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Originally Posted by MooglePorn
I just look at shows like The Sopranos and The X-Files that made a point to hire normal looking people and became hit shows. (Scully went through a beauty makeover yeah, but that was after the show became a hit). I see stuff like that and I know it's possible...
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Throw Firefly in there too. Hell, Joss asked Jewel Staite to gain 20 pounds for her role. When does that happen?
However,Moog, I do take some exception to what you original jumped all over Titleist for.
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The days of women needing to look like a super model to make a music album or be in a movie like this need to be over.
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But they arent. Maybe they should be, but they just arent, or else you would see more unattractive actors. Its why we say something like "Good for him" when someone like Steve Buschemi has been successful in his actor career. I dont like it, but its how film and TV is. It is not ignorant to comment how it looks like an actor has gotten fat, its realistic in the realm of hollywood. What is considered normal in hollywood is 20 pounds under normal in the real world (and when i say normal in the real world I mean someone I would think is hot in the real world). That also means if an actress gains 20 pounds they are viewed as somewhat fat, though, in the real world they would be. This overskinnyness which has become customary has created a standard. Those standards have to be set aside, though. They cannot be applied outside film and TV, that is what is ignorant.
Now, I dont view people on these standards and I certainly think everyone needs to recognize the difference between Film and world, but until our culture shifts in the zeitgeist of attractiveness, that is what we will judge our actors and actresses on.