Recommended film: The Heat
18 Jul 2013 04:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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.
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)