RE: Hypocrisy in the Hollywood portrayal of overweight characters
February 10, 2013 at 3:34 pm
(This post was last modified: February 10, 2013 at 3:36 pm by TaraJo.)
Intelligent overweight women? You haven't seen any? Really? I mean, other than Misery, nearly every one of Kathy Bates' roles has been 'overweight intelligent woman.'
Although, it is quite annoying the huge gulf between Hollywood 'overweight' and IRL overweight. A girl has hips and a butt, she's a big fat fattie on the big screen even if she looks normal by day to day standards.
And the overweight idiot trope seems to be alarmingly common with men, too:
![[Image: homer_simpson.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i870.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab265%2Fandy1999%2Fhomer_simpson.jpg)
![[Image: peter_griffin.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i273.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fjj232%2Fbrassyndchaos%2Fpeter_griffin.jpg)
Although, it is quite annoying the huge gulf between Hollywood 'overweight' and IRL overweight. A girl has hips and a butt, she's a big fat fattie on the big screen even if she looks normal by day to day standards.
And the overweight idiot trope seems to be alarmingly common with men, too:
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