Hypocrisy in the Hollywood portrayal of overweight characters
February 10, 2013 at 5:09 am
(This post was last modified: February 10, 2013 at 5:10 am by Tea Earl Grey Hot.)
It seems to me there's a huge hypocrisy in the way overweight male characters are portrayed and the way overweight female characters are portrayed.
With the male characters, intelligence is not inversely correlated with weight. The character can be somewhat often portrayed as obese and smart.
And with the male characters, their obesity does not always define their character. It's not always vital to their role.
With the female characters however, I can't recall a single instance where they weren't portrayed as complete idiots. And very often their weight is the sole point of their character. The only reason they exist in the story is for cheap laughs about their weight. I can't think of any significant (extras dont count) fictional overweight female characters in tv or movies where they were portrayed of even being of average intelligence.
This obviously is not consistent with reality and I'm disgusted with how prevalent and accepted this stereotype is.
With the male characters, intelligence is not inversely correlated with weight. The character can be somewhat often portrayed as obese and smart.
And with the male characters, their obesity does not always define their character. It's not always vital to their role.
With the female characters however, I can't recall a single instance where they weren't portrayed as complete idiots. And very often their weight is the sole point of their character. The only reason they exist in the story is for cheap laughs about their weight. I can't think of any significant (extras dont count) fictional overweight female characters in tv or movies where they were portrayed of even being of average intelligence.
This obviously is not consistent with reality and I'm disgusted with how prevalent and accepted this stereotype is.
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"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
