Great Moments in Journalism: We'll Sit Toward The Back Of The Theater, Then
Great Moments in Journalism are submitted by readers, and can be sent to this address. Okay, end of the week, poll up later in the day. This morning's Moment comes from A.O. Scott's review of the Eddie Murphy, uh, picture Norbit. We see what he's trying to say, but the final line seems a bit tossed off:
He also endows Rasputia, in spite of her habit of throwing Norbit through walls, her flatulence and her handy, tiresome catchphrase ("How you doin'?"), with an odd kind of delicacy. Her violent meanness is compounded by vanity, an unshakable sense of her own divine femininity that shows itself in the way she rolls her eyes, tilts her head and flutters her enormous, exquisitely manicured hands. Rasputia is certainly hateful, but some of her self-love manages to rub off on the audience.
