“This forced, clickbaity snark must be so demoralizing to write. Marty can be right about the economic realities of the industry and superhero movies can be good and fun too.”

If you look up the medical definition of what counts as overweight/obese, 100% of the references from every corner of the medical profession cite BMI.

Look, I personally don’t have the answer to this but if we’re going to start requiring that every role only be played by actors who physically check every single box, we should stop calling it “acting.”

This character is SIX HUNDRED POUNDS. SIX HUNDRED. Do you realize how large a person who weighs that much really is? A 600-lb person can’t walk. They can’t clean themselves; they need oxygen tanks. They can’t leave their homes without specially equipped vehicles and probably the assistance of medical staff. A 600lb…

The reason for Sondheim’s cameo is actually pretty obvious, and was stated repeatedly by Rian Johnson when Knives Out (which features Daniel Craig singing a few bars from “Losing My Mind”) was released. Sonheim co-wrote with Tony Perkins the script to The Last of Sheila, a whodunit which was an influence on Knives…

As an obese man I have no problem with actors in fat suits, as long as they look right and the actor gives a good performance.

It’s right there in your post, friend! “discuss” “sexier” “16 year old”.

This “backlask” really feels like the sort of thing that only exists inside Twitter and no one in real life cares about

The medical profession’s obsession with BMI

It’s a story about chronic depression, though. Of course moments of joy are fleeting to non-existent; that’s kind of how it feels to be chronically depressed. At some point, we have to accept the story that is being told and the characters telling it on their own individual terms rather than expecting them to be univer…

This is a (very close) adaption of a play written by a formerly, morbidly obese person and (as he is even quoted in this article) is specific to his experience at that time. Rife’s review falls into the same realm of complaints that are all to common in media criticism today. That any depiction of a character that…

Putting an actor who weighs 180 pounds in a fat suit to play a character who weighs 280 pounds is offensive because there are talented actors who actually weigh 280 pounds who are perfectly capable of playing the role. But there are not any working actors who weigh 600 pounds, or even particularly close to it, because…

Katie Rife is not a tiny person, but she’s hardly 600 pounds.  I rather doubt she knows what that’s like either.

OK, but are there any 600-pound actors, period? There are very few people of that weight to begin with.

Its just a shame to think of all the gay, 600lb actors who lost out on this role.

Is this really an article about an interview with this site that was posted yesterday?

You might want to double check your facts on that one...

Props to Reynolds for being a dick to TJ Miller.

You seem like the kind of guy who has one black friend and asks that person to explain “black stuff” to you.

Because that is a primarily bullshit right wing talking point based in little facts and what is real is heavily skewed in wording to sound much more egregious then it is