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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 10:39 PM Original message |
How come fat guys can be cool in movies, but not women? |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. If anyone can land the handsome lead, Queen Latifah can |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. A rarity! But, I don't think of her as fat, but "big boned" |
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WildClarySage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I have noticed that women of color |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. This doesn't seem to always be the case... |
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WildClarySage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 02:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Good point. |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 10:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Interesting example... |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. I can think of only one "'fat' woman gets thin, handsome man" film plot: |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 10:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. And of course... |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 10:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. And she's not even fat. She's just slightly frumpy - she's probably |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 12:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. The film did manage to make a couple of good points |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. Attractiveness, too... |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. I don't watch too many movies |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Titanic and Kate Winslet... |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I think it was Cameron |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I agree with you. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Guys have ALL the shows, anyway, don't they -- ??? |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. You may have to look to foreign films... |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 09:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I loved Baghdad Cafe! |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. True... |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. How come ugly guys can have their own reality shows? |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 10:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Apparently... |
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lizerdbits (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
21. A non thin woman is a joke |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. You got it |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
23. Excellent point!! Also all over TV; fat guy gets the pretty girl -- |
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rAVES (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-04-07 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
25. truth about cats and dogs... |
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Samurai_Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-04-07 11:12 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Last Holiday |
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smokey nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
27. "Babycakes." It was a made-for-TV movie starring Ricky Lake and Craig Scheiffer. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
28. I actually believe that the |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Roseanne is still one of my favorite shows -- |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Awesome show. |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. That show was brilliant |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Ally McBeal took us all back at least a decade.... |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Sometimes I wonder why more women |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
31. Jackie Gleason and the Honeymooners |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 07:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Correction to my post--- |
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