Distracted wrote:enterprikayak wrote:Good old phlox has legions of adoring fans, and he's somewhat...portly.
Ah, but standards are different for men. Ever notice that? A guy can be on the chubby side, but if he's got talent, charm, or he makes people laugh he can still be a star. As far as a woman goes, unless she's like Queen Latifah, for example (a phenomenally talented woman, BTW) and starts with a fan base who finds her attractive exactly the way she is, she won't get enough screen time in Hollywood for anyone to SEE her talent, much less become a fan. Answer me this... when Kirsty Alley was at her largest did you see her acting in anything?
I absolutely can't stand queen latifah and it has nothing to do with her size. I just think she's a horrible actress. She may be able to sing but... she ruined Motor Mouth Mabel in the new Hairspray... then again the new Hairspray ruined Hairspray so, I guess it's moot.
I've always liked Rosie O'Donnel as an actress, at least in stuff like A League of Their Own.
I think women have to be attractive to "sell" simply because sex sells. And that's not an indictment of our patriarchally dominated society... Sexy women sell to women too. It's not like men control all the money in this country. If sexy women weren't selling to women, it wouldn't be the dominant marketing ploy, if it was only working on 50% of the population.
Women must like looking at good looking women as much as men. So you all are as much to blame
