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Everyone loves the many characters Eddie
Murphy brings to life… including Eddie.
Audiences love to see him dress up as
the entire family of ‘The Klumps’ (not
including the youngest son) but in this
film Eddie goes overboard in more ways
than one with Norbit.
One
has to wonder if the writing duo Eddie
and Charlie Murphy drained the budget
with their nominal fees because Norbit
falls flat of what was to be expected.
Norbit starring Eddie Murphy begins with
a family, barely stopping for a decent
tuck and roll, who throws a small baby
outside a Chinese orphanage. The bad
start begins when the Chinese proprietor
also played by Eddie Murphy picks up the
baby saying ‘you ugly black baby. Nobody
wants an ugly black baby. You be here
forever’. Norbit is all down hill from
there.
Normally, a complete description is
necessary to support the film but not in
this case as a complete description
would only make you stop reading this
review.
The
best thing about Norbit was the previews
and teasers available for advertising.
Its anticipated box office smash for the
first week will fall short the following
week no doubt due to word of mouth
reviews that most likely won’t
compliment the film.
It
wasn’t the buffoon like antics of the
cast of characters like Eddie Griffin
and Katt Williams who play pimps or the
unfunny like appearance of Marlon Wayans
as the freaky neighborhood exercise
instructor that put this movie to shame.
It’s the lack of humor and sad jokes
that accomplished that for Eddie Murphy
who isn’t known for poor comedy choice
roles.
Does
Eddie Murphy have an obsession for large
black women? Or does Eddie Murphy think
being overweight is funny? Apparently so
as in most of the films that Eddie
himself backs are predominantly focused
on large women of African American
decent which in turn can be deemed
offensive instead of humorous.
Hopefully this weekend Eddie Murphy will
take home an Oscar for his Academy Award
nominated role in Dreamgirls. That way
it will draw the bad light away from
this fiasco of a film.
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