Why can’t we think the same way about the fat guy ending up with the hot chick?
It depends on how conscious it is. And how careful the filmmaker is. It can be done in a lazy reflexive way, or a knowing, compassionate way. Every stereotype is a stereotype for a reason. A good director rather than back away 180 degrees, will instead turn stereotypes over inside out, try to figure out how they got there in the first place. Genre is a wonderful thing, it’s a structure with a set of conventions. The most interesting directors, the Tarantinos, know the rules and have fun playing with them. If all you want to do is reproduce them, you’re going to have a problem. If it’s the fat guy with the skinny girl and nobody remarks on it then it sustains the status quo in a bad way. Women are held to an insanely different standard than men, and in Hollywood it’s far worse. When you see these lovely actresses diet themselves down… And then get cast as the plain girl. And then get cast as the plain girl. In the old days women took Belladonna to make their eyes sparkle. Women have bee
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