Actually, I *didn't* see "Shallow Hal." (I was trying to be sarcastic, I should have made that clear, sorry). I *did* see the trailer for "Shallow Hal" (with its "woman jumps into pool and half the water splashes out" scene, among others) and it made me feel so humiliated that I nearly left the theater without seeing "Moulin Rouge."
I have read that the Farrelly Bros claim that they were making "a love letter to fat people," but I fail to see where repeating fat jokes and vicious stereotypes (I have been over 300 pounds, and have never broken a chair or capsized a canoe because of my weight) helps encourage others to see inner beauty. That's a little like saying that depicting people of color as lazy, shiftless, and ignorant but goodhearted promotes racial tolerance.
Oh, and that scene in the trailer with the horse with the broken back? Funny thing, Dan Blocker (who played Hoss in "Bonanza") was a big guy, and *he* rode horses all the time. Oh, I forgot.... it's far worse for a woman to be fat than a man. (Look at the sitcoms on television -- "King of Queens" or "Drew Carey" comes to mind -- where pudgy guys have fashion model wives/girlfriends.)
Sorry, didn't mean to start ranting.... off to wipe foam out of my mouth....
Although it does feel good to finally get that off my chest.
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I have read that the Farrelly Bros claim that they were making "a love letter to fat people," but I fail to see where repeating fat jokes and vicious stereotypes (I have been over 300 pounds, and have never broken a chair or capsized a canoe because of my weight) helps encourage others to see inner beauty. That's a little like saying that depicting people of color as lazy, shiftless, and ignorant but goodhearted promotes racial tolerance.
Oh, and that scene in the trailer with the horse with the broken back? Funny thing, Dan Blocker (who played Hoss in "Bonanza") was a big guy, and *he* rode horses all the time. Oh, I forgot.... it's far worse for a woman to be fat than a man. (Look at the sitcoms on television -- "King of Queens" or "Drew Carey" comes to mind -- where pudgy guys have fashion model wives/girlfriends.)
Sorry, didn't mean to start ranting.... off to wipe foam out of my mouth....
Although it does feel good to finally get that off my chest.