio and say a clip and thats what he said about the movie. Domestic abuse is not comical. However I do not agree that starting a petition for a film that no one has seen is a good idea either. At the end of the day people have a choice as to whether they want to see the movie or not.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by BlessedOne04

However I do not agree that starting a petition for a film that no one has seen is a good idea either.

Indeed. A lot of people never heard of this movie until the petition circulated.

[20PearlGirl]

I have seen this petition making its way around. I guess I took exception to it because of the way we are portrayed in movies anyway. I certainly won't be supporting it.

[PrettyBoy]

I didn't see the movie but the previews looked stupid.

[Krucial Keys]

This movie so minimally sparked my interest my homeboy bought a cheap bootleg of this movie for me because I refused to patronize this movie. I was like "ok he took the time to actually buy this dvd let me give it a chance". 15 mins into the movie I politely got up took the dvd out my dvd player and gave it back to him and said " nah I'm good, I have mopping to do".

[pinkies up]

Originally Posted by Krucial Keys

This movie so minimally sparked my interest my homeboy bought a cheap bootleg of this movie for me because I refused to patronize this movie. I was like "ok he took the time to actually buy this dvd let me give it a chance". 15 mins into the movie I politely got up took the dvd out my dvd player and gave it back to him and said " nah I'm good, I have mopping to do".

Saw it in the beauty shop. Not fuuny. Well, maybe if I were drunk. Eddie should've just said "NO".

[pinkies up]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Well it's really hard for it to be about "each to his or her own" when there's a petition and you said it's a negative portrayal of a group of people.

Read my "updated" post. I had a little more time to digest my thoughts after thinking about it. Yes, I did laugh at the trailor; it was funny. However, I do have to think about the people who may feel it is offending them. I don't think Eddie purposely made this movie to direspect anyone; he did it to entertain. We have to be careful about the types of stereotypes we're saying "oh, it's okay" to as well.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by pinkies up

Read my "updated" post. I had a little more time to digest my thoughts after thinking about it. Yes, I did laugh at the trailor; it was funny. However, I do have to think about the people who may feel it is offending them. I don't think Eddie purposely made this movie to direspect anyone; he did it to entertain. We have to be careful about the types of stereotypes we're saying "oh, it's okay" to as well.

Are you also prettynatural or were you just informing me of your update?

[pinkies up]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Are you also prettynatural or were you just informing me of your update?

Sorry, I thought you were referring to me, that's why I responded.