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January 24, 2008
The Danger of Making Wagers with your Children
The Danger of Making Wagers with your Children
(yet another thing off topic...)
My son Chris has been dying to see the Eddie Murphy movie, Norbit. This movie ranked among the worst of the year by the critics
and was just another 'sophomoric' movie with a male actor in a ‘big lady fat suit’ as his other role. Here is the description:
Norbit (Murphy) has never had it easy. As a baby, he was abandoned on the steps of a Chinese restaurant/orphanage and raised by Mr. Wong (Murphy). Things get worse when he's forced into marriage by the mean, junk food-chugging queen, Rasputia (Murphy). Just when Norbit's hanging by his last thread, his childhood sweetheart, Kate (Newton), moves back to town. In the comedy "Norbit", he'll show them all that nice guys sometimes finish first. (DreamWorks Pictures)
This move got typically bad reviews and was definitely not appropriate for kids. When it came out on DVD, Chris kept asking to see it and we kept saying NO. Finally, Pam, in what would have been the safest bet of all times, told the boy that if it earned an Academy Award Nomination, he could see it. So…we were both shocked and annoyed to see this the other morning:
Achievement in makeup (see all nominees)
--“La Vie en Rose� (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
--“Norbit� (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount) Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
--“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End� (Walt Disney) Ve Neill and Martin Samuel
Norbit is now number two on our Netflix List. Lesson to be learned. Do NOT make bets with your kids…no matter how safe they appear!
Posted by cseeman at January 24, 2008 08:15 AM