Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Eddie Murphy is still defending Norbit — calling it funny “to this day” despite how degrading and buffoonish it was in its portrayal of Black women. In this video, I break down his defense of the movie, the minstrel-show stereotypes it leaned on, and why the criticism around Norbit hasn’t gone away nearly 20 years later.
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Eddie Murphy is still defending Norbit — calling it funny “to this day” despite how degrading and buffoonish it was in its portrayal of Black women. In this video, I break down his defense of the movie, the minstrel-show stereotypes it leaned on, and why the criticism around Norbit hasn’t gone away nearly 20 years later.
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