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I'm looking forward to scoring a bootleg DVD of Norbit from brothaman in the parking lot of Mickey D's (one of the benefits of living in the 'hood). Then I can give it away to my teenage neighbors, so the cycle of thievery can continue.
Because a) I now have to see it, but b) I'll rot in hell before I pay for what I think I'm about to see.
Honestly, haven't we been through all this before?
If you want to see:
Eddie Murphy as a hilarious nerd: Bowfinger (vastly underrated, if you ask me)
Eddie Murphy in a fat suit: Nutty Professor franchise
The lovely Thandie Newton: Flirting (filmed when she was still apparently eating food)
As a sista who is smaller than Rasputia, but who could probably only fit one arm into Thandie's jeans leg, I live with the blowback from this kind of stuff every damn day. Stereotyping is NOT benign.
(p.s. Spend your money on a CD of Nina Simone singing "Four Women")
