Should a campaign be organized against "Norbit" for its bashing of overweight women?

[JackRiddler]

This is not flame-bait. Yes, I criticized the campaign against the Snickers ad, or rather, the arguments advanced for it. But if you believe in it and you fought the six-hour battle to have Mars pull the campaign, good for you.

It finally made me think of this:

1) The "Norbit" movie by Eddie Murphy is getting the usual blockbuster promotion, ads all the time, billboards on the subway, etc.

2) These commercials are clearly aimed at the impressionable 10-15 age group.

3) The movie is apparently about how some schlub named Norbit (Murphy) married a very fat woman (Murphy in a fat suit and drag, doing the neo-Al Jolson) and is now stuck with her. She is by definition physically repulsive, and an acceptable target for universal mockery. This mockery is celebrated as natural and good; no irony or nuance is pretended. It's fine, because the commercials imply that she's too overbearing and stupid to even understand that everyone is disgusted by her. (The reactions exceed what the NFL players showed while viewing the Snickers ad.)

4) The funniest idea is apparently the notion that poor Norbit actually has to have sex with this woman. The billboard on the subway shows her in lingerie, crushing him beneath her on the bed, with him giving a wacky "uh oh" face to the viewer.

I'm not even going to ask how 100 showings of these commercials are not 100 times more offensive and damaging to a group that is subjected to discrimination and yes, violence, than the single showing of the Snickers ad. This is self-evident.

I do wonder why it doesn't inspire any public expressions of outrage.