Fat Shaming in Disney Movies

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  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    _A_Real_Mouthful wrote: »
    i wish they had cast Danny Devito as Wolverine instead of huge jacked man. but they didn't. us short fat ugly guys have ZERO representation in Hollywood. its a sexist double standard.

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    wolverine is as short as devito. jackman is 6 feet tall. he shouldn't have been cast.


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  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    OP maybe it's time for you to find your "safe space".
  • annaskiski
    annaskiski Posts: 1,212 Member
    edited May 2016
    _A_Real_Mouthful wrote: »
    Exactly! Despite less than .01% of the male population being able to achieve that level of physicality (with supplementing no less), its absolutely ridiculous they chose to portray him as a villain. If anything, Beauty and the Beast clearly establishes Gaston as the victim of societial standards forcing him into gender stereotypes.

    Now I feel bad for all the poor beautiful people. Life is so difficult....
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Am I the only one who presumed this was a joke thread seeing as it's in chit chat??
  • _incogNEATo_
    _incogNEATo_ Posts: 4,537 Member
    incisron wrote: »
    All the Disney princesses are fit and beautiful. It's not fair. When people complained about the stereotypes Disney princesses fit into, instead of really fixing the problem, they just replaced the traditional dainty princess with Pocahontas, a woman with an athletic figure who jumps off cliffs and swims through rivers while singing underwater. Dont they think it will make us fat people feel bad? At first I thought Pocahontas was a movie about tolerance, till it got to the part where it said: "Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest / Come taste the sun sweet berries of the earth." Basically it's saying we have to run and get exercise and eat nothing but twigs and berries. I feel like Disney is a poor company.

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  • khaleesikhaleesi
    khaleesikhaleesi Posts: 213 Member
    annaskiski wrote: »
    _A_Real_Mouthful wrote: »
    Exactly! Despite less than .01% of the male population being able to achieve that level of physicality (with supplementing no less), its absolutely ridiculous they chose to portray him as a villain. If anything, Beauty and the Beast clearly establishes Gaston as the victim of societial standards forcing him into gender stereotypes.

    Now I feel bad for all the poor beautiful people. Life is so difficult....

    Poor Charlize Theron. *tear*
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    TheRoadDog wrote: »
    So, I guess, if everyone is going to be politically correct, the next Magic Mike sequel should include Val Kilmer, John Goodman, Steven Seagal, Jon Favreau, Brendan Frasier and Mathew Perry?

    I wonder how it will do at the box office? Maybe, just maybe, casting is related to what viewer's are watching.

    They're doing an Expendables sequel?
  • PurringMyrrh
    PurringMyrrh Posts: 5,276 Member
    TheRoadDog wrote: »
    So, I guess, if everyone is going to be politically correct, the next Magic Mike sequel should include Val Kilmer, John Goodman, Steven Seagal, Jon Favreau, Brendan Frasier and Mathew Perry?

    I wonder how it will do at the box office? Maybe, just maybe, casting is related to what viewer's are watching.

    Is it weird that I crush on John Goodman a tad?
  • TheLegendaryBrandonHarris
    TheLegendaryBrandonHarris Posts: 502 Member
    Hold on...
    Are you saying that instead of trying to eat better and exercise, I could have just browbeaten women into thinking I was attractive at 290 pounds?
  • Sarahb29
    Sarahb29 Posts: 952 Member
    I thought they did a good job with Lilo and Stitch, the characters weren't the typical super skinny princess types and the characters were fantastic. Fun fact - Brave was the first time they had to animate curly hair on a princess and that process took months. For the longest time they avoided curly hair just for animation reasons.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    TheRoadDog wrote: »
    So, I guess, if everyone is going to be politically correct, the next Magic Mike sequel should include Val Kilmer, John Goodman, Steven Seagal, Jon Favreau, Brendan Frasier and Mathew Perry?

    I wonder how it will do at the box office? Maybe, just maybe, casting is related to what viewer's are watching.

