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01-21-2007, 02:12 PM
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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.
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01-21-2007, 03:06 PM
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The movie looks like it's going to be hilarious.
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01-21-2007, 04:31 PM
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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!
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01-21-2007, 08:24 PM
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Personally I didn't take offense maybe because I know a woman who beats her husband.
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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.)
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01-22-2007, 06:28 PM
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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.)
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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.
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01-22-2007, 06:33 PM
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However I do not agree that starting a petition for a film that no one has seen is a good idea either.
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Indeed. A lot of people never heard of this movie until the petition circulated.
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01-22-2007, 09:30 PM
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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.
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03-19-2007, 02:43 AM
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I didn't see the movie but the previews looked stupid.
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03-30-2007, 11:41 AM
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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".
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03-31-2007, 09:47 PM
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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".
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Saw it in the beauty shop. Not fuuny. Well, maybe if I were drunk. Eddie should've just said "NO". 
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