We’re no mathematicians, but this seems obvious. Dreamgirls didn’t get to number one in the US weekend box office and Norbit did – so Norbit is the better film and Eddie Murphy should have got an Oscar nomination for that film instead of Dreamgirls.

But oh no – the Oscars voters still seem steadfastly intent on rewarding Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls over his box office-topping work in Norbit, and that’s the way it seems it’ll stay – no matter how hard we lobby for the inclusion of a Best Black Actor Dressed Up In A Fatsuit And Pretending To Be A Woman category in the Oscars. That’s a shame, because Eddie Murphy in Norbit would have walked it over this year’s competitors Martin Lawrence in Big Momma’s House 2 and Tyler Perry in Family Reunion.