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2011年6月17日 星期五
Georgea Kovanis: 'Bridesmaids' stuffs fat jokes into a dress
Being a bridesmaid can be a lovely experience -- a chance to share a happy moment in a close friend's life.
It can also be disastrous -- friends turn into self-centered brides, their mothers into dictatorial monsters and other bridesmaids into simpering servants. In the meantime, you've spent several hundred dollars on a dress that makes your butt look bigger and dyed-to-match shoes that are going to kill your feet when you're forced to dance with one of the groomsmen.
It's with that jumble of emotions that I've been awaiting the May 13 release of the new movie "Bridesmaids."
It's the work of producer Judd Apatow ("Knocked Up," "The 40-Year-Old Virgin") and director Paul Feig, who managed to get the humor and heartache of being a teen just right when they collaborated on one of my favorite television shows of all time, "Freaks and Geeks." And it's being billed as a female version of "The Hangover," a movie I genuinely enjoyed.
So I scoured the Internet for early reviews.
I watched the trailer multiple times.
And I started feeling uncomfortable.
There's a fat bridesmaid.
Of course, she's a buffoon who tucks her napkin into her collar and emits a cacophony of bodily noises.
And apparently we're supposed to find all that gross and funny because fat people are gross and funny, right?
Every so often someone declares that we, as a society, have reached a state of fat acceptance.
They may point to the fact that designers such as Calvin Klein and Michael Kors make clothing for plus-size women.
Or that Crystal Renn, the sometimes plus-size model, has appeared in German Vogue and is the new face of Jimmy Choo.
Or that "Mike & Molly," a CBS sitcom about a fat couple who fall in love after meeting at Overeaters Anonymous, is doing well in the ratings.
And all that sounds great -- until you remember that the average American woman wears a size 14. And in the world of fashion, plus-size models can be as small as a size 10. And Renn has lost weight and, according to her agency's model card, wears a size 6 dress. And even in the modeling world, that's not exactly plus size.
Or you see a replay of an interview with 19-year-old Ashley Kauffman of Riverside, Calif., who said she wasn't allowed to sit in the front row at "American Idol" because a show worker said she was too fat.
Or you remember that when it comes to "Mike & Molly," Maura Kelly, a blogger for the fashion magazine Marie Claire, said: "I think I'd be grossed out if I had to watch two characters with rolls and rolls of fat kissing each other ... because I'd be grossed out if I had to watch them doing anything."
None of us want to be fat, but -- because of bad choices or genetic predispositions -- it happens.
Overweight men often get a pass when it comes to their size -- they're called husky or stout, or someone says they're built like a football tackle.
Overweight women typically do not.
We may talk about how far women have come since our mothers and grandmothers. How these days we take care of our children and households while maintaining careers as elected officials and corporate executives and whatever else we might want, or so the modern success story goes.
But you'll have a much easier time living that wonderful life if you're thin.
Our western standards of beauty reinforce that.
So we make fat jokes. We starve ourselves. We sign up for weight loss surgery.
I guess it's easier to do that than to make the skinny bridesmaid the gassy one.
Contact Georgea Kovanis: 313-222-6842 or gkovanis@freepress.com
2011年6月16日 星期四
StrategyPage's Military Jokes and Military Humor
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Osama Bin Laden Death Jokes from Twitter
'I bet Bin Laden regrets allowing his iPhone app to "use his current location".'
"Mrs. Bin Laden just updated her Facebook status to single."
"Bin Laden shouldn't have used his real address for his PSN account."
"They should have captured Bin Laden alive and made him continually go through airport security for the rest of his life."
"RIP Osama bin Laden, World Hide and Go Seek Champion (2001-2011)"
"The 72 virgins all have headaches tonight."
"At least he got to see the royal wedding before he went out."
"This is good news for the other guys on the top 10 wanted list ? finally they get to move up in the rankings."
"Osama dead: Donald Trump demands the long-form death certificate."
"So Osama Bin Laden is dead... Amazing what the Americans can do when the Playstation Network is down."
"God will pass judgment; the US Military simply arranged the meeting!"
"Osama corpse into ocean + BP oil spill + Fukushima radiation = Zombie Terrorist."
"I bet Osama Bin Laden accidentally hit the "Add your location" button during his last tweet."
"Am I traveling with anyone? Just my human shield over there."
"The awkward thing about Osama is that nobody is telling you that Dora the Explorer was the one who finally found him..."
"Can they make a Call of Duty Map of Osama his compound?"
?Q: "What color were Osama's eyes?" A: "Blue. One blew this way, one blew that way."
"Osama Bin Laden was RIP (Resting in Pakistan)"
"It seems to me, you lived your life like a sandal in the bin."
"Now that Osama is buried at sea, is it socially acceptable to pee in the water while swimming?"
British - "So apparently they DO take the Bins out on bank holidays!"
"Won't Osama now team up with the deceptorcons now he's in the ocean?"
"BREAKING: Osama bin Laden to run against Hitler for mayor of hell."
"BREAKING: Osama been killed by an elite killing force ... in other news Chuck Norris just returned home from his trip to Pakistan."
Watch: Obama Laughs at Seth Meyers Osama Bin Laden Joke
Osama Bin Laden Dead: Obama Calls for 'Unity'
President Obama speaks to leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties.2011年6月15日 星期三
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2011年6月14日 星期二
Crackin' Jokes: Justin Bieber Gets Egged On Stage
MANILA, Philippines — Making bomb jokes in Manila could land you in jail, if an ordinance passes in the city council.
The proposed ordinance, authored by Manila Second District Councilor Rodolfo Lacsamana, has been approved on first reading.
It imposes a jail term of three days and a fine of P5,000 on persons who shall cause or stir public anxiety or fear by making calls or statements of a false bomb threats in public places in the city.
“Considering the seriousness of the matter, the panic it will cause after the threat which insensitive people will think is funny, the person who makes it should be held liable. The threat of a bomb is no longer an object of humor nowadays. People have died because of bombs,” Lacsamana told the Manila Bulletin.
“Simply put, a joke could not only throw you in jail, but also cost you R5,000 in penalties,” he said.
Donald Trump shows no hard feelings over Obama jokes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. real estate mogul and possible Republican presidential contender Donald Trump says that President Barack Obama did a "pretty good" job mocking him at a Washington gala Saturday evening.
In remarks at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday evening, Obama joked about the "birther" debate, Trump's possible presidential ambitions and his experience as a reality TV star.
"I thought some of what the president did was pretty good," Trump said in an interview on CNN on Sunday.
"I understand it. It was a lion's pit. I was walking into it. I've been there before and I thought it was an entertaining evening," Trump said.
One of Obama's gags that most amused Trump, he said, were the images flashed on big ballroom screens of what was labeled "Trump, The White House," spoofing the businessman's practice of naming buildings after himself.
It portrayed a hotel-casino-golf course with bikini-clad girls frolicking in the fountain that adorns a White House lawn and gold columns substituted at the front for white ones.
Trump has seized on talk that Obama was not native born and therefore ineligible to be president. Obama last week released a longer version of his birth certificate to silence the debate.
Trump again took credit for forcing Obama to release the document but said he did not want to talk about the birther issue any more.
"The press kept asking the question and that's what it came to the forefront," he said. He said he'd rather talk about serious issues like jobs and the economy.
Trump, who has been testing the waters for a possible 2012 run for the Republican presidential nomination, said he would be "announcing something prior to June."
He's holding back with an announcement until his reality TV show "Celebrity Apprentice" ends it's season on May 22, he said.
(Reporting by JoAnne Allen; Editing by Philip Barbara)
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