Two recent film portrayals of African-American women have drawn huge audiences: Tyler Perry's Madea character, which has spawned a franchise; and Eddie Murphy's Rasputia in Norbit. Both characters ...

A secondary character is Norbit's surrogate father, the orphanage owner Mr. Wong, a foul-mouthed racist with grey teeth who compares his daughter-in-law Rasputia to a gorilla who needs to be fed ...

Mild-mannered Norbit (Eddie Murphy ... Recently forced to marry the shrewish glutton Rasputia, he is at wit's end. Then his childhood sweetheart, Kate (Thandie Newton), moves back to town ...