Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Sorry but Fat Chicks will never be the "New Hollywood"

I know a lot of people have taken issue with the fact that Vanity Fair published their "New Hollywood" and it should have been titled "The Whitest Women in America," but nonetheless the Precious girl, Gabourey Sidibe, should not have been included. I've read a lot of people complaining about the lack of color(They couldn't even find a tan white girl?), but they pretty much lose all credibility when they suggest Sidibe. One of these things is not like the others(Hint: Its not skin color). There are plenty of other minority actresses that have much more successful careers and way more star power, not to mention they aren't obese. Zoe Saldana from Avatar, Star Trek, Crossroads (That's right, I saw the Britney Spears movie). Two of which were the biggest movies of 2009. Frieda Pinto is another amazing minority actress that could have been included. She is the beautiful girl from Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire. Both of these actresses are in the works for other roles as well (Woody Allen movie for my girl Frieda), what the fuck is Sidibe doing? Weight loss commercials?

While I haven't seen the movie Precious and cannot comment on Ms. Sidibe's acting ability, she doesn't have the "look" that we want to see in Hollywood. She's disgustingly fat. What other role is she going to get? Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, remake? The role she played in Precious was very particular and probably not transferable to other movies. How many movies are they going to make involving a fat girl being abused? While I'm sure her performance in Precious was amazing and she will probably win an Oscar, she just will not fit the mold of old or new Hollywood. Until we have shows like "The Biggest Gainer" and Beyonce puts on 300 pounds, Sidibe will always be left out.

On another hilarious fat note, it is now reported that Kevin Smith was NOT FAT ENOUGH and that was why he was kicked off the Southwest flight. Apparently an even fatter guy (Gabourey Sidibe?) had purchased 2 tickets for the flight and they needed to make room for him and Smith just happened to be flying standby so he got the boot. Apparently he issued a challenge to Southwest to bring a seat to the Daily Show and he will sit in the chair and buckle up and if he doesn't fit he will donate 10k to charity. I nominate the Human Fund as his charity of choice.

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