Comments on: Dumb and Dumber

By: MsLadyJ

MsLadyJ — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:30:35 +0000

I agree with BabyBlue
I find Norbit quite amusing, of course not Mr Murphys best work by far. What I find way funnier than the movie is that people complain about what type of movies are out now, and in the same breath complain about how there are not enough roles for black actors/actresses. A movie is a movie is a movie. In the movie business like every other business there are projects that many will not agree with. But to stay on top (or close to the top) they are done and at the end of the day if Eddie Murphy can look at him self in the mirror and be ok than that’s all about him. Now if the message in the movie is something YOU do not agree with, don’t support it. If you already have than be mad and get over it. It’s not like he did the movie based on a specific individual (mainly YOU) that he wanted to mock and piss off. Yes I agree it was a little stupid yet funny, and at the end of the day most people know someone who is like the female character in the movie. A shame I know… (LOL)

By: Joyce

Joyce — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:32:29 +0000

I do not plan to see Norbit, based on the trailer and the advertisement for the movie. There seems to be a trend among black male actors, Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Tyler Perry, to dress in women’s clothes and portray black women as fat, loud, and obxious. Even some black actresses have fallen into that trap -think Queen Latifah in Bringing Down the House and Monique in Phat Girls. Anyone who doesn’t see that black women are being stereotyped in a negative manner is just plain blind. The said fact is that much of the stereotyping is being done by our own kind. If I recall correctly, Latifah was one of the producers of Bringing Down The House, a movie that stuffed as many negatives in two hours as it possibly could. Eddie Murphy was one of the writers for Norbit.

If a black woman is not being portrayed as fat and loud, then she is sharp tongued, confrontational, and has a lot of mouth. Think Wanda at Large, the woman on the Pine Sol commercial, and the one on Phillips Milk of Magnesia. I remember seeing a commercial for Wal Mart – a group of black women who had formed a book club. All were big. It is so ridiculously one sided and what is even more unfortunate is that a lot of black people have accepted and internalized the stereotype of the overweight black women. Especially at a time when the news is filled with medical information about health problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer that can result from obesity.

By: Coffy

Coffy — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:19:11 +0000

i can’t believe this is the number one movie in Amercia,sad.

By: Mrembowomam

Mrembowomam — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:39:59 +0000

As soon as I saw that commerical I thought how degrading to women. You don’t have to be a color to it. How dare Eddie Murphy do that. He must doesn’t respect women in general to me. Someone mention Mrs. Doubtfire, I feel that’s different. In the movie, I feel they weren’t making fun of Mrs. Doubtfire. He did that to me with his children. He just went thru extremes. Someone needs to put an end to this. Maybe one day Oprah will talk about it on her show. She usually brings up things like that.

By: brightseat_bully

brightseat_bully — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:47:57 +0000

I’m not sure where we ever got the notion that if we ignore negative stereotypes, they won’t affect us. I’m pret-ty sure that people are disgusted by the portrayal of our women to OTHER PEOPLE moreso than how we look to each other (though that’s important too). Sure, I know that my wife and daughter are vibrant, beautiful, intelligent women, but does Mr. *ahem* Charles assume that’s the case when they interview for a job? Or does he assume my wife will chase men around the office with her ginormous boobs? What if a Black boy gets lynched in Mississippi because of the stereotype (furthered in ‘Birth of a Nation’) that he REALLY wants to rape white women? Stereotypes do tend to matter at that point, right?

By: Coffy

Coffy — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:16:57 +0000

i’ve never heard the tactic of “ignoring it” being effective, why ignore what you could change.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:19:01 +0000

All I can say is wow!! I think that the real issue is that so many black women actually pay attention to any of this. If you feel like this is a portrayal of you then maybe you personally have a few issues. I see myself as a beautiful, successful, highly intelligent and vibrant black woman. These images have no affect on my self image or that of anyone else who truly does not represent this stereotype. Anyone can take any comedic character from a movie and find someone that will feel as if they are being picked on but does it really matter when there are other more important issues like the children who are reading at a 3rd grade level when they graduate from high school? If it offends you don’t watch it. What a simple solution imagine that?!!

By: Glen

Glen — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:55:29 +0000

When I saw the trailer for this a few months ago I groaned. I am so tired of seeing grown black men dress up in the fat suit and bash black women in the name of comedy.

By: afrobella

afrobella — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:16:11 +0000

Realtalk, you are entitled to your opinion, but that has nothing to do with the discussion of Norbit being an offensive film that revels in negative stereotypes.

By: Black Honey

Black Honey — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 06:32:09 +0000

@realtalk, that was really one opinion you should have kept to yourself. No one chooses to be overweight.