Recommended film: The Heat
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firecatThe Heat is a buddy cop movie set in Boston starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy. I thought it was really funny, and the humor does not rely on fat jokes (McCarthy is fat), fat stereotypes, sexual assault or harrassment.[1] There are some jokes based on appearance, and a lot of jokes based on class.
Normally I wouldn't see this type of movie in the theater but I did because wanted to reward the producers for making a film of this type that stars women.
There are spoilers in the comments.
[1]ETA: Add "against women". There were jokes about sexual harrassment of men.
Normally I wouldn't see this type of movie in the theater but I did because wanted to reward the producers for making a film of this type that stars women.
There are spoilers in the comments.
[1]ETA: Add "against women". There were jokes about sexual harrassment of men.
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Lack of fat stereotyping
Date: 18 Jul 2013 11:53 pm (UTC)McCarthy's character is shown eating once early in the film. I started to get annoyed until I saw that she was eating a bell pepper.
She brushes off a couple of guys she slept with who are sad that she didn't call them afterward. She kisses one of them.
Re: Lack of fat stereotyping
Date: 19 Jul 2013 12:45 am (UTC)Re: Lack of fat stereotyping
Date: 19 Jul 2013 05:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 18 Jul 2013 11:59 pm (UTC)Because of course movies starring women need to be held to a higher moral standard. Only guys should get to play foul-mouthed vigilante cops. Am I right?
Guessing that O'Hehir is white, I'm also guessing that he never felt the lack of seeing people like himself on the movie screen.
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Date: 19 Jul 2013 02:07 am (UTC)(Now I am trying to think of a woman or a person of color as aggressively mediocre as GWB who might reasonably be considered an indicator of a true post-racial or post-gender-wars presidency.)
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Date: 19 Jul 2013 05:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jul 2013 12:46 am (UTC)And I went to see it to support female buddy movies, too.
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Date: 19 Jul 2013 07:08 am (UTC)(It often approaches parity for romance, but *two* identifiably female characters? Unheard of!)
I'm going to see if my sister wants to go with me for this. (So far I'm betting yes.)
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Date: 19 Jul 2013 06:08 pm (UTC)Exactly.
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Date: 19 Jul 2013 01:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jul 2013 06:09 pm (UTC)Lack of fat stereotyping
Date: 19 Jul 2013 12:00 am (UTC)McCarthy's character is shown eating once early in the film. I started to get annoyed until I saw that she was eating a bell pepper.
She brushes off a couple of guys she slept with who are sad that she didn't call them afterward. She kisses one of them.
Re: Lack of fat stereotyping
Date: 19 Jul 2013 02:10 am (UTC)[Also, my husband's aunt played Tatiana's mother, who had one brief but memorable scene.]
Re: Lack of fat stereotyping
Date: 19 Jul 2013 05:31 am (UTC)Re: Lack of fat stereotyping
Date: 19 Jul 2013 10:50 am (UTC)Would it have PLAYED differently, or been received differently if the person climbing out of the window wasn't fat? I don't know. I think I would have enjoyed it the same, but I can't speak for any other audience.
Re: Lack of fat stereotyping
Date: 19 Jul 2013 06:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jul 2013 12:01 am (UTC)Because of course movies starring women need to be held to a higher moral standard. Only guys should get to play foul-mouthed vigilante cops. Am I right?
Guessing that O'Hehir is white, I'm also guessing that he never felt the lack of seeing people like himself on the movie screen.
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Date: 19 Jul 2013 02:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jul 2013 05:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jul 2013 01:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jul 2013 12:44 pm (UTC)