a few choice words about "Norbit"

[shorterstory]

ahrghhhhhhhhh can't this movie rot and die and go to hell where it can be stomped on by angry dead civil rights leaders for eternity wearing cleats and singing "la bamba" i fuckin hate eddie murphy you hear me eddie HATE

okay! that was fun.

i don't know why this movie has gotten under my skin the way it has. i'm not asian; nor am i a

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[shiratic]

i assume you've seen the kim masters column in slate, which mentions that a number of civil rights leaders are upset about this thing for precisely the reasons you mention?

oh!

[shorterstory]

no, i didn't. good, i feel better - i was looking around wildly, asking, "where's the outrage?" i mean, did you read A.O. Scott's review? he was almost even-handed about it.

Re: oh!

[shiratic]

i think i'm just disturbed that such movies merit reviews at all :).

this has nothing to do with your post (though i agree)

[kazulrw]

what is your icon? is it a wild boar? wearing a bandanna?

Re: this has nothing to do with your post (though i agree)

[shorterstory]

that is a javelina, a kind of wild pig found in the southwest. when i was in tombstone, arizona, i saw that one stuffed and lookin fierce in the window of a store, so i availed myself of its image.

[why_lana]

i can't believe you saw it! what on earth compelled you? those posters make my skin crawl.

ha!

[shorterstory]

no, this is just my rage reaction to the ad campaign. can you imagine how angry i'd be if i did see the film??