    I'd watch that.

    Oh, wait - I kinda already did. It was called, The Full Monty.




    Wait, what?
  • Char231023
    Char231023 Posts: 700 Member
    mangamadayan wrote: »
    Princess Jasmine's head is bigger than her hip.

    Yeah she did have a big ol head.
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  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
    Cindy4FunFit wrote: »
    incisron wrote: »
    At first I thought Pocahontas was a movie about tolerance, till it got to the part where it said: "Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest / Come taste the sun sweet berries of the earth." Basically it's saying we have to run and get exercise and eat nothing but twigs and berries. .

    I feel like Pocahontas is the *only* princess out there who gave you a clear fitness plan: eat only berries/trail run. You choose to reject it. That's on you.

    It's far better than Belle's pushing of diet books on the masses. Sure honey, we'll all ignore that you had freaking furniture planning and making all your meals for you, and did hours of cardio running from either the beast or the deranged mass of villagers with pitchforks. It's the books.
  • MamaFunky
    MamaFunky Posts: 735 Member
    edited May 2016
    You could always watch Sesame Street. They have characters of all shapes and sizes. :wink:
  • AmberSpamber
    AmberSpamber Posts: 391 Member
    Capt_Apollo wrote: »
    melmelw03 wrote: »
    Oh wait, are we really getting offended over cartoons?

    welcome to 2016. we get offended over everything

    Amen!!!!
  • Char231023
    Char231023 Posts: 700 Member
    sunn_lighter wrote: »
    but if someone emulates a cartoon and they end up hurting themselves then isn't that just evolution where the stupid ones die off

    This is why I like you!
  • jenovatrix
    jenovatrix Posts: 219 Member
    PurringMyrrh wrote: »

    Is it weird that I crush on John Goodman a tad?

    No weirder than my tiny crush on Iggy Pop.
  • AmberSpamber
    AmberSpamber Posts: 391 Member
    It sounds like there is some insecurity there that will come out no matter what show you watch. I suggest you take a good look at yourself and find out why you are really so upset about this. Of all the things in the world to worry about, this should not be one of them. I mean Trump or Hillary- can it get any worse?
  • stillnot2late
    stillnot2late Posts: 385 Member
    This post may not be serious but it sure is fun. All is not serious on the forums, they are fun also. This is refreshing from would you or would you not with the person above you!
  • Jayco141
    Jayco141 Posts: 221 Member
    This is a strange discussion! And agree I hate that we are so PC these days. I am overweight, and I am ashamed. I am trying to do something about it, but pissed I got this way. WHO CARES.
  • jessiferrrb
    jessiferrrb Posts: 1,758 Member
    TheRoadDog wrote: »
    So, I guess, if everyone is going to be politically correct, the next Magic Mike sequel should include Val Kilmer, John Goodman, Steven Seagal, Jon Favreau, Brendan Frasier and Mathew Perry?

    I wonder how it will do at the box office? Maybe, just maybe, casting is related to what viewer's are watching.

    unrelated but i have been trying to think of Jon Favreau's name for days! thank you!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,972 Member
    edited May 2016
    incisron wrote: »
    All the Disney princesses are fit and beautiful. It's not fair. When people complained about the stereotypes Disney princesses fit into, instead of really fixing the problem, they just replaced the traditional dainty princess with Pocahontas, a woman with an athletic figure who jumps off cliffs and swims through rivers while singing underwater. Dont they think it will make us fat people feel bad? At first I thought Pocahontas was a movie about tolerance, till it got to the part where it said: "Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest / Come taste the sun sweet berries of the earth." Basically it's saying we have to run and get exercise and eat nothing but twigs and berries. I feel like Disney is a poor company.
    Guess we should ban comic books, shows with nothing but fit people on them, and dance productions too? With the exception of health issues, people have control on how fat or lean they want to be. It's usually a matter of how important it is to themselves.

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