>>16569The dude got his paper, why not? So, yeah, Wilson... Her body, her rules. Cool, np, I wish her well IRL, etc but this is a discussion board all about objectifying women and I have thoughts:
• I get why she wants to lose weight — being a fat woman, even rich and famous — sucks. It just does. You're 24/7 a walking sponge for the world's angry judgement. Ever walk around with a fat woman in public? Even with the ascension of SA we're still socialized to think fat = weak and disgusting. I'm not being a white knight. This is a fact, and it's why there's a trillion dollar diet industry, 90% aimed at women. It's why they go through horrible surgery that might well kill them and almost certainly shorten their lives. It wouldn't be that way if being fat wasn't most women's worst nightmare. I'd argue (and do below) and I'll bet her agents would too, that she had MORE of a chance of grabbing leading lady roles fat, so I don't think this was about brownie points. This was about not being A Fat Chick.
• Thing is, she's a weird-looking thin person. This goes for her body and her face. This is not FA bitterness either. Once Adele gained back a few pounds from her lowest weight and lost the hollow starvation look she's actually pretty hot. Not my thing, but objectively mainstream attractive. Wilson is not, and I'd argue she was objectively more attractive as a fat chick. The fat actually suited her, her face in particular.
• And so riffing off what you (16569 Anon) are saying, I don't predict a long leading lady career at this size, once the Cinderella novelty factor wears off. Fair or not, it seems female comic/romcom leads are attractive but girl-next-door, not threateningly so, and have mainstream personal appeal — they're not edgy or overly quirky. Think Sandra Bullock, Reese Witherspoon. That said, Wilson didn't have great success as a leading lady while fat, unlike Melissa McCarthy, because...
• Wilson — and this is why I dig her — is a fucking weirdo. Her energy is weird, she says weird shit. I've seen her interviewed and she has the same sense of humor as her weirdest characters. She got away with that indeed because she was fat and that's kind of weird too, at least in Hollywood. It made her a great character actress in Bridesmaids, Pitch Perfect, Night at the Museum, Jojo Rabbit. Maybe she can continue in supporting roles channeling that weirdness at her new size. Not sure she can, because fat was part of her schtick. Who knows.
