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Emerson College's student newspaper

The Berkeley Beacon

Blaxploitation for the #039;00s

If you’re in the mood to indulge yourself in two hours of blatant racism and embarrassment, head to the theatre for Norbit, an equally hateful and humorless statement about black culture in America, just in time for Black History Month.,Remember Soul Plane? You know, the “comedy” that portrayed black people as incompetent fools who drank, smoked and screwed on board what was apparently modeled as a black person’s plane?

If you’re in the mood to indulge yourself in two hours of blatant racism and embarrassment, head to the theatre for Norbit, an equally hateful and humorless statement about black culture in America, just in time for Black History Month.

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