Alright so I thought this was the funniest movie ever as a kid, and I still think it’s hilarious. But looking back, scenes like this bother me a lot. As a kid it was very confusing to kind of like this woman’s fat roles while simultaneously thinking that they were part of what made her ugly. I mean, look at the way they represent the fat woman vs the thin woman.
The message here is obvious; the fat woman is made to seem brutal, masculine, she’s got her giant soda, etc. Imagine your favorite curvage model in this scene instead, and how differently it would come across. Probably wouldn’t even be funny because she wouldn’t fit the media’s typical fat stereotype.
I hate the way the media tries to be the arbiter of what it beautiful and what is repulsive. It’s always...
Thin woman essentially=young, pretty, trendy, long silky hair, sexualized, flirty, desired by men
Fat women essentially=older, frumpier, grandma hairdo, asexualized
This is why I avoid so much mainstream entertainment nowadays. I’ve gotten to the point where if I see fat women portrayed this way, I’m like “nope, fuck this, I’m outta here”. There was a time where it didn’t bother me as much because I could separate what I find attractive from what they portray on screen, but now I see that they’re equating the two. That’s how stereotypes work.